The things I love about this book include:

* It centers on Leia Organa!
* It captures Leia's voice perfectly. A few weeks before starting this I listened to the audiobook of Carrie Fisher's 'The Princess Diarist' and the dialogues and inner monologues of Leia in this book reminded me so much of Carrie, it was a delight.
* It's really well written and instantly catapulted Martha Wells up right next to Timothy Zahn on the list of my favourite Star Wars authors.
* It tells us more about Leia's place in the Rebellion, what she wanted to be, what others wanted her to be and what she achieved.
* It focuses on the impact the destruction of Alderaan hat not only on Leia, but on other Alderaanian survivors as well. An interesting topic, and well delivered.
* It does not introduce another thread that will destroy the galaxy and gets defeated in the end, but rather deals with the day-to-day business of the Rebellion in the days of the Empire and in this, gives us insight into one of the main characters as well as into the Rebellion itself.

If this list sounds like something you might like, I highly recommend this book.