Lets go with...Eragon, by Christopher Paolini.
First of all, the book starts out very well, with the prologue giving the reader just enough action to jump start the story. Paolini does a wonderful job describing the village of Carvahall and the character Eragon. We learn a lot about him in the first couple of pages without even one info-dump. Some authors, I find, give too much information in the beginning of the book. Not only does that water down whatever they are writing about, but it's also extremely boring for the readers to...well...read.
Back to the story. Paolini does a fantastic job explaining why Eragon has to leave his village, the whole first part of the book is just wonderfully written. And his details are sublime, as well as the way he gets into Eragon's mind through Saphira. Throughout the middle and end of the book, and the beginning a little, Paolini does a good job keeping the mood the same. It's a very interesting mood, almost a magical, ancient feel and I love it.
For the whole last part of the story, Paolini does a great job with allowing the reader to feel like they are really standing in the dwarf city. His fight scenes are fast paced and yet slow enough for me to understand what is happening. he doesn't at any time rush through the story or skip important parts. I really love this book (if that isn't totally obvious) and I definitely suggest it to anybody who likes fantasy or dragons and whatnot.
