Aza
Ray is drowning in thin air.
Since
she was a baby, Aza has suffered from a mysterious lung disease that makes it
ever harder for her to breathe, to speak—to live.
So
when Aza catches a glimpse of a ship in the sky, her family chalks it up to a
cruel side effect of her medication. But Aza doesn’t think this is a
hallucination. She can hear someone on the ship calling her name.
Only
her best friend, Jason, listens. Jason, who’s always been there. Jason, for
whom she might have more-than-friendly feelings. But before Aza can consider that
thrilling idea, something goes terribly wrong. Aza is lost to our world—and
found, by another. Magonia.
Above
the clouds, in a land of trading ships, Aza is not the weak and dying thing she
was. In Magonia, she can breathe for the first time. Better, she has immense
power—and as she navigates her new life, she discovers that war is coming.
Magonia and Earth are on the cusp of a reckoning. And in Aza’s hands lies the
fate of the whole of humanity—including the boy who loves her. Where do her
loyalties lie?
My Thoughts: No spoilers because I REALLY want you to read it!
Same, Emma Stone. Same.
I
picked this book, solely because of the feather on the cover (don't judge me). Yes. I like feathers. Some might even go so far as to say I “love”
feathers. I think they are beautiful and
amazing. But I digress…
I
have never, ever read a book like this one.
This story was just so completely original that, despite my initial disdain for
Aza (which lessened as the book progressed - I loved her in the end) I was entranced after a few
chapters. As for her name? Aza Ray = beautiful. Even if she was referred to only as Aza, I called her Aza Ray in my head through the whole book.
Aza
is dying of a disease that is so rare it bears her name – although she prefers
to call the disease Clive. Her parents
and sister practically live their lives on pins and needles because the smallest
thing can set off an episode that will send her to the hospital.
In the book, it all starts when she sees a very real ship floating in the sky and no one
believes her. They all think it is a
hallucination brought on by her medication(s). She starts to hear her name in the wind, so to speak. Someone or something is calling to her. Things continue to get worse until finally, in a horrific, can’t-stop-reading
episode - Aza dies.
She
wakes up in Magonia (which, by the way, is a place that she and her bff/love interest Jason had
discussed (but dismissed) shortly before her death, because he is the only one who will listen
to her). She is a brand new person with
strong lungs and a strong body. And: she’s
blue. *The creatures that inhabit
Magonia are simply amazing. When you
read it (which you should) you will understand.*
She is reunited with her mother, from whom Aza was stolen when she wasn't
even hatched. (Yes. Hatched.)
Chaos,
danger, and high fantasy adventures ensue as Aza tries to discover who she is
and where she belongs in her new-found life.
Where are her loyalties? Who can
she trust? YOU HAVE TO READ IT.
I
believe this will be a “love it or hate it” book, whenever it finally catches
on. I sincerely hope it does, because
this book deserves so much attention! I’m
totally fangirling over Headley’s writing and I will be finding other works of
hers to devour asap.
PS - HarperCollins picked up Magonia & "a sequel", so I can't wait to see where this goes!!!!!
Sexual
Content: very mild
Violence:
moderate to heavy (depending on your gore tolerance)
Language:
mild/moderate (I don’t remember it being that bad)
Drugs/Alcohol:
mild (there may not be any at all, but I can’t be 100% sure, sorry)
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