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(Stravaganza #2)
Dreaming of a city with flying horses was one thing.. But coming face to face with someone she knew to be dead - that was something else again.
Georgia would love nothing more than to ride horses every day and avoid her annoying stepbrother at all costs. But she could never have guessed that a tiny, antique winged horse figurine would be the key to her escape to another wo..more
Georgia would love nothing more than to ride horses every day and avoid her annoying stepbrother at all costs. But she could never have guessed that a tiny, antique winged horse figurine would be the key to her escape to another wo..more
Published March 24th 2005 by Bloomsbury (first published September 3rd 2003)
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MadisonI personally accidentally read City of Stars before I read City of Masks and I enjoyed it and understood ~most~ of it with very little problem.…moreI personally accidentally read City of Stars before I read City of Masks and I enjoyed it and understood ~most~ of it with very little problem. However, looking back, I wish I had read City of Masks first just because that book DOES come first and the book makes a lot more sense when you have knowledge of the first book. Also it spoilers nearly the entire plot of the first book if you read City of Stars first(less)
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Oct 19, 2016Katerina Kondrenko![Lyrics Lyrics](/uploads/1/2/5/7/125743898/680726738.jpg)
Shelves: 05-out-of-10, bromance, fantasy, read-in-2016, character-and-action-driven-plot, promising-start-but, cute-non-human-creatures, pages-401-500, parallel-worlds-or-realities, romance-and-plot-are-in-balance
5 out of 10
Ревью в моем блоге/This review on my blog
Living A Thousand Lives(please use Chrome/Yandex browser or Android/IOS to see the page; otherwise, spoiler-tags I use to make my post compact may not work)
Genre: AU, historical-fantasy, teen-ish YA
Stuff: time-travels, AU-Italy, 16th century, races
Fail: annoying females, childish stuff, same twists
WOW: Remora
POV: 3rd-person, multi
Love-Geometry: harrrrd
Quote-Core:
'Remember that nothing lasts for ever. The bad things as well as the good.'
In..more
Feb 06, 2015The Book Queen rated it it was amazing
This series has become a part of my soul.
Jan 04, 2009Shawne rated it it was amazingRecommended to Shawne by: Jet
It's not like I didn't REALLY enjoy the first book in the Stravaganza series - I did. But City Of Stars, the second, very welcome installment, is a marvel. It expands on the universe introduced in the first novel. In scope, of course, as a new Stravangante Georgia escapes her unhappy real life (tortured as she is by her brother Russell and her lack of self-confidence and friends) and lands in another Talian city-state - this time the intoxicating city of Remora, on the brink of its annual horse..more
May 31, 2010Rachel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
At first I didn't think I would like this as much as the first book, as the description didn't sound as interesting. However, I really ended up enjoying it and couldn't put it down, just like the first.
This book was set in Remora (Siena in our world) and most of the book was about the Stellata, a great horse race held once a year but celebrated all year. A whole new set of characters, in addition to Luciano, Ariana, Rodolfo, Dr. Dethridge, Silvia and the Di Chimici family. Georgia, a classmate..more
This book was set in Remora (Siena in our world) and most of the book was about the Stellata, a great horse race held once a year but celebrated all year. A whole new set of characters, in addition to Luciano, Ariana, Rodolfo, Dr. Dethridge, Silvia and the Di Chimici family. Georgia, a classmate..more
Jun 11, 2018Ria rated it liked it
okay so yes i read the 3rd one first because it was on sale first and i didn't care for it so i have no idea why i bought the 2nd book *i have a problem*.the only reason i'm give this one 3 stars and not 2 like the other is because i found it to be better.it's not my thing.if u are like 12 and care for kids time travelling in the sixteenth-century go for it.just remember that it's a big book *453pages,fucking end me*..i guess i have a soft spot for books that start with City Of something someth..more
May 10, 2013Stuti T rated it it was amazing Shelves: sophomore-shine, fave-male-leads, best-protagonists, lurrrrve-triangle, high-fantasy, faves, fantasy, mini-review, historical, fave-female-leads
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This right here, ladies and gentlemen, is my undisputed favourite of all the Stravaganza books. Coming from someone who's read and loved every single one of these books for six years, that is no light compliment. City of Stars was the book that really put Stravaganza on my favourites shelf. The story follows Georgia, horse-crazy tomboy, who's constantly being tormented by her stepbrother. Georgia finds a little winged horse statuette in an antique shop, falls in love with it, an..more
This right here, ladies and gentlemen, is my undisputed favourite of all the Stravaganza books. Coming from someone who's read and loved every single one of these books for six years, that is no light compliment. City of Stars was the book that really put Stravaganza on my favourites shelf. The story follows Georgia, horse-crazy tomboy, who's constantly being tormented by her stepbrother. Georgia finds a little winged horse statuette in an antique shop, falls in love with it, an..more
A very sweet, but also 'realistic' book, highly recommendable for girls and boys between the ages of 10 and 15-16.
Georgia O'Grady is a teenaged girl who likes horses, but is a bit of an outcast at school and has a terrible stepbrother who likes to torment her when she's at home. When she buys a little statue of a winged horse in an antique-shop, she discovers a whole new world, with a different Italy and a horserace that will change her life.
While there are some times strange jumps in the stor..more
Georgia O'Grady is a teenaged girl who likes horses, but is a bit of an outcast at school and has a terrible stepbrother who likes to torment her when she's at home. When she buys a little statue of a winged horse in an antique-shop, she discovers a whole new world, with a different Italy and a horserace that will change her life.
While there are some times strange jumps in the stor..more
Jan 29, 2015Amalia rated it it was amazing
This book is one hell of an amazing book. Flying horses are too good to be true.;) Thank goodness they are not real. It would be a shame to this mind blowing book..xD
Apr 22, 2019Hana (linh_hermione) rated it liked it · review of another edition Shelves: reread, fantasy, 3-and-a-half-stars, mg, love-triangle, read-2019
Somehow this just doesn’t hold up as well as the first book.. though all the problems I had with it are also present in City of Masks, so I really don’t know why they bothered me so much more here.
I still love the premise and the world though, and I definitely still want to reread the rest of the series!
I still love the premise and the world though, and I definitely still want to reread the rest of the series!
Sep 18, 2018Pauline Zander rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Oh how I love these books. Definitely wish I was a Stravagante.
Mar 14, 2014Ajita rated it liked it
City of Stars revolves primarily around Georgia O'Grady, who buys a wooden horse with wings and thus stravagates (is that the right English term?) to Remora. Like in the first book, the story is not told from the protagonist's POV. I have no problems with that, but I do with it the number of characters that are introduced, and there for are also told from their point of view. It can be said that Georgia, Cesare and Falco are the most important new characters. Cesare is the boy whose family Georg..more
Dec 30, 2014Kat rated it really liked it
What to say about this book? It was freaking amazing! I loved it.
Can we just take a moment to wonder at how well Mary Hoffman worked the two worlds? They're just enough different to be interesting, but not so much that it goes overboard. I love it!
Sadly though I have mixed views about Georgia, in some ways I loved her, but the stupid mistakes she made where horrible.
In some ways I wished Lucien was still the main characters, but in other ways I was glad he wasn't, there would have been far too..more
Can we just take a moment to wonder at how well Mary Hoffman worked the two worlds? They're just enough different to be interesting, but not so much that it goes overboard. I love it!
Sadly though I have mixed views about Georgia, in some ways I loved her, but the stupid mistakes she made where horrible.
In some ways I wished Lucien was still the main characters, but in other ways I was glad he wasn't, there would have been far too..more
Second in the series. Pretty good too. Appealing to horse-lovers.
City of Stars is an enthralling story. The main character is a girl named Georgia who is not confident, doesn't have any real friends and has a bully for a step brother. Then she sees a figurine of a black flying horse in the window of an antique shop. She saves up enough money and buys it, in the process makes a friend of the owner. At the same time, in a country called Talia a winged horse is born, bringing good luck to its region. That night Georgia falls asleep with the horse figurine in her..more
Feb 06, 2019Stephanie C rated it really liked it Shelves: difficult-sad-content, mildly-interesting, adventure-tale, character-development, likeable-characters, enjoyable, magic, time-travel, angsty, violence-people-dying
The first chapter hooked me. I was totally invested within the first few pages.
But then I started feeling confused by all these people that were introduced without any context..and I remembered it was the second book in the series. Some things started making more sense.
One thing that surprised me was that I was more interested in finding out what was going to happen back in the 'real' world than all the business with the race and the duke, etc.
4 stars rather than 5 because I enjoyed all the d..more
But then I started feeling confused by all these people that were introduced without any context..and I remembered it was the second book in the series. Some things started making more sense.
One thing that surprised me was that I was more interested in finding out what was going to happen back in the 'real' world than all the business with the race and the duke, etc.
4 stars rather than 5 because I enjoyed all the d..more
Love, love, loved this book.
I picked it up after remembering the first book, City of Masks, which I read years ago, not realizing that it was a series. I have fond memories of that book and this second definitely did not disappoint. It helps that the idea of stravagating is absolutely fascinating.
If you're interested in themes like time travel, myth or horses this a book for you. I would suggest reading the first book prior to this one however since the events from that book do play a part in t..more
I picked it up after remembering the first book, City of Masks, which I read years ago, not realizing that it was a series. I have fond memories of that book and this second definitely did not disappoint. It helps that the idea of stravagating is absolutely fascinating.
If you're interested in themes like time travel, myth or horses this a book for you. I would suggest reading the first book prior to this one however since the events from that book do play a part in t..more
My most favorite from the first trilogy. City of Stars focuses on a new protagonist named Georgia O'Grady, a 21st London girl who is being bullied by her step-brother. A who with low self-esteem but with a love for horses, Georgia fell asleep holding a miniature figurine of a horse and found herself teleported through time and space to Remora, an alternate version of Renaissance Siena, a city divided into 12 factions based on the western zodiacs (Aries, Saggitarius, etc). Georgia meets her maste..more
I am enjoying this series more than I did the first time around. I had mistakenly thought that the whole series was going to follow the same characters, but each book adds a new character to the cast and focuses on them for that book. The first time reading City of Stars I was sorely disappointed that the characters in City of Masks played a smaller role. This time round I really enjoyed the new character Georgia! I also really enjoyed the story of the annual race in Remora and the good di Chimi..more
I'm reminded every time I read this just how far short of City of Masks it falls, but this time the book seemed especially thin. Arianna and Luciano/Lucien got some serious character downgrades, and so did Rodolfo, honestly. Also, the Falco/Nicholas plot makes me want to grab him, Georgia, and Mary Hoffman, shake them by the shoulders, and ask what on Earth they were thinking. It's a thin plot line and the height of selfishness.
Jun 05, 2019Carol Bevan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
May 07, 2017Engel Dreizehn rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Top notch Renaissance-Italy style imagery, world building and style plus a great fantasy rendition of the real-life famous horse race in Italy.
I think this book was too slow for me to finish. It's been a few years, but I do believe it was just too dry or simple for my little 16 year old brain.
Nov 28, 2018Tanja Glavnik rated it really liked it
Again, the scenes needed more time to breathe, and it'd be really nice if Arianna and Luciano talked a bit more.
That being said, however, another entertaining read!
That being said, however, another entertaining read!
These are fun reads.
Oct 01, 2016Tanith Grant rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This is the second book in the Stravaganza series. Though some familiar faces do pop up, this book has a new protagonist, Georgia O’Grady, and is set in a different city in the land of Talia, Remora. If you like horses then you will love this book. Though the story follows the same vein as the first, showing the struggles between the brotherhood of the Stravangi and the powerful di Chimici family, the main theme of the book and the climatic events of the plot all centre around horses.
Georgia is..more
Jun 03, 2012Laraemilie rated it it was amazingGeorgia is..more
Shelves: 0-all-time-favourites, best-of-fantasy, best-of-childen-s-ya-books
City of stars takes us to sixteenth-century Talia again, but this time we visit Remora, a city similar to Siena.
Georgia loves horses, but she is unhappy because her stepbrother persecutes her. The day she saves up enough money and manages to buy the model of a winged horse, she cannot imagine that it will transport her to another world which reminds her of Italy, but has evolved in quite a different way. There, in a city full of intrigues and dangers, she must find what her mission as a Stravag..more
Georgia loves horses, but she is unhappy because her stepbrother persecutes her. The day she saves up enough money and manages to buy the model of a winged horse, she cannot imagine that it will transport her to another world which reminds her of Italy, but has evolved in quite a different way. There, in a city full of intrigues and dangers, she must find what her mission as a Stravag..more
I remember a friend recommended me this book, or well this series of books, a while ago because they said it was different and that it put together history and present times together. And I admit, that after reading it, it was a little interesting because it seemed to make you think about what you would do to change the past if you had the chance to control it and the actions and consequences. The story was mythical and powerful and overall engaging because it seemed to invite the imagination to..more
Aug 01, 2014Alex rated it it was amazing
I read this when I was probably around 12..which was a while ago, but for the benefit of any young adult readers looking for a good read, I figured I would throw in my thoughts on some of my favorite books from that time. I loved this series, waited for the newest edition to the series, and devoured the whole book a few hours after buying it. They are all, especially the first three, a perfect blend of fantasy and slightly backwards Italian Renaissance history, as well as a good dose of lessons..more
Oct 26, 2011Janine rated it it was amazing
It's safe to say that the Stravaganza series is my favorite book series. Granted I'm really not one for series but this is just so good! I love how this book tied in with City of Masks but was it's own thing entirely with completely different characters. I just loved it from beginning to end.
City of Stars is a special book. I've heard people say that it was a really great sequel and just held a special place in everyone's heart and I completely agree. What I loved was how I got to know every cha..more
Feb 03, 2011Sally rated it it was amazing · review of another editionCity of Stars is a special book. I've heard people say that it was a really great sequel and just held a special place in everyone's heart and I completely agree. What I loved was how I got to know every cha..more
Shelves: ya, horsies, fantasy, time-travel, adventure, bullying, fantasy-land, italy
Oooooooh that was just marvellous :D Although it has been far too long since I have read City of Masks so there were a few small moments of confusion, but they were soon cleared up. At first, I wasn't as sure of this one as I was the last but by midway I just didn't want to put it down and ended up loving it SO much, maybe even more? I really loved Georgia, she was a great character to follow, but for the start of the book I found myself enjoying more the parts set just in England, rather than t..more
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Mary Hoffman is a bestselling British author and reviewer, born in 1945. She is a true enthusiast of Italy and spends a lot of her time there, which shows in her Stravaganza novels: a series currently in publication. In total, she has written over 80 books, including the aforementioned Stravaganza series and the bestselling picture book, Amazing Grace. Mary is also the editor of a review magazine..more
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