Cordelia's Honor

This, Young Miles, and Miles, Mystery, and Mayhem are actually omnibus editions of the first six books of the Vorkosigan Saga, a sci-fi series that actually really lives up to the hype. Her worldbuilding is to die for - the sort of thing where I wonder “how the hell did she come up with that and make it work?” - and the main character, Miles? Okay, he is awesome. Hilarious and clever and sort of a genius Harry Potter minus the Dark Lord, his character alone is enough to make me overlook the slightly skewed gender roles in the book, which may be author bias but may also be the result of narrating the story from the point of view of a straight male character in a patriarchal, military society - I can't tell. Still, these books have me hooked, and not only am I going to keep reading the series, but I'm probably going to add this to my list of top genre fiction.

Brilliant! 👍😊

I had read Shards of Honor years ago and quite enjoyed it, but I hadn't realized I needed to read Barrayar to complete the story. What a wonderful MC Cordelia Naismith is -- resolute and heroic she is, but her super power is her ability to inspire those around her.