The Blazing Star

ay too sweet. Also, I think the battle scene was over too quickly, though I did like the clever ambushes each side came up with.
One Eye is an asshole. I hate him even more than I hate Mike, a real-life cat who lives in our house and bullies my poor cat Lenny every time I leave for like two minutes. One Eye made me feel sorry for Tom of all cats! But some good came out of him: his coup led to Clear Sky's redemption arc. He's a great love-to-hate villain, and it's good to see Clear Sky brought down a peg.
It was great to see the "Clan" cats bury One Eye after they killed him, though I'm not quite sure why actually killed him. Regardless, burying him and allowing Star Flower to grieve was a great gesture of mercy and diplomacy.
River Ripple is becoming a feline ex machina. Well, he always was, but now even more so. Hopefully when the proto-Clans are more unified he'll be more present and stop just showing up whenever it's convenient.
Regardless of these flaws, I still enjoyed the book for the excellent character development of a great many characters.