Eon has been studying the ancient art of dragon magic for four years, hoping he'll be able to apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons for good fortune. But he also has a dark secret. He is actually Eona, a sixteen-year-old girl who has been living a dangerous lie for a chance to become a Dragon-eye, the human link to an energy dragon's power. It is forbidden for females to practice the Dragon Magic and, if discovered, Eon faces a terrible death. After a dazzling sword ceremony, Eon's affinity with the twelve dragons catapults him into the treacherous world of the Imperial court, where he makes a powerful enemy, Lord Ido. As tension builds and Eon's desperate lie comes to light, readers won't be able to stop turning the pages...
Thoughts:
3/5 stars.
The beginning was quite slow for me. Probably because I didn't really understand what was going on... Don't get me wrong, I started to really like it towards the end, but it took a while before I really started to get into it. Partially, because we were introduced to this new world of dragons and etc., and it took me a while to become accustomed to their world (though this was a pretty fascinating one).
I never have really read a book about ancient Asia, which I am assuming this book was set into, and the only other book about dragons I read was Christopher Paolini's Inheritance series, so I instantly was attracted to it. Though the cover is quite atrocious to me. This story is also similar to Mulan, who is a pretty cool cat.
So this book centers around Eon, aka Eona, and her struggle to hide her identity while keeping up this powerful man facade. Actually, boy i guess, since she was pretending to be 12. I didn't really get her, and I think it was because the plot was surrounding this big mystery WHERE THE ANSWER WAS SO OBVIOUS. Maybe it was because I was in the shoes of the viewer, but I instantly knew the answer to her predicament right when it arose. I wanted to throw this book across the room at times. But I refrained. Other than that, I liked the diversity of the characters. They all had different personalities, quirks, and really helped moved the story along. And most weren't just one-dimensianal in the sense that they didn't only show one emotion throughout the story. Which was nice.
Most people will say that the writing was spectacular, that they could imagine all the imagery as Eona was imagining it, blahblahblah, but to be honest, whenever I read one of those into-Eona-slash-dragon-thingy phases, my eyes just glazed over. Which probably wasn't the smartest thing to do. First of all, I didn't really understand what was going on between the two (though I did imagine Eona going into a That's So Raven-esque pose), and second, what she was imagining wasn't that interesting. It wasn't like she was imagining a dancing llama trying to balance a pineapple on it's head. It was just colors. And such.
Either way, the action and ending is enticing me to buy the second book. Though it's cover isn't.
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