![]() Her mother’s arrival about two-thirds of the way through Eona was a wasted opportunity to show the strength of her bloodline she meets with her mother once, and then never speaks to her again. Despite being part of a female Dragoneye bloodline and having plenty of wonderful female role models around her-like Dela and Vida-she is never truly given the space to celebrate being a woman. Eona thinks poorly of women and womanhood throughout the books and never untangles her internalized misogyny. ![]() Women are not allowed to be Dragoneyes, and their bodies are largely for men’s use and not much else. Eona (known as Eon when she is trying to pass as a boy) lives in a world that treats women as inferior. While there are female warriors and dragons, unfortunately, Eon and Eona are rife with unexplored misogyny. If you are looking for a book that features female warriors, dragons, and nuanced discussions of gender… look elsewhere. ![]() It is a series full of political intrigue, sword battles, and interpersonal struggle. ![]() Warnings: Discussions of ableism, misogyny, sexual assault, and transphobia.Īlison Goodman’s duology, Eon and Eona, is about a young person in training to be a Dragoneye, one of the 12 masters in the Empire of the Celestial Dragons whose connection with a dragon gives them the power to control the weather and bring prosperity to the empire. ![]()
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