Galaxy’s
Edge: A Crash of Fate is something of a companion piece to Delilah
Dawson’s Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire. They both take place
on Batuu (the setting for Disney’s Star Wars themed attraction). The fight
between Resistance vs. First Order and other high-minded struggles takes a back
seat to much smaller, more personal stories.
The protagonists, Izal “Izzy”
Garsea and Julen “Jules” Rakab, are a pair of star-crossed would-be lovers whom
fate, the galaxy and maybe even the Force seem determined to bring together
only to fling them apart again. The story is engaging and the characters are
fun and relatable. The plot is pretty basic and the writing gets a little
choppy in the middle of the story. It’s a teen novel, though the story elements
are fairly tame – so it’s pretty safe for younger readers capable of taking on
bigger books. Overall, this is a good addition to the Star Wars universe and
easily accessible to any fan of Star Wars.
[If
you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Lost Stars by Claudia Gray, Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire by Delilah Dawson or Most Wanted by Rae Carson.]
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