Honor Among Thieves

Fast-paced, action-packed story, cool plot idea, interesting new characters. I just wished Han would have gotten a little more time to shine - or fail - basically do things. Since the book is supposed to be centered on him, I would have been totally okay with that spotlight.

ARC provided by NetGalley: This was actually the first Star Wars novel I ever read, only watched the movies. The only reason I tried it, is the fact that James S.A. Corey wrote it and I love their work, especially that of Daniel Abraham. Though writing in a big genre like Star Wars and the ensuing tight framework certainly limits the creative freedoms they normalcy have, so I scaled down my expectations. And the story turned out just like I expected. Nothing too bad, but nothing to get too excited about either. Just a solid action story, with the spotlight on the well known main characters. Even though we get to see a few new characters, their time is very limited and thus no real character development possible. It would be great to see more of Scarlet Hark in future books and give her the chance to grow more in her role. The story itself was quite interesting, but it lacked suspense. Mainly because this book takes place right after Episode IV and since they can't change the continuity of the series, a lot of the plot is very predictable. In conclusion just the book I expected. Fans of the series will definitely enjoy this and it also works for someone who only watched the movies(like me). A fun little action book(only 230p), which certainly whet my appetite to rewatch the movies again.