darkenergy 's review for:

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

4.0

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I read this after 'Paladin of Souls,' which centers on one of the minor characters in this novel (and relegates the protagonist of this one to a minor character). Unfortunately that spoiled me. The plot is excellent and all, but Cazaril is just less fun of a character than Ista - he's so serious and in a material sense has a lot more to lose, at least at the beginning of the narrative, self-sacrificing...all those things that make a person good but, well, I don't read fiction cause I want to be inspired by the best in humanity.

So anyway, I will reiterate that this isn't a bad read at all, I just really should've read it first. Which would have been the publication order. Argh