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I don't want to say good-bye.

Were this the last of Fitz's story, I think I would be discontent with the ending. There was not as much closure as I would have liked. Well, closure for the characters I had come to care for.

Fitz continues to be horrible at taking advice, even when he knows that he should.

Most of the significant events were foretold pretty strongly. I felt like some of the foreshadowing was practically beating me over the head, but in the end I didn't interfere with my enjoyment. But I preferred discovering the more subtle foreshadowing on my own.

These books also had the downside that, when a book is written from the point of view of a character writing their memoirs, there isn't really question that they will survive, just what they they'll lose in the process.

I had trouble getting into this book, but once I did I enjoyed it. I felt like I missed a lot of information, not necessarily because it wasn't there, but because it didn't stick in my memory.

It was interesting to see the interactions between Vorkosigan and Cordelia. Mutual respect, but never quite forgetting that they're on opposite sides of a war.

My standard book questions:

Could everything be solved by the main characters sitting down and talking at the beginning? Nope. Actually, this book had more information shared between the main characters than I expected, given that they are, in some ways, enemies.

Does the main character make mistakes? Probably, but I can't recall any that had lasting consequences. Despite that, the characters had their flaws (in a good way - other than being a bit too honorable, they were realistic).