It was a bit uneven. Some plots worked, others didn't. But ultimately, I liked the book. I'd not read any of the Rogue Squadron books so this was the first spacecraft focused book I'd read. I liked it. I also liked how Hera was an important, if not main, character. I sometimes struggle to enjoy Star Wars books that don't have any characters for the movies or tv shows. So, I always prefer to have a known character to read about in case I don't care for any of the new ones.

Now for some spoilers.

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Grandmother dying didn't have much gravity because she wasn't really given much page time and so wasn't really developed. Sure we was an evil Imp, but I didn't get the satisfaction with Nath killed her.

Yrica's not having defected by her own choice but rather by an order from Keize wasn't as surprising either. It was a little confusing because it was only implied that was what happened.

Devon being Keize actually made a late-introduced subplot make more sense. And I figured out that's who he was as the last chapter started. Which is probably when I was supposed to.

Chass's listening to music in her B-wing during battles reminded me of Abigail from Blade 3. It didn't work for me then either.

Kairos mute mystery I liked very much. It seems a bit of a trope to have this unintelligible big hoss character, like Chewie, but that doesn't take anything away from my liking that character.

One trope that seems to be one that Star Wars just can't let go of is the planet destroying power of The Empire. Operation Cinder is yet another example. Two Death Stars and Starkiller Base and this? It falls flat because they've gone to that well too many times.