Finished reading this on January 1 to ring in the new year. It was ok. I was being pretty generous with the 7. I was leaning heavily toward a 6. I don't like the herky-jerky writing style that some people have. It was the same thing with the book Merlin. Just abrupt, super short sentences throughout the entire book. The plot was slow in developing and it seemed like new characters and storylines were being introduced every chapter. I actually started reading this with Mallory and it is the first book ever where she requested we stop and read a different book. She only made it about 125 pages or so.
The story ended up being alright and I never actually dreaded having to pick the book up like I sometimes do with books I dislike. So that itself guarantees it to be at least a 6. And I enjoy the Star Wars universe enough that it got tipped to a 7 in the end. I didn't love any of the characters too much. I guess Jas and Sinjir were my two favorites but there wasn't too much particularly intriguing about either one. I'll read the next two books in the trilogy eventually, but don't know how soon that will be.
Star Wars book rankings:
1. Lost Stars
2. Aftermath
