"That was how evil magnified itself: it took root in the young and grew along with them. Each generation provided the next level of abuse."
When YA meets Star Wars... I'm won. This book answers the old-age question: but how could somebody just follow [insert tyrannical government]?
Watching Ciena struggle with her grooming (as much as she annoyed me through the entire ordeal) and Thane's journey into taking a stand shows us just how intricate the Empire really was, how these systems of power maintain themselves, and sheds a complete new light on the Original Trilogy.
If I had to pick one Star Wars book to recommend, it would be this one.