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A review by jenny_librarian
Siege by Karen Miller
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.75
Karen Miller strikes again! The queen of Star Wars Legends wrote yet another masterpiece.
Could Gambit be a single book instead of a duology? Yes. It’s pretty much one storyline, and the cliffhanger at the end of Stealth feels more like a chapter end than the stopping point between novels. But that doesn’t make it any less good.
I have been yelling it and will keep doing so: Karen Miller knows what the polycule shippers want. Anakin/Padmé/Bail/Obi-Wan is so present in subtext here that it’s almost canon. Or Legends… whatever. If Wild Space gave us Bail/Obi-Wan, Stealth and Siege dive deeper and give us the bases for a proper polycule. Yes, even with Taria.
Speaking about Taria, I loved the terminal illness and chronic pain rep in this book. Very well done imo.
Could Gambit be a single book instead of a duology? Yes. It’s pretty much one storyline, and the cliffhanger at the end of Stealth feels more like a chapter end than the stopping point between novels. But that doesn’t make it any less good.
I have been yelling it and will keep doing so: Karen Miller knows what the polycule shippers want. Anakin/Padmé/Bail/Obi-Wan is so present in subtext here that it’s almost canon. Or Legends… whatever. If Wild Space gave us Bail/Obi-Wan, Stealth and Siege dive deeper and give us the bases for a proper polycule. Yes, even with Taria.
Speaking about Taria, I loved the terminal illness and chronic pain rep in this book. Very well done imo.
Graphic: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, and War
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, and Torture
Minor: Slavery and Xenophobia