Reading Response Eon

   I just started reading this book called Eon by Alison Goodman. It reminds me a lot of the series Song of the lioness by Tamora Pierce. It is about how a girl with immense power is secretly training with the boys to become a fighter, something forbidden to women, them two becoming the first of their kind.
   Eon is really a 16 year old girl training with 12 yer old boys. She has the power to see all the dragons, without really training. she has raw power withing her, more than any Dragoneye has. Even though she is a cripple, she is much stronger than any of the boys that are nobles, she only a orphan that was sent to work at a salting mine. She proves everyone wrong, she even resurrecting the Mirror Dragon, who has been lost for 500 years.
   This book, as I said before, reminds me much of the series Song of the Lioness. Alanna Disguises herself as a boy. She becomes very good, even winning the kingdoms' approvals when her real identity is revealed. These two girls go against what society has laid out for them, saying that girls aren't strong enough to bear the arms of a man, but they go way beyond that, winning the approval and trust of a goddess. They both have the weight of an entire kingdom on their shoulders and even though they are told they can't do it, against many odds, they save the kingdom.
    I'm only making inferences since i have only read about one third of Eon and when the sequel hasn't even come out yet and comparing it to Song of the Lioness. I think Goodman based of her series of Tamora's writing style, making girls the fighters who go against the odds all the time. Even Pierce commented on Eon. I really like this book so far. I can't wait to finish it and for the sequel to come out already.