Queens Peril Review
Queen's Peril is the new book by EK Johnston, focusing on Padme Amidala. It is a prequel to her book Queen's Shadow, which focuses on Padme's first years in the senate. Queen's Peril on the other hand focuses on the beginning of Padme's rule as Queen, up through The Phantom Menace. For this review I'll start off with a broad overview, followed by a spoiler review. Queen's Peril is very similar to Queen's Shadow in a lot of ways. It focuses way more on nitty gritty politics and procedure then many other Star Wars media. You get a very unique look at Naboo politics and Naboo culture. Furthermore, the relationship between Padme and her handmaidens, which makes up the emotional core of the story, is excellently well done. The handmaidens are each reasonably distinct, and though Padme and Sabe are the main focus, the other get more then enough time to shine. I will say this story, like its predecessor, may not be for everyone. There is less of a disti...