This series just keep getting better and better, although finding my scattered notes from when I was reading these books keeps getting worse and worse in terms of organization, so I beg your patience with these reviews, Fellow Readers. I love this book for the audacity and kind heart that our hero shows as he makes his way to adulthood as the physically crippled but mentally brilliant son of a rather unlikely couple. And no, just to correct an old myth, Miles Vorkosigan is not MPD and does not have a dual personality with a Beta Colony accent, he is merely very good at imitating various accents, as I was told that I also am, as a fast language learner. I got a very pleasant surprise when I read this book in the home of some friends with a rather extensive SF collection. I’d already, or so I thought, read this book 25 years ago, and only remembered the very end, which, to avoid spoilers, I will say that it perfectly bookends the start of the book, which I had entirely forgotten. Good read, even if I may have found it a bit difficult to suspend disbelief in some parts of the scenario in the middle of the story. I thought I had more notes on this one, as I really started to make comments and email them to myself with this book, which, as other reviewers have noted, does change in tone and in a few other ways, from the previous two books in this series. This one is where the series really takes off, for me, anyway. I may try to take some time to get it from a library again and reread it so that I can add to my notes, as this is the first book in her Vorkosigan series that I find worth reading again, which is rare for me. Thanks to fan artist gemmiona for this Featured Image of Miles Vorkosigan in his House Vorkosigan greens, if I recall my uniform colors correctly. More on this once I have time to find and read this book again.
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