What I speak of above is having a female supporting character have a crush on Ahsoka. I actually found it interesting at first, and was curious where it would go, as thus far (aside from receiving a rump slap in TCW from Bo-Katan) Ahsoka has had very little room to explore herself, and only had (potential) love interests with guys. Sadly, they wussed out, and the character admits to having a crush, in a moment where Ahsoka is far too busy for us to get anything close to an interesting reaction. Basically, she thinks "huh?". It would have been better a quick kiss or physical gesture, in the heat of the moment, that Ahsoka had to process and be uncertain about, delving into her thoughts and feelings about it.

Overall, the various plots of the book had no stakes and any tension was quickly dissipated. Oh, she has to fight Maul, as everyone else is busy with the Battle of Coruscant... except it's over in less than a page, a pre-made plan going perfectly and that's it. Oh, the Imperials are landing, and Ahsoka has decided not to run... but she leaves after the first hiccup, in her ship she conveniently kept. Oh, she is alone and without support in the galaxy, and has the Empire hunting her... but it turns out she made friends with a friendly gangster family before the book even begins, and meets Bail Organa before the end. Oh, she has to fight an Inquisitor, and she is younger and less experienced... but she deals with him as handily as she does Seventh Sister and Sixth Brother.

I felt like each time the story started to get interesting, it shot itself in the foot.