Path of Vengeance had the mission not only of wrapping up its duology story, but the entire phase II of the high republic. And I think this ended up convoluting the flow more than it was necessary. 

I really like the story we were given, and the tense mood through the entire thing was surprisingly good, considering that by now I had read what happened on Dalna two other times. Whenever we were following Yana or Marda, it felt like a sequel to Path of Deceit (even though Marda's fanatical internal monologue was infuriating to read), and there are a lot of incredible moments, like

the characterization of Planet X.

But woven in the middle of this it was an attempt to tying the knots of other stories, and I don't like how it was executed. 

The first 30% of the book were trying to recap the battle of Jedha, not from a new pov (which would've worked), but summing up scenes we had already seen in other media. If it was assuming a public who's following it all, it was boring, but if it was for those who only read Parh of Deceit, it was confusing!

Even the addition of Matty and Oliviah, while I enjoy both characters, was unnecessary and could've been told from one of the path's povs. (Like the Mother!! I can't believe we didn't once got to know her better) 

Overall, I'm really excited how all of this will tie to Phase III, and appreciate how messy the internal workings of the path were shown to be, but wish the end product was a little more streamlined.