50. Lois McMaster Bujold, The Vor Game -- it's been 5 or 6 years since I've read a Miles book, and dammit, I've missed the crazy little guy. ( A little spoilery )
she definitely feels more real than a lot of Miles' love interest. Which is a big part of her appeal.
Yes, I definitely agree with that. She is a lot more multi-dimensional. I think it helps that she has family (the aunt and uncle), and a past (first marriage and Nikki), and hobbies and interests that are entirely independent of Miles -- things that neither Elli nor Taura seemed to have. And she is very capable in her own right, but, as you said, so different from Cordelia that she doesn't pale by comparison.
I think that maybe I don't find Ekaterin as interesting partly *because* she is really pretty realistic. So many characters in Vorkosiverse are larger than life, for various reasons, starting with Miles (heh), and Cordelia and Aral and Illyan and Alys in her own inimitable way. But I have a feeling I would really like her as a person.
Dark secret: I have not read any Sayers, so while I know *of* Harriet Vane, I don't actually know anything about what she's like.
And, yep, curtana was definitely going to be my first stop. I think I may have even seen the icon I want, I just didn't have the Galeni love to go with it back then. :)
Yes, I definitely agree with that. She is a lot more multi-dimensional. I think it helps that she has family (the aunt and uncle), and a past (first marriage and Nikki), and hobbies and interests that are entirely independent of Miles -- things that neither Elli nor Taura seemed to have. And she is very capable in her own right, but, as you said, so different from Cordelia that she doesn't pale by comparison.
I think that maybe I don't find Ekaterin as interesting partly *because* she is really pretty realistic. So many characters in Vorkosiverse are larger than life, for various reasons, starting with Miles (heh), and Cordelia and Aral and Illyan and Alys in her own inimitable way. But I have a feeling I would really like her as a person.
Dark secret: I have not read any Sayers, so while I know *of* Harriet Vane, I don't actually know anything about what she's like.
And, yep, curtana was definitely going to be my first stop. I think I may have even seen the icon I want, I just didn't have the Galeni love to go with it back then. :)
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