Legacy of the Force "INFERNO" with Spoilers

I haven't liked this series very much, but this volume is pretty good, mostly because of Luke.

GOOD POINTS:

• Jaina gets to act like a Jedi again, instead of a love-struck teenager of 30.
• Tenel Ka stands up to Jacen, even though she supposedly loves him.
• Ben Skywalker stops worshipping Jacen and gets pretty darn cool.
• Denning's descriptions of fighting are pretty good, since most action scenes are over-described for me and I get bored... his are vivid and concise enough to keep my attention.

BAD POINTS:

• Alema Rar. Will someone put this thing out of OUR misery? It's like dragging a ball and chain around.
• Jacen is still an a--hole.
• Wookies arguing for months? Different, but ho-hum.
• Tahiri is still crying over Anakin Solo, many years after his death. Is she a Jedi or not? Accept it, and move on.
  
• The Jedi are on the run again, although at least they have a glimmer of being the good guys again.
  

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Mara doesn't come back from the dead and tell Luke that it was Jacen that killed her, and he still doesn't know! She knows enough about the Force to intentionally leave her body behind, then pull a vanishing act at her own funeral, but she doesn't know enough of the Force to pop her blue head in on her husband and say "Hey!"????

BEST PART: Luke getting off his pacifistic butt and kicking Jacen's ass on board his own ship... and sabotaging the ship, too, all while saving Ben. Yes, I wish he'd killed Jacen, but I can understand why he didn't. Damn Jedi honor...

Will I buy the next volume? Probably not, but I might read it...