Paladin of Souls

Wow, I really loved this book!! It has this mixture of war, religion, romance, and (of course) an awesome female lead. The tone was extremely different from the first novel, and I actually liked it better than [b:The Curse of Chalion 61886 The Curse of Chalion (Chalion, #1) Lois McMaster Bujold https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1322571773s/61886.jpg 1129349]. For some reason, Bujold always seems to surprise me. I pick up these books expecting to hate them, but end up pleasantly surprised. The only drawback to this novel was that everything wraps up nicely in the end, maybe too nicely... This was the same problem I had with The Curse of Chalion, but I have to admit that I appreciate the level of storytelling that she presents in both of these novels. 5 out of 5!