Anyway.
In case you weren't aware (and you probably aren't since you're not following me), I'm a huge fan of Star Wars, specifically the extended universe material. After a long hiatus from reading anything withing the EU I decided to pick up the first book of the Fate of the Jedi series. Big mistake, not because it was bad, but because I was hooked all over again.
Lightsabers notwithstanding, the series has a lot to offer. A friend of mine argued that he won't read the EU material anymore because its basically the same thing over and over again. He stopped reading somewhere in the middle of the Yuuzhan Vong series, which means he missed out on Jacen Solo's fall simply because he hated the idea of there always being some threat from outside of the galaxy that was all powerful. I think he would have liked the Fate of the Jedi series a little more. Yes Abeloth is a threat that came out of nowhere, but she's mysterious and only a single powerful being, much like Palpatine...but infinitely different. There is political intrigue, fantastic battles, more focus on the Skywalkers...and romance.
Romance, oh yes, I'm a sucker for a burgeoning romance, especially if I'm led to doubt that it will ever come to fruition, and Ascension just laid one of the biggest payoffs in my lap. I won't go into detail, one, because you aren't reading this, and two, because if you did, I wouldn't want to spoil anything for you.
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