amandatastic 's review for:

Queen's Peril by E.K. Johnston
4.0

I’m glad I read it but it’s only getting 4 stars cause I’ve always liked the Queen and her handmaidens, and I always enjoy covering time periods we’ve already heard about (episode 1 in this case) from the perspective of other characters. The writing was just not super amazing. Also I’ve met enough teenagers to question exactly how many can be prodigies in every single possible way. But- I was able to suspend my disbelief long enough to get through the story, and I did enjoy learning more of the handmaidens’ backgrounds and what happened on Naboo while the Queen and Jedi were on the way to Coruscant.

Other random things I liked:
- I always want to know more about the Queen’s wardrobe, so I enjoyed all the fashion details (and wouldn’t have minded more).
- This book is gay af but not in a heavy-handed way, and I appreciated it a lot.
- “Anakin Skywalker liked flying.” ... “Anakin Skywalker *really* liked flying.” lmao
- The very ending <3