A review by gingerreader99
The Ashes of Eden by Judith Reeves-Stevens, William Shatner, Garfield Reeves-Stevens

4.0

Perhaps this should lean more to 3.5 stars but the climactic ending pushed it towards a higher rating. There are parts I was not too keen on, Kirk's relationship with Teilani felt awkward and a little weird from the start, slightly predatory even but Kirk received a lot of shit from his friends about it and she was playing him anyways so that was a good way to resolve that particular issue. I suppose in a way it's a fitting end for the Enterprise - A but I mean C'mon if you're gonna go through all that to blow it up why not throw it head on into Drake's vessel? It certainly wouldn't be too much considering the other elements of fan service evident in this novel.

I did particularly enjoy the Excelsior elements of the novel Sulu and the rest of the TOS crew were fantastic and when they confront Kirk near the end I finally got excited again about what Kirk's plot thread included.

Overall though, Shatner and his co-authors crafted an interesting and fun story that I quite enjoyed.