That ending was so anticlimactic after such a good read. Left me feeling really meh about it all and kinda like I've wasted my time.

Also Kygo lived which is BS. ( )

lord above, these love triangles. ( )

"Eon", the first book of this series, did a fantastic job of givingthe reader glimpses of something deeper to the story, then taunting usby keeping it a foot out of reach. Does the sequel live up to the first volume?

For the most part, yes. "Eona" is the counter to it's predecessor, aconstant torrent of action and motion that rapidly drives the readerto the conclusion, which is really a shame. So many authors these days seem to perpetuate a series long past the point it should have ended, dragging their readership along because, as readers, they've already invested so much into it. If anything, though, Alison Goodman doesn't draw the story out long enough.

This sequel begins hot on the tail of the first book. Eona has just realized the truth of her dragon, but she is still untrained. Sethon has named himself emperor, and Eona's only hope at mastering herselfand her power lies in Ido, the Dragoneye responsible for all of the destruction. "Eona" dashes off from there, as Kygo struggles to secure the empire from his uncle, while Eona learns the secret of both her ancestor and the String of Pearls. Along the way, Eona learns what sheneeds to.

Goodman does too good a job though - even as we narrow in on the final pages, you can't help but wish there was another volume or three to the story. I don't believe we ever got a satisfactory answer about the compass, and Goodman's world is certainly rich enough that you want to spend more time in it. If you enjoyed Eon, you'll enjoy this conclusion.
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It certainly had the same good elements that the last one had, but now it seems kind of a forced ending, also with the obious manipulative ways of Ido and the love interest with Kygo made for a cheesy romance triangle and redemption of Eon by just leaving everything behind. it seems too forced for my taste, sorry. ( )

Just not quite satisfying. There's a lot of action, some good development of our heroine's capacity and ambition versus her morals, even an interesting love triangle (though I was all sorts of uncertain about our heroine having visceral sexual tension with a guy I recall trying to rape her). But none of it was developed deeply enough, really dug into enough, to make me feel it. I wasn't really convinced of either of her emotional connections sufficient that they felt solid enough to pivot major conflict off. In addition, the magical and special-physics elements of the world were continually under revision in the story (of the "oh, things are actually like this" learning-as-we-go variety) which meant it difficult to have any sense, as things developed, of whether new information was good or dodgy. I find that sort of thing greatly lessens my engagement in the world, because I can't hazard my own guesses, I just have to go with what I'm given.

Anyway, pacey, interesting, not bad really. Just didn't do it for me. ( )