Ancillary Mercy

I enjoyed this book almost as much as the first in the series. It has Bresq in all her awesomeness. She is powerful, intelligent and driven by compassion. I enjoyed it the most, after about half way, when the book directly starts exploring themes of oppression, gender, identity, colonization, survival, and revolution. As with the first two books, the way this book handles gender is to make it impossible to think about gender, in the ways we are used to. Good book, if you liked the first two, you will like this one.