Star Wars: Queen's Shadow

This was rather good and interesting - to put it simply, it shows her transition from Queen to Senator and everything we know she is like as a senator. It isn't an action packed, weapons exploding everywhere kind of book; it's her mental (and even dress-looks as well) transition as she figures out who she is personally (where is Padme, when Amidala comes out), what she wants from her life (at least right now), and how she gets to that next phase. Plus we see how she began the relationships in her life that become very important later - Bail Organa, Mon Mothma and the like. Plus the bonus is with the audiobook, the Clone Wars voice of Padme is reading it. :)