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Review for Eon and Eona

These books bring a lot to the table that isn’t usually seen in Young Adult fantasy; it’s a fantasy world based on Asian culture and history (and is accurately and respectfully done), as opposed to the ridiculously abundant European influenced fantasy. It has strong feminist themes and encourages the acceptance and embracing of female strength. There is an absolutely fantastic transgender character as well as the main character and another minor character are physically disabled. And while I do have one issue with the handling of the disabilities, for the most part, it’s excellently done and even questions some important issues in the modern world. These books are really just a boatload of well-done representation for race, gender, and the disabled, not to mention this is all paired with an excellent plot that balances magic, dragons, and Eona’s path to self-discovery and acceptance.

Not to mention, these books have some of the greatest side characters I’ve seen: the transgender Lady Dela, the islander eunuch Ryko, Prince Kygo of the Celestial Empire, Lord Ido, one truly charming and completely ass of an antagonist. They’re all excellent characters that really balance Eona and help her growth. Eona herself goes through a powerful and painful transformation, from being a boy because she wanted respect, to being a woman that commands respect. Watching Eona’s development is terribly satisfying and very empowering, especially as she deals with morality and her desire for power.

The writing is very well done, doing an excellent portrayal of ancient Asian culture and society in this novel, creating amazing characters, and handling magic, mystery, romance, and self-discovery all deftly in this duology. I highly recommend these two books for anyone looking for something different than the usual Young Adult (or Adult) fantasy, and a truly remarkable story.


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Eon Dragoneye Reborn Alison Goodman Books Reviews

This was an excellent story. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the dragons in a light I hadn't read before. The cultural elements of the story were really engaging and I loved seeing how this world was organized. There were a couple plot twists that I could see coming, but I still found the book very enjoyable. I immediately bought the sequel when I finished this one. If you enjoy action, coming of age stories, and a little something extra (read dragons here) then this will be an adventure you want to be a part of.
Ill admit that I don't read many books. I'm a digital artist and generally care more about games and their design than books and their design.

Eon captured my attention fairly quickly and held it to the bitter end.
I finished the book today, having to leave it to go to work, I found myself wanting to know what happened in the last hundred pages.
There were several sections of this book that captivated me, and overall I liked the main character Eona, and her struggle to power.

This book could easily frustrate you, or bore you with details though, as it did for me. I found myself skipping large paragraphs of detail that I had no desire to read, as I was more interested in moving the story along than having a very long winded description of their location. There are several points in the story where the answers to the Eona's questions are so painfully obvious that you just have to put the book down and silently curse her naivete.

Though with that said, the supporting characters are great, the plot is very interesting, and there are several very tense moments, if you managed to get into the story as I did.

Overall, I am very happy with it and will continue on to the next book!
There was a thankfully short-lived trend in soap operas during the 70's where a bad boy would rape a good girl, then somehow decide that he loved the good girl and would try to woo her into loving him back, which she eventually did. I didn't really watch soap operas (only when I was very sick and could do nothing more than lie in bed and watch daytime tv), but I (and apparently many others) found this plot device revolting.

I normally like young adult novels. I enjoy watching characters learn and develop and grow into better human beings. I DID NOT like this series.
The first book in this series has a couple of redeeming factors. There is a trans character who is treated as a normal human being, which I appreciated. The magic system is a bit derivative, but still fairly interesting. But those are the only things I really liked about it. The lead character, that some have described as a "strong female lead" is anything but. She is female. I'll give them that. But she is a spineless weak-willed whiner who is acted upon rather acting. She is neither strong, nor a leader. Which doesn't make any sense, since she has apparently been training for three years in order to eventually become one of the most powerful leaders in the land.

I spent most of the first book waiting for the girl to grow a spine and being disappointed. We are "treated"? throughout to long frustrating internal monologues in which she tells herself how unworthy she is and whines about why did this power and responsibility have to be hers. (The power and responsibility she apparently spent three years training to achieve) Because I hate not finishing books, and these two books are basically just one story -- one very slow drawn out story -- I had to read the second book as well.

I spent most of the extremely long second book getting more and more frustrated with this pathetic character who never seemed to learn anything and continued to be manipulated by external events and the people around her. Spoiler alert. This stupid little girl allows herself to fall in lust with the power mad and steroid raged man who not only tried to violently rape her, but who succeeded in brutally murdering several of her friends and starting a traitorous revolt that resulted in the deaths of thousands. Yet, she still finds him attractive and enjoys interacting with him. UGH! I came to hate this stupid selfish little girl and was relieved when I finished the books and could put them away. BTW, she never did grow a spine. She was acted upon rather than acting on her own till the very end.

The only reason that I am giving this book two stars is because of the trans character. We need more stories that show trans people as people.
Review for Eon and Eona

These books bring a lot to the table that isn’t usually seen in Young Adult fantasy; it’s a fantasy world based on Asian culture and history (and is accurately and respectfully done), as opposed to the ridiculously abundant European influenced fantasy. It has strong feminist themes and encourages the acceptance and embracing of female strength. There is an absolutely fantastic transgender character as well as the main character and another minor character are physically disabled. And while I do have one issue with the handling of the disabilities, for the most part, it’s excellently done and even questions some important issues in the modern world. These books are really just a boatload of well-done representation for race, gender, and the disabled, not to mention this is all paired with an excellent plot that balances magic, dragons, and Eona’s path to self-discovery and acceptance.

Not to mention, these books have some of the greatest side characters I’ve seen the transgender Lady Dela, the islander eunuch Ryko, Prince Kygo of the Celestial Empire, Lord Ido, one truly charming and completely ass of an antagonist. They’re all excellent characters that really balance Eona and help her growth. Eona herself goes through a powerful and painful transformation, from being a boy because she wanted respect, to being a woman that commands respect. Watching Eona’s development is terribly satisfying and very empowering, especially as she deals with morality and her desire for power.

The writing is very well done, doing an excellent portrayal of ancient Asian culture and society in this novel, creating amazing characters, and handling magic, mystery, romance, and self-discovery all deftly in this duology. I highly recommend these two books for anyone looking for something different than the usual Young Adult (or Adult) fantasy, and a truly remarkable story.