Eon is the story of the teenager girl Eona, who has disguised herself as a boy to act as a candidate for becoming the Rat Dragon apprentice. Dragoneye magic is forbidden to females, and thus Eona must submit to hiding her gender with the burden of a crippled leg. However, Eona posesses a gift of seeing all of the Dragons, a rare and powerful gift, which may compensate for her lame leg and weakness in stamina. Eon is the story of Eona going on to become her own person, and seek her place among the Dragoneyes, whether or not she's chosen by the Rat Dragon is something I won't reveal to you readers. 
 I adore this novel, I love it! I was very pleasantly surprised by how well it was written, and how addicted I was to it. I love Eona, our heroine, at many points because I admire the constraint she has over herself, her wise impassiveness and ambition to do what is right, even if lies are all over the place. She does NOT fall in love with a man, romance isn't a big topic in this book - which I'm very happy about. Too many times, YA novels are too focused with exploiting romance, especially sex and lust that they lose their charm. I hate novels that portray the heroine as obsessed over two guys and make that the focus of the book. I love Eon for breaking that cliche. 
 On the other hand, I love Eon because it is an exotic oriental fantasy, which is a bit rarer in YA fiction these days. Being Asian, I think that might be a personal bias, but it's interesting to discuss a world that's very different from the English world, where I grew up in. The idea of power being channeled through the dragons is refreshing, albeit not original. Eon is impressive enough to triumph many cliches, but it's not completely original, and many obvious cliches do happen. However, the writing is strong, confident and fluid, and the characters are very convincing - not necessarily flat at all. Eon may not be spell bindingly radical or controversial, but it manages to avoid many of the pitfalls of YA novels today. I'm impressed just by that. 
 I really do recommend Eon to any reader, and I will be sure to look out for Eona in the coming releases this spring!