Filled with mingled delight, smugness and absolute burning talent-envy as I inform you all that the next book coming from Maxwellis just as delicious and exciting as Winter's Orbit. I would probably commit minor crimes for its protagonists already . Delightful! Winter's Orbit is a chilling account of a dark past wrapped in the warm blanket of a promising future. It was such a pleasure to read A captivating love story with engaging characters, wrapped around a murder mystery with high-stakes multi-world politics. Winter's Orbit reminds me in the best way of the Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold. I can't wait to see what Maxwell does next! Everina Maxwell's writing has everything you could ask . I don't know how she's managed to write a book that's simultaneously an elegant comedy of manners, a charming slow-burn romance, and an adventure in space politics , but whatever her secret, I'm wildly envious A dazzling and comforting story of galactic politics, healing and romance. Its characters stayed with me long after I raced through the last chapters.