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Old 05-23-2017, 06:21 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by ekbell View Post
The next one At All Costs has a very aggravating romance plot complete with the Law of Inverse Fertility trope (see here ) something particularly annoying in a universe which otherwise appears to have completely reliable birth control. I also found the the main plot which has things fall apart *again* between Manticore and Haven to be little better. The concurrent book The Shadow of Saganami is much, much more readable.

I did find the subsequent books to be better.
I'm going to read the 2 book "spy" series next, when they reach the top of my TBR list. I didn't remember it nestled in between No 9 and 10 on pdurrant's list before I read No 10. Then I'll continue on with the suggested reading order.
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