Andy Piper reviewed Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
Review of 'Lost Stars' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A thoroughly enjoyable Star Wars novel, taking pre-episode IV era youngsters into Imperial service, and then following the Imperial side of the story (in the main) behind the scenes of IV, V, VI and beyond. The characters - particularly the two central protagonists - were well drawn. There was a huge amount of pleasure in tying their tales into the Star Wars stories we know from the original trilogy, and arguably this sets up episode VII far better than Aftermath.
With tie-ins to the Battleground and Uprising games (although only in passing in the case of the latter), and the Journey to the Force Awakens Shattered Empire series, but also with a strong standalone central tale of personal values and relationships, this is possibly as good as it gets.
Recommended to all, well beyond the target "young adult" audience this novel was evidently aimed at!
