starwarrior91 's review for:

Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray

4.0

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Four and a half stars. Claudia Gray again hits it out of the park, crafting an enthralling story about Leia’s personal journeys to both becoming an heir to the throne of Alderaan and becoming a member of the growing rebellion. The only issues I had were trying to place it within the larger timeline (specifically when it takes place compared to the Star Wars Rebels animated series) and the characterization of Holdo. Often writers will take one or two tangential aspects of a character, in this case her unique hairstyle and her sacrifice in TLJ, and choose to make that define their entire life. In this case it didn’t work all that well in my opinion. Other than that it was as fantastic as I expected.