[GuardianAngel87]

I finished Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan a week or so ago and Claudia Gray is now indeed 3 for 3 for writing good Star Wars novels for the current canon. I know I should be posting my thoughts on From A Certain Point View rather than Leia, Princess of Alderaan but as an interlibrary loan, I was only given a limited/certain amount of time on reading this book and that I still haven't finished on reading the former. I was rather busy getting ready for Christmas which includes watching various Christmas movies/specials. Anyway, this is probably the best of the Claudia Gray-penned SW novels so far. The writing for the character of Princess Leia is pretty well done as well as other characters like Bail Organa for the most part. Though, I honestly feel that the character of Amilyn Holdo feels rather out of place within the Star Wars universe as much as I wanted to like her and this is coming from somebody who loves the character of Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter franchise since that character is the inspiration for the creation of this particular character according to Claudia Gray herself. The political intrigue is still just as solid as ever and while the book is a bit slow at the start of it, it does pick up once Leia finds out about her adoptive father's operations in setting up the Alliance at the planet of Not Hoth, I mean Crait. Sorry. Another thing I really appreciate from the book is Leia's relationship with her adoptive mother, Breha, and the surprising amount of focus we get from the latter. Despite of the (a bit unnecessary) tie-ins to the upcoming film, TLJ, they, thankfully, really don't hinder my enjoyment of the novel all that much. All in all, I would indeed recommend this book to any and all Princess Leia fans regardless of the canon you prefer. And since I also read a very well-done short story involving Qui-Gon Jinn written by the same author before jumping into this novel, I'm honestly looking forward to Claudia Gray expanding her horizons as a Star Wars writer and even keeping my fingers crossed if she will eventually tackle a novel, whether it's YA or adult really doesn't matter to me, that has both Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi as the main characters provided that rumor about this is true and that is saying a lot. Now, since I just got this as an interlibrary loan today, it's onward to one of the last Disney canon SW novels I'll be reading for awhile and it's The Legends of Luke Skywalker. We are now at the home stretch, ladies and gentlemen.