A review by octavia_cade
The Covenant of the Crown by Howard Weinstein

3.0

Much better than the last Star Trek tie-in I read, so that's something! It's very focused on McCoy, who's feeling middle-aged, and the arrival of a young princess in need of help just makes him feel more so, because lovely as she is, she's too young for him and he knows it. There's a few mythic undertones here, as the princess goes on a journey to retrieve a crown that proves her fitness to rule, and the book's very concerned with leadership, and what makes a good leader and a useful one. I tend to like mythic undertones, and so I liked this, but also enjoyable here is the double act of Spock and McCoy, who are paired for the bulk of the book, and whose bickering is underlined by a genuine sense of friendship and reliance.