Into the Dark

“You’ve gotten in my way for the last time, you idiot rock.”

Geode didn’t react. The guy put up a good front

There's a lot of good in here, first and foremost being the crew of The Vessel. Leox, Affie, and Geode might just be the most lovable trio of characters in Star Wars. Geode especially is an interesting case because his concept is so outlandish that under another author I could see him being very dumb to get through and annoying, but the way Claudia Grey writes every Geode encounter just somehow never gets old and stays hilarious.

My main issue with the book however is the flashback chapters relating to Orla every now and then. I did appreciate them more on reread, knowing more about the Eiram-E'ronoh conflict from phase 2 but in general it just didn't feel like they flowed too well in the concept of this book specifically.

This is the story that introduces the Drengir aswell, which are a new Star Wars creature that I do like quite a bit but I dont think they work to their best potential here in written form. Personally they work much better as visual horror to me in the setting of the High Republic Marvel comic run.