Provenance

My second Ann Leckie (after [b:Ancillary Justice 17333324 Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) Ann Leckie https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1397215917l/17333324.SY75.jpg 24064628]) and I really enjoyed the first half of this - getting to know the new world with its cultural conventions, and following along the adventure and mystery of our heroine retrieving a stranger from prison - but then it all fizzled out into the mechanics of diplomacy and left me a bit unsatisfied. And what was up with the narration being so enamoured with the Geck mech transformation abilities, making it a plot device several times in a way that dumbed down the reader. Too bad, considering this started so strong.