I am always intrigued when I see those Lois McMaster Bujold books and I have had others recommend to me I read them since I love sci fi romance. But the fact the series is so long and its a bit difficult to figure out the reading order has kept me away. I am very very OCD in reading stuff in order. Chronological that is. And I detest shorts and when series are peppered in between with them I just tune out.
The prices also don't help, way to much of an investment and they aren't at any of my libraries. So I keep putting them at the back burner.
I noticed they have new covers at Amazon, they look odd. More like 60's spy thrillers. Bizarre.
I read:
Cold Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas (3.5 stars) didn't love the actual couple in the book as I liked the other characters and the potential couple of the next book.
Loving a Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney (4 stars) Had this freebie since 2009, finally got around to it
Murder in Thrall by Anne Cleeland (4 stars) This one was weird. I didn't really know what to think of this starting out and didn't like the way the heroine talked and it was just bizarre. Then it kicked in and after that, I could not put it down anymore. So took 30% to get there though for me.
I did not purchase anything