Blood of the Mantis (Shadows of the Apt 3), by Adrian Tchaikovsky

You have not read air battles until you've read them when there are some characters who can fly with their own wings and shoot force blasts from their hands, fight with swords, fire guns and/or throw knives and are doing this in mid-air along with allies and enemies who may or may not be able to fly on their own but are in clockwork airplanes, clockwork helicopters, and dirigibles, AND this epic battle is going on atop a lake filled with giant aquatic insects who periodically lunge out of the water to try to snatch the aerial combatants from the air.

I feel like anyone who either liked Pacific Rim or thinks dogfighting would be just that much cooler if you also had to deal with flying people attacking you with swords from above while you dodge sea monsters from below would enjoy this series.

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