Books Servants of the Empire #4: The Secret Academy

Okay I finally got around to reading this series, and have to say, it basically lived up to the hype. I thought it had loads of great characters, and I thought Jason did a really great job fleshing out this little corner of the saga, while throwing in some key ties to Rebels and TFA. If I had to rank them it'd be 3>2>4>1. Not that I didn't enjoy grav-ball, but it wasn't as gripping as Zare's prolonged deep cover mission; though, I did appreciate how in retrospect it provided groundwork for Zare's approach to battles and command positions.

It's also interesting reading these from a 2021 perspective, how relatively constrained they are due to being developed in that pre-TFA story quarantine. Obviously though being able to draw on Rebels was a huge boon in that regard, but I'd be curious how different these would have been if they were written a couple years later, at least up until the Rebels series finale.