A review by djmcewen
Ascension by Drew Karpyshyn

4.0

Good points and bad points. I think of this Mass Effect books I've read to date, this one stands the most on its own. I feel like it wraps up the story it started rather than simply serving as a segue into the next game.

The part I find weird is that it's just an in-universe game with no real connection to game events. It does explain an early reference in Mass Effect 2 but I actually played the game well enough without knowing the details.

Overall, it does fill in minor information for the next to two games but I'm not sure that would appeal to non-gamers.