Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I was so hopeful and the beginning was such a tease.
“A wise man once wrote: In war, truth is the first casualty.”
Brilliant, intriguing, foreshadowing. I was pumped, i was so ready for a dragon novel with wizards, war, emperors, and some kicking some sexist-warlord ass.
did we get it… ಠ_ಠ
It felt like no one really knew what was happening at any point or time. Like not even our main character !! despite being the chief advisor, Eona wasn’t included on any major decisions within the war * Da fuq ??*
So she kept finding out stuff last minute and tried to take her own action but ended up ruining everything… horrible horrible cycle. I mean christ on a cracker, there was a grand total of TWO training scenes AND THEY WERE BOTH *FULL OF TEEN ANGST* I LITERALLY GAGGED ON IT.
“I know.” His head tilted; a smile quickly suppressed. “Of course, you have already punched me in the throat and tried to stab me with a sword, but I know you would never hurt me.”
So yah lame stuff happened but then … there were these little moments of potential and greatness that tempted and teased me.
Small glimpses of brilliant world building, sassy teasing, interesting side characters and i swear to god, i really wanted to like this book, I tried dammit
“Four days with a mother I had not seen for ten years, two powerful men who hated each other, and friends who did not trust me”
That sounds pretty damn intriguing doesn’t it?
Except Eona then spends the entire time in a *fucking* cabin just worrying about Ido the prisoner. IM SERIOUS !! She then tries to “save” the boat by making out with Ido in her bed…right….
Like with this single sentence there is SO much an author can do with it…but then didn’t ლ( ಠ 益 ಠ )ლ
Spoiler
“The dragons were enslaved. There was no bargain between man and beast. We had stolen their egg”
So then we have couple halfass battles and then and then and then…!!! The book just ends. I was just gutted when I got the end. I was legit confused, wondering and waiting, like no seriously where’s the rest ??? Essentially the author was like ‘good luck sorting out your entire fucking empire because everything was a lie and now most people are dead’
I think I just loved the idea of the book but the execution failed to live up to the expectations.
Our main character never really took an active role.
I can’t remember a single one of the side characters so they were just background noise.
The great buildup. I’m gonna be honest, I’m not sure how to actually describe the plot now. This whole time has been building up Eon to Eona, and setting up the war situation.
But then it fell flat because it failed to develop the rest of the world. I wanted more dragons, more magic, more wizards, more character dynamics, more banter…. not a bunch of war- room arguments with no action. *smh*
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