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Originally Posted by jehane
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Awesome, thank you! I own it twice over already, but it's great to have a free online version that I can point at when recommending Bujold to various people.
Speaking of which,
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Originally Posted by jgaiser
I'm a bit more than half way through "Shards of Honor" and it's starting to feel like a Romance Novel in Outer Space (That's a genre guess, as I've never read a real Romance Novel).
I guess I expected a bit more hard SF from all the comments on this thread.
Am I missing something?
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No, Shards is pretty romance-y because it was specifically written to tell the backstory of how Aral and Cordelia got together in the first place. Komarr and A Civil Campaign are also somewhat romance-y for similar reasons (however, ACC is actually better classed as a comedy of errors and hugely entertaining).
But once their relationship is firmly established, the books become much more action/adventure-ish and Barrayar is basically a lot of political maneuvering and machinations, along with keeping one step ahead of pursuit.
You can take a break from the romance by reading either of the short stories linked to upthread. They're standalone and pretty non-spoilerish for truly important developments in the series.