Review by bashsbooks - Dynasty of Evil

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Dynasty of Evil by Drew Karpyshyn

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Urgh, I feel like this one was the worst of the three! It did have all the same improvements I noted for Rule of Two (and I also listened to this one as an audiobook), including soundscaping, cool battle descriptions, and fascinating Sith lore - though I think some of that was lazily copypasted from the previous book and given a new sheen. But there was so much more I did not like. Not a fan of Set Harth as a character. I feel like he's Giving Me Nothing. The plotline of Serra and Lucia had its high points, but it was also super frustrating to watch Serra fuck herself over so severely.

The saving grace of this book was The Huntress, my beloved Darth Cognus. I love her and I would do anything for her. She would torture me for fun and kill me when she got bored, just how I like it. I think her precognition shit is rad as fuck. Also, the final battle between Zannah and Bane was appropriately climactic, which is a feet considering how built up-to it was.

I like the ending implication that maybe their essences merged into one.

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