So, not much there that you haven't seen before.but the trappings, and the journey itself are quite nice. This plot works for Harry Potter, for Star Wars, and for Snow White. This in itself if not a reason not to read the book-there is definitely some comfort in understanding exactly what you are getting when you pick up a book-mysteriously gifted young person unfairly kept down by circumstances out of their control, young person's potential finally recognized by those around them, a dire secret keeps young person's full capacity from saving them from a certain doom, young person goes on a journey of personal discovery to become who they really are. Alas, this novel is certainly good, but not great: the story is exceedingly predictable. It is a coming of age story, like many great works of fiction in the young adult fantasy genre. Eon must find the strength and inner power to battle those who want to take her magic.and her life.This is a very engaging novel about a young girl who is forced to live her life as a young man in order to fulfill her destiny. When Eon's secret threatens to come to light, she and her allies are plunged into grave danger and a deadly struggle for the Imperial throne. Females are forbidden to use Dragon Magic if anyone discovers she has been hiding in plain sight, her death is assured. He is actually Eona, a sixteen-year-old girl who has been masquerading as a boy for the chance to become a Dragoneye. He and his master hope that he will be chosen as a Dragoneye-an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good fortune.īut Eon has a dangerous secret. His intensive study of Dragon Magic, based on East Asian astrology, involves two kinds of skills: sword-work and magical aptitude. Twelve-year-old Eon has been in training for years.
Swordplay, dragon magic-and a hero with a desperate secret
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