I read several reviews here from people disappointed in this addition to the Vorkosigan saga -- it was too slow for them and hadn't enough of the frenetic, forward-momentum, crisis-hopping action they expect from a Vorkosigan novel.  I wholeheartedly disagree.  For me, one of the enchanting things about this whole series, starting with #1 Shards of Honor, has been Bujold's capacity to blend that madcap, surprise-filled plot energy with exactly this kind of internal, reflective, character-based wrestling with issues of honor and intention and integrity.  So for her to give Cordelia a whole novel to contemplate seismic life-changes in what I sort of assume is the series' finale (though Bujold has surprised me before) seems a perfect bookend to that opening introduction where she met and fell for Aral in Shards of Honor.  

I thoroughly enjoyed this re-read.