Barrayar

I read this book right after Shards of Honor because it picks up where the first book leaves off, and apparently all the other Vorkosigan books are about Cordelia & Aral's son, so it seemed like a logical step.

I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first. I felt like I didn't fully understand who Cordelia was–she felt so different than in the first book. She spends the first 80 percent of this book contemplating what it means to be a wife and a mother before she finally gets around to speaking out and taking charge. Once she gets there, the book is action-packed again, but for me it dragged in the getting there.

Knowing that the other books in the series are about another character, I'm not in a hurry to get to them. But I'm sure I'll pick them up the next time I get a sci-fi craving.