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I always struggle with how to write up second and third books in series I've been reading, especially when any individual details might be spoilery for the first books. Like, what do you say? Goliath is still about an awesome cross-dressing girl and an Austrian prince on a steampunk airship during AU World War I! Black Heart is still about a teenager consistently in over his head with his very complicated identity-shifting memory-stealing curse working family and his star-crossed Mafia love interest! Goliath could probably use more exploration of complicated questions of identity and Black Heart could definitely use more cross-dressing, but they're both fun YA trilogies with impressive worldbuilding and reasonably satisfying endings, Becca Stamp of Approval, The End.

I mean, I do have spoilery thoughts -- especially about Black Heart, since it's the conclusion of a much more ambitious and complex story; I mean, the Leviathan trilogy is basically a fun romp, and as long as it continued to be a fun romp that was going to be pretty satisfying no matter what. Black Heart was actually not as satisfying to me because ( spoilers )

Anyway, the comments here are a spoiler-happy zone, talk to me about your thoughts! That is the main reason I do these posts anyway. :D