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It has been established since Children of the Jedi that Barbara Hambly’s clustered writing style just doesn’t fit the mythos and glory of Star Wars. So what does Spectra do? Make her write a follow-up of sorts…well, because Children of the Jedi still sold as a bestseller despite its worst.
Needless to say, I get why Hambly isn’t well liked in her writing for Legends- she remains cluttered all over, tending to focus on fleshing out the sceneries rather than capitalizing on the dialogue, intrigue a ...more
Needless to say, I get why Hambly isn’t well liked in her writing for Legends- she remains cluttered all over, tending to focus on fleshing out the sceneries rather than capitalizing on the dialogue, intrigue a ...more

This was another confusing weirdly written novel by Barbara Hambly and much like Children of the Jedi I did not care for it. Han, Leia and Luke all felt strangely written with many phrases these characters would not make along some weird verbiage that does not exist in today’s world (or in the OT universe). I honestly could not have cared less about Leia’s story in this book. Han was kind of MIA for most of it and Luke continues his weird teen angsty love obsession of which I never bought into a
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