looks like i am the only one who didn't fall head-over-heels in love with this book. i did fall pretty hard for the cover, but it takes more than a pretty face to win me over…it has many good qualities: story set in a wholly original fantasy world, families who are supportive and loving that seem realistic rather than idealized, strong imagery and situations that aren't just warmed-over versions of other YA books, romance where the two participants are apart for most of the book, so we don't hav...

The main character's voice is grating on my nerves. So much that I couldn't even get more than 17 pages into this story. While this has a great cover and premise, I just can't keep reading this twaddle. Perhaps if there was a different POV or something I would be able to enjoy it, but it's like listening to a loud tween try too hard for attention.

DNF @ 35%Ya know, this book actually has a very interesting premise (which is why I started to read it in the first place), but the immature writing and boring plot had me in tears because what the fuck, boredom hurts. The writing is like listening to my ten year old sister whine about fucking everything in the world. It's so not professional and just plain generic. "All I've got is { }.""&,&,&.""!!!!""I look at his back. Shoulders = too high.""AZAAZAAZAAZAAZAAZAAZAAZAAZAAZAAZAAZA" The fuck i...

2.5 starsBefore I start my review can we just all take a moment to appreciate this GORGEOUS cover? Yes? Yes.Throughout this entire story I kept seeing certain images in my mind. Something like thisand thisI can’t have been the only one, right? I mean, cities in the sky, flying ships, air pirates, strange creatures in the clouds… Having said that though, this comparison is a compliment, not a reproach. By no means did I feel like Magonia was a copy of Castle in the Sky. Rather, me comparing a boo...

Buddy read with my partner in crime Melsa Aka Melissa for all you other people. Dnfed at 50% .After suffering through a little over half way of this novelThis is like the first time I dnf a book, but guys it was just too much #sorrynotsorryMeet our main character :Aza Rambler … I mean Aza Ray :The story is actually told in like a stream of consciousness type of writing, which sounds really good at first, but I personally think it wasn’t well done at all. Gahhh it was all over the place, the whol...

Magonia (Magonia, #1) , Maria Dahvana HeadleyMagonia, the story of a 16-year-old girl with a mysterious breathing disease who finds herself on a sky ship in the historical kingdom of Magonia, was published in April 2015. The sequel, Aerie, was published in 2016.عنوان: ماگونیا (مگونیا)؛ نویسنده: ماریا داهوانا هدلی؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده 21مماریا داهوانا هدلی (زادروز بیست و یکم ماه ژوئن سال 1977میلادی) رمان نویس، خاطرات نویس، ویراستار، و نمایشنامه نویس «آمریکایی»؛ و ا...

More reviews like this one on The Social Potato.If you're going to ask me to describe Magonia in one word, that word would be charming. It was elegant, magical and absolutely captivating.Reading this book was like floating on a magical, puffy, pink cloud. While eating fairy dust and watching shooting stars. That's how alluring this book was. The only other time I've felt this way was while watching the Stardust movie!While Aza wasn't physically strong, personality-wise, she was feisty and sassy,...

First off, this was such a beautiful novel, inside and out. I like the sky. It's rational to me in a way that life isn't. Looking at it doesn't suck the way you might think it would, given all the dying-girl-stares-at-heaven possibilities. I don't think of the sky as any kind of heaven item. I think of it as a bunch of gases and faraway echoes of things that used to be on fire. When I read the first few paragraphs of this book, I initially thought it was the diary of a self-absorbed girl who t...

"There was no way I could live another moment without Aza Ray knowing my name."I was first drawn to this book because of the description that many, many people made of it. They usually used an adjective, one magic word which alone can move, create and destroy universes: 'gaimanian'. They said this book was like this: gaimanian. Well.Let's analyse this word.gaiman = that Gaiman? The freakin' fabulous author of masterpieces like Stardust and American Gods? That Gaiman? -ian = please take me I'm yo...

I'm dark matter. The universe inside of me is full of something, and science can't even shine a light on it. I feel like I'm mostly made of mysteries. Oh my... Magonia is one hell of a rare novel.Not only does it offer an intriguing blend of reality-infused science fiction and highly-imaginative fantasy, but it is also unlike anything I have ever read before.I've always said that - for me - originality is one of the best and rarest compliments a writer can get. Not "this is the next Hunger Ga

This book was confusing. I really enjoyed the first 100 pages or so, but as soon as "the thing" happens, it all sort of fell apart for me. Those first 100 pages were well paced, witty, fun - but then the story basically changes completely. It dragged, I had a hard time connecting with the new world and new characters, and I'm not sure it all came together for me by the end. It felt like the book didn't have enough time to become what it was trying to be in the second part, and while the middle d...

Link To On The Bookshelves Blog Post“Yes, I’m a reader. Kill me. I could tell you I was raised in the library and the books were my only friends, but I didn’t do that, did I? Because I have mercy. I’m neither a genius nor a kid destined to become a wizard. I’m just me. I read stuff. Books are not my only friends, but we’re friendly. So there.”RATING: 2/5 STARSSince she was born, Aza Ray has struggled to breathe, talk and even just live thanks to her mysterious lung disease. One day she spots a s...

What a fantastic, beautifully written book. MAGONIA is unlike anything else. Wholly original, heartbreaking, exciting and intense, MAGONIA is one of the coolest books I've read in years.The story begins with Aza Ray, a girl who, much like Hazel from THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, struggles to breathe. But Aza doesn't have cancer. She has an incredibly rare disease, and doctors are baffled by her. Aza doesn't ever feel quite right in the world--and things fast-forward, when she sees a real ship, sailing...

Review on its way. Whenever I start writing it, though. Which sadly, I wouldn't hold my breathe.Check out Kimi's review. She says everything I'm thinking a lot more eloquently :DPost-reading:Dude my body was so not ready for the crap-fest. I don't even know what to say. Just one thing. How can we kill trees to print this? Seriously, this is not a book I'd compromise my air supply for. Nuh-uh. Pre-reading:Buddyread with my dear Damon thief, Kimanna, that's Kimi to all you other people!

Aza Ray Boyle can't breathe. It seems like she has always been sick- inexplicably short of breath and weak.This continuous illness has made her always feel different from the people around her. But, perhaps, there are stranger and more exotic reasons why she is different. Ones that Aza can't even imagine...Jason is Aza's dearest friend. They are so close that they almost speak their own language.He realizes there is more to Aza than meets the eye. How will Jason handle it when he discovers the s...

I am lost of words to describe how magical, astonishing, beautiful and original this book was. I mean, I can say Magonia is beautiful but it is more than that. It is like all my favorite things are in one place and I am glued to the ground, seeing and feeling them. It's like I am releasing bright lights that made me glowing.The first time I saw that cover, I knew in myself that a great reading experience is coming on my way. And I wasn't wrong. Magonia may not be a perfect book but it took me to...

3.5 starsThis book was okay.