E K Johnston

A peace-loving senator faces a time of war in another thrilling Padmé Amidala adventure from the author of the New York Times best-sellers Queen's Peril and Queen's Shadow! Padmé is adjusting to being a wartime senator during the Clone Wars. Her secret husband, Anakin Skwyalker, is off fighting the war, and excels at being a wartime Jedi. In contrast, when Padmé gets the opportunity to see the casualties on the war-torn front lines, she is horrified. The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy, or for the newly-married couple. Meanwhile, with Padmé on a secret mission, her handmaiden Sabé steps into the role of Senator Amidala, something no handmaiden has done for an extended period of time. While in the Senate, Sabé is equally horrified by the machinations that happen there. She comes face to face with a gut-wrenching decision as she realizes that she cannot fight a war this way, not even for Padmé. And Chancellor Palpatine hovers over it all, manipulating the players to his own ends... Complete your Star Wars collection with Queen's Peril Queen's Shadow Ahsoka

Queen's Hope

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Audrey Lord

I absolutely love how Johnston writes. She makes every single character more real in star wars. Especially Ani

Ashley

I loved this book so much! I loved getting insight to more of the women in the galaxy. But also learning more about Bail, Palapatine and ofc the loml Anakin 💙. Am I biased because he is in this? Maybe lol. 

Seeing the relationship play out between Sabe and Padme shattered my heart 😭 I love them both

Kimberly Burgess 

This one was more choppy and had more time jumps than the other stories, it felt much more like a "fill in the movie blanks" book than an actual story, but I take all the Padme I can get and it was still worth reading!

Eva Bailey

Clone wars era Padme what an absolute treat. I loved this whole trilogy.
As the author said, we waited 20 long years for more Padme and I absolutely loved her stories.

Ten year old me would be so happy to have these Padmé books.

Showcases both the beautiful diversity of the galaxy & some familiar faces we know and love (or chuckle at, in the case of Anakin).

Liz Griffin

Ten year old me would be so happy to have these Padmé books.

Showcases both the beautiful diversity of the galaxy & some familiar faces we know and love (or chuckle at, in the case of Anakin).

Had such a great ending I loved it! I have to admit it was a bit slower to me then the previous two but still a great story. 

Hannah Williams

I cried so hard as Sabé told Padmé that they had grew apart.

Disclaimer: I can’t tell the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek.

So I just had to text someone last night and be like was there only one R2-D2 or does everyone have an R2-D2? I also found out that Padmé and Anakin and Palpatine are part of the larger Star Wars universe and not just part of this book series.

But I also googled R2-D2, and I’m sure someone has watched a Star Wars movie even if they didn’t pay attention to it, and I’m fairly sure that R2-D2 is the kind of character that you’d cry for if he died.

So this book is probably going to be a lot better for you if you have some idea about Star Wars or have read the first couple of books in this series specifically. That being said, even if don’t know a lot about this, Star Wars has had a large enough impact on pop culture that you’ll have a friend who can walk you through most things.

This was an interesting book regardless. I love the way you see how Sabé gets slightly resentful of what Padmé is asking her to do. I found it so weird that Padmé and Anakin have kept their marriage such a big secret that there’s no reason for them to officially contact each other; I mean I understand but I’d go insane.

But I liked this! I liked this enough to want to watch Star Wars on the weekend. I’m going to start off with Clone Wars because and ease myself into the rest. I loved Sabé at the end and how she said, my hands are yours. Please don’t ask me for the again. That gave me massive feels!

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