Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman

Title: Eon: Dragoneye Reborn	Loved it	Graded
Author: Alison Goodman
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Elements: Chinese mythology, dragons
Series: Book 1 of a series

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 of 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 the chance to become a Dragoneye, 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...

The first thing I have to say is that Eon Dragoneye Reborn is super detailed. It was so detailed that sometimes I lost track of the story.

Every year save one, twelve 12 year old male students compete for the right to be come the next Dragoneye in the land. Gifted with the ability to see all twelve dragons and cursed with a crippled leg, Eona battles for her right to be the next Rat Dragoneye under the guise of Eon, a male.

Things don't turn out as expected, and she becomes the Dragoneye of the 500-year-missing-Mirror-Dragon. From there, she has to learn to make her way in the world of politics, where betrayal and murders run rampant. Don't fret though, the action scenes are more than enough. They were so detailed that I cringed at certain places, such is the power of Alison Goodman's writing.

The characters were finely thought out and no detail was left to chance, and I found myself being swept along as the plot swerved and thickened. I think we just found the next Tamora Pierce, and I can't wait for the sequel!