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Leia: Princess of Alderaan
by Claudia Gray
After the Kenobi series, I really wanted to more Leia, which is why I started this book.
Kenobi was the first time I saw Leia not only as a Princess & Rebel Leader, but also as the daughter of Anakin & Padmé. As these two are among my favorite characters, I really liked how the series pointed out the family resemblance.
The similarities to her parents weren't as explicitly mentioned in Leia, Princess of Alderaan, but still present and I love Leia even more now because of it.
The style of this book is very similar to E.K. Johnston's Star Wars novels. It's quiet and focuses on telling Leia's story instead of just another adventure featuring Leia.
I really enjoyed E.K.'s books, so naturally, I also enjoyed the style if this book.
Over the course of the book, we see Leia struggle to find her place in the galaxy and the Rebellion.
This surprised me, as I always thought if Leia being in the Rebellion as given. Though it does make sense that her parents initially wanted to protect her.
And I really enjoyed reading about the Organa family's struggle if finding this balance.
This is only a minor thing many people probably didn't even notice, but Leia, Princess of Alderaan only has one pov; Leia's.
As much as I like other Star Wars books, sometimes they kinda lose focus by telling too many stories from too many povs.
Leia benefits from ONLY telling Leia's story and not getting distractet by other characters.
Plus, I still prefer single pov books to multiple pov books. I don't know why, but I just feel that way.🤷♀️
Even though the book is told from Leia's pov and she's obviously the main character, there are other important characters.
First off, obviously, her parents Breha & Bail. While we haven't seen much of Breha in canon yet, Bail is a character I always enjoyed.
But in this book we see them from a new perspective, and we see them mess up and make mistakes. This was hard to accept at first, because I always thought of them as great people, but their flaws only make them better and richer characters in the end I think.
Amilyn Holdo also makes an appearance and plays a pretty important role as Leia's friend.
The Last Jedi is my favorite sequel film and I saw it multiple times, but I still had trouble connecting TLJ Amilyn Holdo to Leia Amilyn Holdo.
Don't get me wrong, I liked her character in this book, she was one of my favorites, but I just didn't really see the connection. Maybe I just have to rewatch TLJ...🤷♀️
The last character worth mentioning in this review is Kier Domadi, a boy from Alderaan. His character was well-written and showed an underrepresented pov in this era. The end of his storyline was to be expected, but still very good and dramatic.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who is even remotely interested in Leia.
Giving 5 stars NEVER feels quite right to me, because "there could always be something better". Here though, giving 5 stars is the ONLY thing that feels right.
Not even my favorite books get 5 stars from me.
My favorite sw books, Queens Shadow and Brotherhood only have a 4 to 4.5 star rating.
Because even though i love them, they also had (small) things i didn't like.
This book was perfect though.
It absolutely blew me away and I have no complains whatsoever.
Funny enough, I'm still not sure if it's even among my top 3 star wars books.
It complicated😂
Kenobi was the first time I saw Leia not only as a Princess & Rebel Leader, but also as the daughter of Anakin & Padmé. As these two are among my favorite characters, I really liked how the series pointed out the family resemblance.
The similarities to her parents weren't as explicitly mentioned in Leia, Princess of Alderaan, but still present and I love Leia even more now because of it.
The style of this book is very similar to E.K. Johnston's Star Wars novels. It's quiet and focuses on telling Leia's story instead of just another adventure featuring Leia.
I really enjoyed E.K.'s books, so naturally, I also enjoyed the style if this book.
Over the course of the book, we see Leia struggle to find her place in the galaxy and the Rebellion.
This surprised me, as I always thought if Leia being in the Rebellion as given. Though it does make sense that her parents initially wanted to protect her.
And I really enjoyed reading about the Organa family's struggle if finding this balance.
This is only a minor thing many people probably didn't even notice, but Leia, Princess of Alderaan only has one pov; Leia's.
As much as I like other Star Wars books, sometimes they kinda lose focus by telling too many stories from too many povs.
Leia benefits from ONLY telling Leia's story and not getting distractet by other characters.
Plus, I still prefer single pov books to multiple pov books. I don't know why, but I just feel that way.🤷♀️
Even though the book is told from Leia's pov and she's obviously the main character, there are other important characters.
First off, obviously, her parents Breha & Bail. While we haven't seen much of Breha in canon yet, Bail is a character I always enjoyed.
But in this book we see them from a new perspective, and we see them mess up and make mistakes. This was hard to accept at first, because I always thought of them as great people, but their flaws only make them better and richer characters in the end I think.
Amilyn Holdo also makes an appearance and plays a pretty important role as Leia's friend.
The Last Jedi is my favorite sequel film and I saw it multiple times, but I still had trouble connecting TLJ Amilyn Holdo to Leia Amilyn Holdo.
Don't get me wrong, I liked her character in this book, she was one of my favorites, but I just didn't really see the connection. Maybe I just have to rewatch TLJ...🤷♀️
The last character worth mentioning in this review is Kier Domadi, a boy from Alderaan. His character was well-written and showed an underrepresented pov in this era. The end of his storyline was to be expected, but still very good and dramatic.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who is even remotely interested in Leia.
Giving 5 stars NEVER feels quite right to me, because "there could always be something better". Here though, giving 5 stars is the ONLY thing that feels right.
Not even my favorite books get 5 stars from me.
My favorite sw books, Queens Shadow and Brotherhood only have a 4 to 4.5 star rating.
Because even though i love them, they also had (small) things i didn't like.
This book was perfect though.
It absolutely blew me away and I have no complains whatsoever.
Funny enough, I'm still not sure if it's even among my top 3 star wars books.
It complicated😂