Mission to Disaster

I thought it was great, I love Venestra :)

I think Mission to Disaster might be my favourite of the middle grade novels between phases one & two and has benefitted the most from my reread of phase one.

It was really interesting to see the book as a sort of overdue epilogue for the events of phase two with the battle of Dalna and Night of Sorrows. To see the small growth in the relationship between the Dalnans and Jedi was good and how while the Path are no longer in power their effects on the people still linger in their distrust.

Vern continues to be great as usual, no surprise, but this is more of Avon’s story to be honest. Her side of the story, getting kidnapped by Kara Xoo’s tempest is the more compelling part with Avon showing how good she is under pressure but also balances just how afraid and nervous she is as a literal child in this situation.

Having read the Starlight Stories now as well it was fun to see the crossover their aswell with Velko and the disappearance of Ghal, reading those short stories definitely helped flesh out that side of things.

Looking forward to finally starting the Phase 2 reread now.

Our heroes face off against the Nihil once again in a different way. This adds to the overall narrative of The High Republic for those who have been reading. I found I enjoyed the second half much more than the first. That may be timing or just that the second half caught my attention more. In the end, I like learning more about Vernestra and Imri and I'm curious as to what will happen to them next.