Lois McMaster Bujold’s Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
The final (so far?) Vorkosigan book brings its focus back onto Cordelia, now a widow, but still running the planet where she met her husband. The other main POV character is the local Admiral, who was also her husband's boyfriend (which she, being from an open minded planet, was fine with). This isn’t really a romance novel, because they start dating right away, and there isn’t really any tension there. There’s also a whole thing where she's growing some daughters from her old eggs/her husband's old sperm, and has offered her husband's boyfriend some genetic stuff so he can grow some sons that are half him, half the dead husband (future science!), and he’s deciding whether he wants to be a father. Honestly, this is kind of slow and boring (in a nice way?) until she starts telling people about her future plans, and Miles comes for a surprise visit, large family in tow. Weird to read a chill Vorkosigan book, but a nice way to wrap up the series. A-/B+.
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