Queen’s Hope by E. K. Johnston
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Queen's Hope
- By: E. K. Johnston
- Narrated by: Catherine Taber
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Categories: Teen & Young Adult
Publisher's summary
A peace-loving senator faces a time of war in another thrilling Padmé Amidala adventure from the author of the New York Times best-sellers Queen's Peril and Queen's Shadow!
Padmé is adjusting to being a wartime senator during the Clone Wars. Her secret husband, Anakin Skwyalker, is off fighting the war, and excels at being a wartime Jedi. In contrast, when Padmé gets the opportunity to see the casualties on the war-torn front lines, she is horrified. The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy, or for the newly-married couple.
Meanwhile, with Padmé on a secret mission, her handmaiden Sabé steps into the role of Senator Amidala, something no handmaiden has done for an extended period of time. While in the Senate, Sabé is equally horrified by the machinations that happen there. She comes face to face with a gut-wrenching decision as she realizes that she cannot fight a war this way, not even for Padmé. And Chancellor Palpatine hovers over it all, manipulating the players to his own ends….
©2022 E. K. Johnston (P)2022 Disney Lucasfilm Press
The listener
Love Padme. Not much plot
I LOVE Star Wars so much it has helped me through so many tuff challenges. And I love learning about Padme as she is one of my favorite characters, who has been through a lot of hard situations. The things I enjoyed about the book was learning about Anakin and Padme’s early relationship after their Marriage and Padme and Sabe’s friendship. Sabe’s internal conflict. Palpatine’s manipulations are always very interesting.
The book was excellently narrated by Catherine Taber. I loved the Clone Wars and her Padme, so it was perfect.
Although there are parts of the book I enjoyed, this story just didn’t quite hit the mark with me. What I am not particularly fond of in this book is that it doesn’t really have a plot. It just “I am gonna do this. Then someone wants me to do this, so I do that.”
The next thing that bothered me (please don’t get me wrong, I am not hating on people) was the constant promotion of homosexuality and Trans people throughout the book. Like it wasn’t even critical to the story. When those scenes came up, it completely took me out of the story (what you never want to do) bc not only it didn’t belong there, it also didn’t sound like Star Wars. If you took those scenes out, they would not change the story AT ALL. It was characters who said “I am trans” and then a main character would say “that is ok.” That’s it. And it happened multiple times. I am just saying you should focus on writing a plot instead of advertising.
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