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

4.0

Enjoyable romance between the mother of Miles Vorkosigan(main character of most of the books set in this universe) and a character who'd been around and somewhat unseen in the same timeframe. It definitely inspired me to do a re-reading in chronological order of the whole series with an eye-out for details. I'm not sure if it would be as enjoyable if you hadn't read the rest of the series, I'm pretty sure you'd miss out on some pieces, but maybe it would be more enjoyable without the earlier fixed characterizations? I'm glad I finally got around to reading it.