A review by alwyshaveabook82
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.75

Wonderful science fiction - Iʼve read only one very early volume of this saga plus this recent one.  fun to explore different worlds with beings who balance ambition and duty, career and parenting, passion and discretion.  There are strange dangers, generations of duplicitous policies, secrets, and also grounded descriptions like this:  "people standing around trying to balance their portions of carbohydrates, grease and sugar on the inevitable too-flimsy disposable plates"