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thebookwyrm400 's review for:
Leia: Princess of Alderaan
by Claudia Gray
There are a lot of things to like about this book, like Bloodlines, I love how Claudia Gray writes Leia. She is a character who takes to the life of a Princess like a fish to water. But this wouldn't have been the case if it wasn't for the example that Bail and Breha Organa. She adores her adoptive parents and hopes to prove to them that she is worthy of becoming the princess and (when it is revealed that her parents are trying to start a Rebellion against the Empire) become worthy of fighting their cause with them. This is Leia's coming of age story. I did like the relationship between Kier and Leia but when anyone reads extended canon we know what is going to happen to characters that are either romantically involved or very close to characters in the main Canon they usually die (I think Thrawn is the only exception to this). I mean Kier ends up intending to expose the Rebellion to protect Alderaan. We see what could potentially happen to Alderaan with a planet called Christophus where just because the leaders were involved in a movement against the Empire- not only were the leaders executed, millions of people on this planet were slaughtered. And considering what happens to Alderaan in Episode IV...Kier was kind of right. The main thing that had me scratching my head is where this would place on the timeline. How many years after Revenge of the Sith did Rebels take place in cause this is sixteen years later. Otherwise I was very pleased with this story