Thom reviewed Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
Review of 'Shards of Honour' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This very quick read reminded me of The Stainless Steel Rat of [a:Harry Harrison|16147|Harry Harrison|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1196199650p2/16147.jpg]. Instead of Sci Fi/Space Opera, this book is more Space Opera/Romance. Very little detail is given to the Sci Fi staples of space travel and ray guns, but the characters are strongly written. This is part of an apparently very large series of books, and I will probably reach out to read a few more - a solid *½ rating.
This book was chosen as my "random" selection for the Women of Genre Fiction reading challenge. I had none chosen for this slot until mid-year, when Humble Bundle offered a collection of ebooks including Just a Geek, Little Brother, The Last Unicorn, Signal to Noise and XKCD volume one. I bought it on the spot and noticed that one of the books was Shards of Honour, eligible for the WOGF challenge and an author …
This very quick read reminded me of The Stainless Steel Rat of [a:Harry Harrison|16147|Harry Harrison|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1196199650p2/16147.jpg]. Instead of Sci Fi/Space Opera, this book is more Space Opera/Romance. Very little detail is given to the Sci Fi staples of space travel and ray guns, but the characters are strongly written. This is part of an apparently very large series of books, and I will probably reach out to read a few more - a solid *½ rating.
This book was chosen as my "random" selection for the Women of Genre Fiction reading challenge. I had none chosen for this slot until mid-year, when Humble Bundle offered a collection of ebooks including Just a Geek, Little Brother, The Last Unicorn, Signal to Noise and XKCD volume one. I bought it on the spot and noticed that one of the books was Shards of Honour, eligible for the WOGF challenge and an author I have never read. As I mentioned above, I am glad I did.
