Padawan Reath Silas is happiest in the Jedi archives on Coruscant, but his Master has taken an assignment in the Outer Rim and so he must follow. He reluctantly boards a ship, but the Great Disaster sees him stranded at a space station which contains secrets to be discovered - and a darkness in the Force.

Claudia Gray has once again proved that she is the best Star Wars Disney canon author (that title in Legends canon, of course, belongs to Timothy Zahn). Unlike the parent novel (The Light of the Jedi), this book has a coherent storyline and I was able to build up a rapport with the characters. Geode, especially. I love that guy! I think this might be one of the few Disney canon books that I'll re-read.

I'm looking forward to "seeing" Reath again, but I am nervous since Claudia Gray didn't helm the next YA book in the series.

​Two centuries before the prequel trilogy, the Jedi are called to assist with the Great Disaster - an unprecedented accident that has the ability to continue endangering billions of lives. A massive coordinated effort between the Jedi and other members of the Republic ensues - while an enemy lurks through Paths in hyperspace.

First of all, the Great Disaster is pretty cool. Great premise. But there were waaay too many characters to keep track of, much less care about. Forcing so many of them into the front end of the book slowed the pace too much - and this then caused everything following it to feel rushed. Also just how long did that kidnapping storyline go on for anyway? It ran concurrent to other events that definitely felt longer. While I'm happy to dive into this time period, I wish this entry had been stronger.

Royal Kendrick is a wounded hero who has pined after Lady Ainsley Matthews and has erred in the past when trying to show his affection for her. Ainsley has been sent to Scotland as punishment for refusing a suitor, so Royal decides to visit her. What he doesn't expect is to find her days away from giving birth! Ainsley is in an untenable position, but she may just have found her hero.

When I pick up book one in a romance series, I expect it to be a clean slate. This wasn't. I didn't realise that a good chunk of the book would be focused on events that occurred in a previous novel in a different series. That really threw me. Once things got going, however, it was an enjoyable read that had me on tenterhooks, wondering when the villain would appear. I also appreciated that this novel dealt with the aftermath of sexual assault, something most historical romances avoid.

But I just couldn't get over how annoyed I was by discovering that this book was not the starting point I thought it was.

Georgiana Bridgerton's reputation is in tatters after she was kidnapped by suitor with a rather large debt. It falls to Nicholas Rokesby to rescue her - in the form of a marriage proposal, something he's rather reluctant to do. Georgie doesn't want him to pity her. But she doesn't have a choice. After years of being cordial friends, will they be able to see each other with new eyes?

I had a lot of fun reading this. Pretty much any scene that involved Cat-Head had me giggling in a most undignified fashion. And Freddie Oakes falling out of the tree - I just about cackled. I adored Georgie and Nicholas together, especially since they got to both experience intimacy for the first time - you just don't see that enough in historical romance novels. I also found the medical stuff quite interesting. And who wouldn't be delighted with those brief appearances by the young Bridgerton boys?