Leviathan and Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld (or: perfect books are perfect)
There comes a moment when you’re reading Harry Potter when you stop thinking about Quidditch, about quaffles and beaters and chasers and bludgers, and you just know it. Which is not to say that, suddenly, you have every single rule figured out and know exactly what’s happening in every second. It’s that you just accept…