Bujold’s latest book, Paladin of Souls, is a sequel to
The Curse of Chalion which I read and reviewed
almost exactly two years
ago. As I hadn’t reread it since, and as I like to have the story
fresh in my mind, and because almost any excuse is sufficient to reread a
Bujold book, I picked it up and devoured it for the second time.

In our library, Bujold stands alone as the only author whose new books I
always read aloud to Jane. I’ll sometimes read
P.G. Wodehouse to her (not that he’s really writing anything
new), and I’ll almost always read new Terry Pratchett and
Steven Brust books to her–but not invariably. She likes
Pratchett, she likes Brust, she likes Wodehouse, but (with three kids in
the house) only Bujold will cause her to drop everything for a week until
we’ve finished.

Anyway, I liked the book just as much this time as I did the first time.
You can go read my earlier review to get a feel for what it’s about; I
rather doubt I can improve on it without giving away too much.