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148 reviews

The Wrath of Darth Maul by Ryder Windham

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

I’ve re read this book at least once a year every year since it released. Maul’s life story needs to be explored like this in Disney canon 

Darth Plagueis by James Luceno

dark informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The perfect prequel to the prequels 

The Battle of Jedha by George Mann

dark funny informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

1.75

Way too slow paced in my opinion. Perhaps the actual audio drama is better but this was the weakest of the two audio dramas in this publishing initiative by far. 

Brotherhood by Mike Chen

emotional funny hopeful informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If I could give it more than 5 stars I would. Another amazing underrated entry to the new canon of Star Wars novels 

The Clone Wars by Tracey West

funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I’ve read this book countless times since it came out when I was a child and it’s always a fun re read 

Hard Contact by Karen Traviss
Did not finish book. Stopped at 55%.

Going into it I was told this was the least interesting book in the republic commando series so I didn’t have high expectations. However, even with lowered expectations I wasn’t really wrapped into the story. The main commando squad isn’t interesting and neither is plot. 

Dark Disciple by Christie Golden

dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was the perfect Clone Wars era novel. It’s unfortunate this 8 episode arc never made it to the screen but this book does the job just fine. Ventress gets the arc she deserves and I’m glad that this story isn’t over and will be continued in the upcoming season of The Bad Batch

Path of Deceit by Tessa Gratton, Justina Ireland

dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of the best books in the entire high republic series introducing a new threat to the galaxy. Surprisingly the Jedi were the least interesting part of this book, the path of the open hand was written well. 

Star Wars: Convergence (The High Republic) by Zoraida Córdova

emotional informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

By far the most boring and uninteresting book in this entire publishing initiative. I’ve read the entirety of Phase 1, this was my first read for Phase 2 and I was extremely disappointed.

Allies by Christie Golden

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

The stuff regarding Abeloth is gripping and amazing I find it hard to put the book down. However, the politics of the Galactic Alliance is a boring and unnecessary subplot in this book of the series.