Race to Crashpoint Tower

It was a pretty good book. The ending felt a lot more hopeful and positive that The Rising storm did. I like how it added a different perspective to certain scenes from The Rising Storm. I like seeing the characters from The High Republic comics show up. I think I'd only read this again if I was rereading The High Republic. - July 21, 2023

"I'm like... just a big huge ball of attachments" she moaned

"I'm attached to being alive"

This is sadly one of my least favourite High Republic books. There are some aspects I like but it just feels like it meanders a lot of the time. Ram is a great addition though, love that lil guy and his mechanic jedi vibe.

My main issue here is the Drengir, it felt like here they took the aspects of them that didn't work in Into the Dark and made that the only part of them. (more understandable since it is a middle grade book to be fair) The crossover with the High Republic Adventures characters is nice since that's a fun series, but not a book I ever really want to come back to and can easily be skipped over.

Ram just wants to be left alone in his comfort zone fixing things with his Bonbrak friends. The discovery of a sabotaged comms tower and a Nihil plot take him on an adventure he would not have chosen. 

This was more fun than I expected it to be. It's a middle school book, which comes with a certain bias on my part. I expected like Hardy Boys or other books I enjoyed during those years that I would have a light, fun read that wouldn't stick with me long. Ram and his friends sucked me in and I found I became invested in this story. It fits right in with the adult novel The Rising Storm, which was a fantastic story, as well. I would say these two stories belong to each other. You can read either without the other and have an enjoyable time, but the two together paint a bigger picture.