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This book starts with young Miles Vorkosigan doing 17-year-old shenanigans in space. It's super fun, fast paced with the most absurd heist escapades. I couldn't help but love Mile's "in control" attitude but also internally panicking about the situations he put himself into.
The story includes a lot of military strategy, which is never boring due to its absurdity. Miles is an engaging character—confident, super smart, and likely has ADHD (super active). We also see him struggling with his decisions and feeling uncertain, making him relatable despite his crazy choices. He's lucky and always wants to help people, so it's hard not to like him.
Miles has a physical disability and knows his limitations (most of the time), but he never feels like less of a person because of it. Overall, he's a very confident and funny guy. It was a fun read.
I want to continue with the series.

Never Have I Ever With a Duke by Darcy Burke

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Cute romance, but I didn't find it engaging. I think I had issues with the writing style, something didn't click with me. I think it was too predictable. The dog (Buscuit) was great, tho!

Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Barrayar continues right after the events of "Shards of Honor". Cordelia and Aral Vorkosigan are now in their new political leadership roles in Barrayar. We spend most of the time inside Cordelia's head, and I loved it! She is trying to adapt to barrayaran cultural standard while trying to change a few things. We get a lot more worldbuilding that is expertly done as the story develops. There are excellent interactions between characters: they grow and evolve. There are heart-breaking moments, but also good action-packed scenes. It plays with this duality of technologies of birth and death. But there is so much more: motherhood, cultural differences, warfare, love, vengeance. It was so exciting to see Cordelia taking charge of things in the end and being just bad-ass (that's the scene where she "goes shopping" - if you know you know). It was a very good read!

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was a great read for me! I loved how it played with Fantasy/Dungeon & Dragons elements. An order of Paladins struggles after their God (The Saint of Steel) dies mysteriously. Most of them go berserk and only a few three of them survived. The surviving paladins join the Temple of the White Rat, an order focused on public services such as law and medicine. They aim to stay useful while coping with the severe psychological impact of their god's death. Stephen is one of them, and he just wants to help people, while battling with his depression. One night he meets Grace, a woman fleeing from the acolytes of the Hanged Mother cult. She is an independent perfumer, who has learned to fend for herself. There are also mysterious murders going on, many severed heads, political intrigue and romance. And it's fun, I loved the sense of humour of this book. I want to read the second one to learn more about the severed heads mystery (and the other Paladins!).

Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 47%.

it's a romance, I got to 47% to realize I don't like the romance itself. I didn't like the characters. The first sex scene completely put me off this one.

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

It's too abstract ro me, too wordy, I couldn't get into it

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book starts a little slow with lots of world building being the first book of a series. Kaladin and Shallan are my favorite characters, their story builds and builds and I really connected with them. The chapters with Adolin's point of view were my least favorites overall, but his arc is also interesting in the end. All the character building is excellent and it was satisfying to see how some character’s arc merged along the story. Now I know exactly what "Sanderlanche" is and I enjoyed it! I'm excited to continue the series.

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677 reviews