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Book #58: Leia, Princess of Alderaan, by Claudia Gray
You guys.
YOU GUYS.
Y.O.U. G.U.Y.S.
I really liked this book a lot.
Taking place just before Leia gets in the mess, Gray has written a powerhouse book about destiny, privilege, friendship, family, emotionally fraught tea parties, and possibly the most awkward dinner party sequence of all time.
I thought Gray did a good job of balancing Leia's Action Girl and her Princess aspects. For example: Leia isn't a huge fan of her personal attendant droid, which is programmed to dress her and do her hair, but by the end of the book, realizes that 1. it's part of what/who she is, and 2. it's another tool she can use to operate.
Leia's reach frequently overextends her grasp in this book, but I didn't mind it. No one ever makes her feel stupid for messing up when she acts on the information she has. Instead they all talk about it like REAL PEOPLE, which I liked a lot.
ALSO ALSO ALSO
no spoilers, but JESUS CHRIST that tea party. I was on an airplane, and I had to keep setting the book down so I wouldn't freak out and alarm the flight attendants.
Also, you meet the woman who'll become Vice Admiral Holdo, and she's wonderful.
I JUST I JUST
...i just really miss Carrie Fisher. But this helps.
YOU GUYS.
Y.O.U. G.U.Y.S.
I really liked this book a lot.
Taking place just before Leia gets in the mess, Gray has written a powerhouse book about destiny, privilege, friendship, family, emotionally fraught tea parties, and possibly the most awkward dinner party sequence of all time.
I thought Gray did a good job of balancing Leia's Action Girl and her Princess aspects. For example: Leia isn't a huge fan of her personal attendant droid, which is programmed to dress her and do her hair, but by the end of the book, realizes that 1. it's part of what/who she is, and 2. it's another tool she can use to operate.
Leia's reach frequently overextends her grasp in this book, but I didn't mind it. No one ever makes her feel stupid for messing up when she acts on the information she has. Instead they all talk about it like REAL PEOPLE, which I liked a lot.
ALSO ALSO ALSO
no spoilers, but JESUS CHRIST that tea party. I was on an airplane, and I had to keep setting the book down so I wouldn't freak out and alarm the flight attendants.
Also, you meet the woman who'll become Vice Admiral Holdo, and she's wonderful.
I JUST I JUST
...i just really miss Carrie Fisher. But this helps.