This book is so funny. Comedic readers need to check it out! It is so creative and engaging. These dragons are not your typical Dragons!

Quirky and entertaining, but often rambling and overlong. It took me too long to come to care for Gork.

"Gork, The Teenage Dragon" is the debut novel by Gabe Hudson. "Gork, The Teenage Dragon" is about a dragon who is a member of the WarWings Military Academy of Planet Conquering, Epic Poetry Writing, and Gold Plundering for Draconum. However, Gork is not ordinary dragon he has only two horns, shy and has a lovely warm heart. Readers of "Gork, The Teenage Dragon" will follow the Gork in his quest to find a queen and reach planet Earth.

I enjoy reading "Gork, The Teenage Dragon" it is different to other books about dragons. Also, "Gork, The Teenage Dragon" is "Gork, The Teenage Dragon" is a great adventure, and it made me laugh with the antics that Gork gets up to in the book. I like the way Gabe Hudson portrayed his characters especially Gork. "Gork" is a loveable character that teens and adults will love. "Gork, The Teenage Dragon" is a great coming of age book to read not only for teens but adults would also enjoy reading this book. Also, reading "Gork, The Teenage Dragon" will help teens to realise that you do not need to be a bully or beautiful to achieve greatness. "Gork, The Teenage Dragon" is a fantasy with a little bit of romance. Gabe Hudson brilliantly intertwined dragons and machines into the story.

Thanks to Knopf Publishing Group for my free copy for an honest review. I recommend this book

This is not a book about dragons I was expecting. It was even better. These dragons have spaceships and a lot of robots. This a a cute love story kinda thing. The dragonette that Gork ended up giving his crown to did not surprise me at all I knew it would be her from the beginning but the ending did surprise me a bit. I really enjoyed this book it kept me intrigued

Just finished Gork, the Teenage Dragon with a huge smile on my face. Gork is a quirky, funny and charming character that reminded of an adult Ferdinand the Bull. Gabe Hudson has a written an imaginative winner that I will be recommending to teens and adults who are looking for something humorous with a heart!

Abysmal. Had to force myself to slog through it. Written like some kind of tumblr post and without a clear plot. Not for me, sorry.

What an odd but riveting book!

As I started to read the novel, I thought "ok, this is not for me. Probably someone in High School or Middle School would like it more." But then, the book was stuck in my hand: I couldn't put it down, and even after finishing the book i can't put my finger on why!

The world building was spectacular. What's not to love about technically advanced Dragons with spaceships? And Gork is witty and fun, and his world is interesting and totally off the wall crazy. It's great! I loved the creativity there.

But the plot wasn't my cup of tea, and the ending got me a little confused. The author has a habit of repeating himself/certain plot points that made me eye-roll. Yet I'm still unsure about a few things? I have questions!

But there was just something I couldn't connect with, and I bet other readers will instead latch on and go crazy about it. It was a good book, but just not my type, personally. I would seriously recommend this to teens 8th-10th grade!

Hilarious, cute (at least to me) adventure in finding love with the young Gork. The authors take on dragons is wholly original. These aren't your typical dragons, either as destructive creatures hording treasure and demanding maidens and being slain by knights or as respected creatures of magic and wisdom. Gork and his dragons are a very interesting alien species that have the characteristics of typical dragons with their wings and tails and scales and claws and breathing fire and just plain fierceness but with an intelligence similar to humans, a more militarized society, and a huge love of poetry. Have I mentioned it's hilarious? yes? well that's cause it is lol. My only problem, and it's not much of one, was the repetition of things like "scaly green ass," the first few times it added to the humor but after that it got a little annoying. Gabe Hudson has clearly shown his talent and I'm interested to see what he does in his (hopefully very long) career.
**Thanks to the publisher for inviting me to review the ARC!**

I really enjoyed this book and it is one I would recommend for my classroom as well. I really enjoyed the beginning and the end especially. There were parts in the middle that were a little too sci-fi and technical and I sort of skipped over them. Gork was adorable though and really the whole book was fun and a great read!

Okay, so this is definitely not by kind of book. I've always wanted to be one of those people who loves Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett but I'm not. That's the kind of book this is. It's really cute and funny, if you're into space dragon juvenile yet nerdy smart humor, It's well written, the pace is just right yet I just didn't connect with it at all. I found myself at times really enjoying it but overall I simply wanted to read something else. This is a really cute and sweet book, just not for me.

I really wanted to like this book; I had some high hopes going in the synopsis sounded amazing and I LOVE dragons. However I guess my own high hopes were to blame since I could just not get into this story.
While there was some excellent world building, and the stories pace was good. It is a coming of age story and has some good messages about friendship, bullies, and self-acceptance. Overall I just could not get into the narrative voice of this tale.

Gork, the Teenage Dragon: A novel by Gabe Hudson had my "scaly green ass" laughing throughout the hilarious antics and witty dialogue in this book. Gork, our teen dragon, is called Weak Sauce because he is different than the other dragons. Only 2" horns, faints, afraid of heights, and has an oversized heart, literally and figuratively. He is suppose to find a Queen before he graduates the academy for dragons or he has to be a slave. If he finds a Queen that will except him, he gets to go with his Queen to a planet and start a new life. He has deal with bullies, nerds, mutants, and robot dragons. It is a comical, witty, tender, coming of age of age story with magical and delightful fantasy and just a hint of romance. Humor sprinkled generously!!! I giggled so much reading this book. There are so many scenes and phrases that caught me off guard that had me laughing and snorting. What a gem of a book! Thanks NetGalley, I haven't enjoyed a book like this in such a long time!

To summarize this book, I'd say it's about a society of technologically advanced dragons seeking world domination, but the main focus of the book is on this one dragon finding a mate.

What I didn't like was the focus of the story - which was Gork trying to ask his "queen" to mate with him - (kinda like asking a girl out to prom) all the while revving himself up, since he's such a loser for a dragon. If this is supposed to be YA, it's a very disturbing focus. Because Gork is a dragon instead of human teen, it does read better than a human teen looking to mate, but still - the idea is just wrong. I didn't like the writing style either. It felt like I was watching an annoying superhero movie with lots of screaming and hyper people. But that's just the feeling I got, and everyone has their own preferences.

On the other hand, I was really impressed with the way the author developed the world setting and other plot lines hidden behind Gork's search for a queen. It's really well written with great ideas, but the way it was all conveyed ruined it for me. I hope others appreciate it though. It's definitely a unique work. I think if you like graphic novels, you'll enjoy reading this. There are no graphics, but the style reads at a similar pace.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

(If rating only the second half of the book 4 stars, whole book: 3.5)

Gork, The Teenage Dragon by Gabe Hudson is a story of love versus power with dragons in space as the main characters.

Honestly, this novel took me a bit to get into. Well-written, comedic, and filled with description and innovation within familiar settings, the first half of the novel felt repetitive and somewhat random as Gork tried to find his Queen or risk becoming a slave. This made it a bit slow to start for me, but once it got to the second half of the book it become a much more interesting story and more focused.

Gabe Hudson has created a complex, sprawling universe that is constantly being introduced as Gork navigates it with the liberal use of flashbacks to fill in gaps as Gork goes about attempting to propose to his future Queen, Runcita. This creates a kind of constant forward progress, with the occasional explanatory side-story. It takes him quite a while just to find Runcita as WarWings Academy is filled with a myriad of pitfalls, enemies and complications which spans teleport pads, difficult spacecraft parking, battles to near death, and a trip to the underworld with a surprisingly helpful dead Professor Nog.

Gork is endearing as a character who is trying hard to fit into a world that is defined by dangerous brutality, while he has a big heart. His grandfather, Dr. Terrible epitomizes the world Gork is trying to fit into and works to get Gork to fit that mold by any means necessary. During the course of Gork's day we learn a lot about him, his world and Dr. Terrible.

The character I liked most was Fribby, Gork's best friend, a sentient organic, robot dragon. She is willing to help him in his quest for the popular girl "Queen" he wants, although he is at the other end of popular spectrum (there are actual rankings that Gork checks throughout), but I find myself hoping that he will end up with Fribby. Fribby is fearless, quirky, death obsessed and there for Gork, not just in spite of his flaws, but because of them.

Overall, Gork, The Teenage Dragon by Gabe Hudson is a good novel that got better as the story progressed. I'd recommend, especially for the second half of the book.

(I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book I received for free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my open and honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.)

Wonderfully weird and weirdly wonderful, I've never read anything like it!