3.9 AVERAGE

medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful informative slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

WTF the epilogue???!!!
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book was okay. Just very slow. It felt like there was way too much focus on what Padme and all her handmaidens were wearing and how she was rearranging her staff and their responsibilities and very little time on her actual personal growth and learning to be a senator. They spent a whole theee chapters going back to visit Naboo where nothing furthering the plot actually happened other than her deciding she wanted to keep being a senator which could have been done in a more impactful way without the 3 whole chapters of nothing. It felt so slow but the times she was actually doing work with the senate was the only time it was interesting. 
adventurous inspiring lighthearted
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
hopeful reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Padme transitions from her role as Queen of Naboo to Ambassador for Naboo. This is the quiet book I was hoping for, fleshing out several matters that were implied in the prequel movies.

This is the first book of the Padme trilogy but I get the impression they are all standalones, focussing on different phases of her life. Pick up this book if you want a little more insight into the roles of the handmaidens, the system of government of Naboo, and how this works politically on the Galactic level. 
informative lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No