Half Share

This is not a book to deeply engage your brain. The main character can apparently do nothing wrong, and the worldbuilding is very shallow. It's fine if you just want to rub your eyes over some words, though, and I do intend to continue reading the sequels. Just a couple of caveats.

Firstly, for a series revolving around trading, the economics often make very little sense (e.g. the subplot where a beginner crocheter could create goods that sold for orders of magnitude more than the raw materials — in the real world, their shawls would have less value than the unused yarn). Also high-end tailoring doesn't work like that — they don't just magically find you ready-made garments that fit you perfectly!

I do generally try to ignore things like the above, since no author can be an expert on everything, and the ability to suspend one's disbelief is an important part of being able to enjoy a book, but it does feel much worse here than average.

Secondly, there's a lot of going on about how great people's bodies are, and how none of the crew are fat. This is not fun stuff to read and I wish the author hadn't included it.