Well, that took me almost a month to finish! Pfff

i started this is in july...........it is now mid-october......i think that says it all.

SOMEONE PINCH ME, I MUST BE DREAMING. Magonia was fantastic, and I am so stoked that there's a sequel!

Mucho minor (and major if you haven't read the first book) spoilers, proceed with caution.Aerie is a very strange and complex, young adult fantasy. Allow me to explain. In the first book, we met Aza, a girl who was drowning on Earth because, though she doesn't know it, she's actually from a kingdom in the clouds. She's in love with Jason, a genius boy with obsessive thoughts like repeating the numbers of pi in his head over and over again. Many adventures happened in the first book, but essentia...

(Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to HarperCollins and Edelweiss.) “I’m in the dark again, this time without a song to save me, and then dark is everything I see, everything I know,” This was a YA fantasy sequel, and I preferred it to Magonia.Aza wasn’t quite so annoying in this book, and Jason seemed to have her best interests at heart, even if he made some very questionable decisions. The jumping point of view from Aza to Jason...

***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***Aerie by Maria Dahvana HeadleyBook Two of the Magonia seriesPublisher: HarperCollinsPublication Date: October 4, 2016Rating: 3 starsSource: eARC from EdelweissSummary (from Goodreads):Where is home when you were born in the stars?Aza Ray is back on earth. Her boyfriend Jason is overjoyed. Her family is healed. She’s living a normal life, or as normal as it can be if you’ve spent the past year dying, waking up on a sky ship, and discovering that your...

I'm trying to collect my thoughts into one cohesive language and review for this book, Aerie, the second and (thank God) final installment of the series. To prolong the story would have been just too much. Okay, I think that's the word I have for it, 'too much'. The plot was okay. Nothing too surprising for me. I still enjoyed reading it though, but I thought the book could use some adjustments such as: 1. The POV's were too limited shared just between Aza and Jason. In this specific book, nothi...

This is, hands down, the biggest disappointment of the year for me. This book crushed my poor little soul and reinforced the need to be a bitter book blogger. Because I had such major expectations, and the previous book in the series, Magonia, was pretty much in my top five last year. My expectations were so high for this book. I wanted so much from it. I just ... whhhyyyyyyyI really can't overstate enough how enthralling I found the previous book to be. It was whimsical and unique, fascinating

2.5 starsIt’s no secret that I was not a massive fan of Magonia last year. In fact, I kind of despised it with its pretentious writing style, unlikeable protagonists, and nonsensical plotline. When I was given the chance to finish off the series, I did not bother to form any expectations for it. I figured it would be slam dunk failure. Luckily, that wasn’t the case at all! I should know by now never to assume things but nonetheless, I did. Aerie, as a whole, was much more entertaining than I cou...

I hate writing bad reviews, especially in this particular case when I loved the first book. I would continue reading the series and would read more of the author's books regardless of this one just not keeping my interest.

CAN'T WANT!!!!!!!!

*Edelweiss was kind enough to approve me for an e-arc. All opinions are my own*2.5 stars, check out my review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juX5H...I decided to pick up this sequel even though I felt a bit let down by the first book in this duology. When I picked up this book I hoped that it would fill up the things that I found lacking in the first book: world building, Aza as a character and the romance. I'm sad to say that this did not happen.The cover and the synopsis sounds really c...

I honestly don't know how to rate this book. Did I love it as much as Magonia? No. But it did had something new to offer, mostly in the C&A departments (creatures and adventures). It was fast paces. Something was always happening and there was no dull moment. The sad thing is I didn't feel that instant connection with Aerie. Reading about all these strange creatures put me in such a nice mood. lol My troubles suddenly weren't so important. Aza Ray and Jason were experiencing some relationship dr...

3.5 stars - rounded down because of how clumsily the plot is handled. Maybe it would have been closer to 4 if I was reading back to back with Magonia, but I think I missed some things based on time and others based on a complete lack of ever being mentioned before.You know how some books are bricks and seemingly full of nothing but filler? This is basically an anti-filler book. Every single scene is an escalation, which a) leaves no time to breathe or reflect and b) means that there's no room fo...

yaaawwwnnn "I’ve missed two class periods by sitting in my car gnawing on the universe."I know how that feels. You could say that I missed anything and everything while gnawing on this bland book and I am far from sated.Aerie is not only bland but disappointing to say the least. I read Magonia only days before Aerie so it was fresh in my head and entirely too anticipated. I REALLY liked Magonia! I know that isn't a common opinion but I really did. This book is a watered down version of Magonia w...

Find this review, plus more, on my blog: Booklikes OR Blogger Basic InfoFormat: Hardback Pages/Length: 320pgsGenre: Young Adult; Fantasy Reason For Reading: Buddy read. At A GlanceLove Triangle/Insta Love/Obsession?: OBSESSION Cliff Hanger: NoTriggers: n/aRating: 1.5 starsScore SheetAll out of tenCover: 9Plot: 5Characters: 2World Building: 5Flow: 4Series Congruity: 6Writing: 6Ending: 6Total: 4In DepthBest Part: Birds?Worst Part: Jason, for sure. Thoughts Had: Get a freaking grip please. Conclu...