What I Loved: 
 ~This book takes place around the start of World War 1.(It is a historical fiction book) The author does a very good job of tying in events that really happened, for example the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, into the story-line. 
 ~ The illustrations were beautifully done, especially on the front and inside cover. 
 What I Didn't Love: 
 ~ There are a ton of descriptions of machinery and fabricated beasts that were hard to picture. (Even with the illustrations) 
 ~Since it was hard to picture the machines and animals, it was even harder to picture the battles they had. 
 ~ The author had some original vocabulary in this book that was quite confusing and often not very well explained. 
 ~ The main characters in this book are 15-16 years old, but the way the author portrayed them and their thoughts and feeling made me think that they were 12.