I was never super into the color divisions that they invented for lightsabers in the old EU, and I like that the High Republic has jettisoned it. But otoh it actually matters that Ahsoka has white sabers after TCW, and that was explicitly meant to be meaningful by the people in charge, so I'm a little annoyed at the apparent decision here to disregard it.

Agreed about Marchion Ro becoming more interesting as time has gone on. I'm also confused about the Bell and Loden situation--if Bell is basically a Knight now, shouldn't people be listening to him when he says that Loden isn't dead?

I'm excited to see more Avar, and her bff who just made Master. I've been reading the High Republic comics so I knew that she wound up in charge of the Beacon, but I'm glad that I finally read this book and got the full backstory. I'm definitely going to continue reading the main novels.