I’ll admit that I’m quite late to the party when it comes to the Star Wars novelizations so I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this! I know for sure I didn’t want simply a re-hash of the film, I think a novelization should offer something a little bit more, whether it’s extra scenes … More Review: The Force Awakens Novelization by Alan Dean Foster
It starts and ends with Jakku, a dead planet on the very edges of the Western Reaches. As soon as I started this book I started to wonder, are we finally going to find out why everyone wants to go back to Jakku?! Star Wars: Aftermath Life Debt is the second book in Chuck Wendig’s … More Review: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig
This book was, and I say this knowing fully well the magnanimity of this statement (in my little world anyway!), quite possibly the best Star Wars book I have ever read! Much like Dark Journey, Traitor is a character study of one half of the famous Solo twins, but more than that it is a … More New Jedi Order: Traitor
I’ll get this statement over with straightaway – yes this book is written in a very different style to other Star Wars novels so far. However, something else I’ll say right off the bat – I really enjoyed this style! It gave the novel a sharp, snappy pace which made it utterly unputdownable. It’s a … More Review: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
**I need to put a spoiler warning in here – these two books contain a couple of big events of the war which I’m going to talk about and if you are trying to read this series completely blind I suggest skipping this review until you’ve caught up!** Following immediately after the events of Star … More New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I & II
It’s hard to put into words how much this book meant to me. As a Jyn fan since my very first viewing of Rogue One, I was always going to find this book extremely compelling. Although there is action aplenty, Revis has managed to create a deeply personal, unflinching account of one of the most … More Review: Rebel Rising by Beth Revis
As this year draws to a close, I thought it would be nice to take a look back at the Star Wars books I have read this year! I’ve been pleased with the amount I have gotten through this year (especially since…shock horror…I haven’t just been reading Star Wars books, I’ve mixed it up and … More A Year in Books!
