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Dec 29, 2014jrings rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
If anything, Ann Leckie has managed to outdo herself. The first volume of this trilogy deserved all the awards it did, and yet this second volume is even better. It manages to move at a reserved, but strong pace, and omits jumping in timelines for a linear view fed by the peculiar abilities of the actors in this universe. The story and scope are rather small compared to the vastness of the arc and the world described, but I think that exactly is the strength. The lead, creative motives from the first book are explored with patience and suspense, which skillfully sails around the traps of the middle book of a trilogy.