X-wing: Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole

(Yes, I skipped ahead.)

I’m still working on my chronological read through of the Legends books (mixed in with new canon and non Star Wars books), but a new podcast started that is reading the X-wing series and talking about it weekly, so I decided to follow along. It is taking forever because they only read 4 chapters a week, but it is fun to hear other people’s opinion, especially people who also haven’t read these books before. But this weekend, I finished way ahead of the podcast because I mentioned reading this to my Bookclub and they picked it for this month. I am curious to see what non Star Wars/sci-fi fans think of it. 

Anyway, the book: I really liked this! I loved the comraderie of the squadron. Wedge and Tycho are awesome and I can’t wait to read more about them. I was on the fence about Corran at first, but ended up really liking him. I grew to like Mirax a lot too. One thing I was not a fan of – people dying! I get that this is about war and battles where no one dies aren’t realistic, but the first squadron death in this book made me cry. I was able to handle later ones better, but I hate getting to know and like a character only to have them die. It just hurts my heart. 

But overall, I thought the book was great. Great characters, interesting plot, and feed space battles. I’m excited for the rest of the series. 

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