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A review by kzimm2024
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
5.0
“This is not a date, you idiot,” Tej snapped at him. To her annoyance, his smile inexplicably broadened.
Little does Tej know, that is his childhood nickname :) Ivan "the Idiot".
A thoroughly enjoyable story about middle of the road Ivan. It was fun hearing Ivan's thoughts- he was funny and wryly introspective. Here is a man who figures out what he wants and doesn't pursue the ambitious, alarming lifestyle because it ends up finding him anyway! Growing up with an Emperor and a child prodigy like Miles for "brothers", I can see why he wants NO part of any responsibility.
The more he tries to avoid trouble, it keeps finding him. Tej, now she starts figuring out that middle of the road is just fine as she finds herself exhausted by the scheming, driven family she is reunited with. She is happy with no ambition as well. It was telling that her family couldn't see her worth, but Ivan could. Tej's family look at each other transitionally, what can they get rather than loving each other for who they are.
We get Alys and Simon cameos, Gregor, the sinking of ImpSec HQ (Simons dream) and a happy ho hum life for Ivan. But what a fun ride to get there. I thought Ivan was a bit slow to realize that he wanted Tej but that's classic Ivan. Once he realized, he was all in.
Tej was just as blind as he was and it was sweet to see them both fall for each other. That whole Jewels thing was interesting and to see By with a chance for happiness was fun.
Little does Tej know, that is his childhood nickname :) Ivan "the Idiot".
A thoroughly enjoyable story about middle of the road Ivan. It was fun hearing Ivan's thoughts- he was funny and wryly introspective. Here is a man who figures out what he wants and doesn't pursue the ambitious, alarming lifestyle because it ends up finding him anyway! Growing up with an Emperor and a child prodigy like Miles for "brothers", I can see why he wants NO part of any responsibility.
The more he tries to avoid trouble, it keeps finding him. Tej, now she starts figuring out that middle of the road is just fine as she finds herself exhausted by the scheming, driven family she is reunited with. She is happy with no ambition as well. It was telling that her family couldn't see her worth, but Ivan could. Tej's family look at each other transitionally, what can they get rather than loving each other for who they are.
We get Alys and Simon cameos, Gregor, the sinking of ImpSec HQ (Simons dream) and a happy ho hum life for Ivan. But what a fun ride to get there. I thought Ivan was a bit slow to realize that he wanted Tej but that's classic Ivan. Once he realized, he was all in.
Tej was just as blind as he was and it was sweet to see them both fall for each other. That whole Jewels thing was interesting and to see By with a chance for happiness was fun.