Title:  Mortal Engines  Author:  Philip Reeve Series:  The Mortal Engines Quartet #1 Pages:  293 Publisher:  Scholastic Date of Publication:  1st April 2002 Source:  Found in the house ;) Synopsis from Goodreads: It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea ... The great traction city london is on the move again. It has been lying low, skulking in the hills to avoid the bigger, faster, hungrier cities loose in the Great Hunting Ground. But now, as its great mountain of metal lumbers along in hot pursuit of its quarry, the sinister plans it has harbored for years can finally start to unfold behind its soaring walls ... Thaddeus Valentine, London's Head Historian and most famous archaeologist, and his daughter, Katherine, are down in The Gut when the young assassin with the black scarf strikes. Only the quick intervention of Tom, a low...

Title: The Girl in the Steel Corset Author: Kady Cross Series: Steampunk Chronicles #1 Pages: 336 Date of UK Publications: 17th June 2011 Source: NetGalley Synopsis from Goodreads: In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the "thing" inside her. When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch…. Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she's special, says she's one of them. The orphaned duke takes her in from the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret. Griffin's investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks she can hel...

Title: Leviathan Author: Scott Westerfeld Series: Leviathan #1 Pages: 434 Date of UK Publications: 1st October 2009 Source: Library Synopsis from Goodreads: Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battletorn war machine and a loyal crew of men. Deryn Sharp is a commoner, disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. She's a brilliant airman. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered. With World War I brewing, Alek and Deryn's paths cross in the most unexpected way…taking them on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure that will change both their lives forever. My Thoughts: I read the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld a few years ago, and I loved it, so when I heard about Leviathan I was super excited, but I couldn't afford a shiny hardback at the time, and so I forgot about it. (Sorry! :L) So, when I went to the library ...