I agree...I have yet to read "Deceived", but I read FA some time ago and it was good. Not great, but good. It helped me to decide to be an Imperial Agent, actually.
Just finished Revan and...damn. As great as it was it just felt...wrong.
I guess the Stormtrooper effect doesn't apply in the Expanded Universe.
SPOILER: And really...the Exile, who almost single-handedly ended the Mandalorian Wars, re-established her connection to the Force, rebuilt the Jedi Order, and defeated the Sith Triumvurate...dies getting stabbed in the back by some upstart Sith who couldn't handle a few droids?
Plus, *** happened to Jolee & Juhani---and Bao-Dur, whose fate even Kreia didn't know? Seems like they could've been a little more helpful...