I liked Uglies, but at times the writing style wasn't all my thing. I saw the beautiful/amazing steampunk art for this book on Kottke.org and it intrigued me. I really liked the alternate history presented here and the plot moves along fairly quickly. Both characters are interesting, however both of them also have moments where I just wanted to shake my head at them. I'm eagerly anticipating Behemoth in a few weeks.