Winterfair Gifts

This is a cute novella about Taura coming back to Barrayar to see Miles and Ekaterin's wedding (and also having a fling with Roic).

It's a little bit of a weak story to me. There's a murder plot that is caught, but we've never heard of the perpetrators before and is mostly there as a plot device to make Taura and Roic heroes of the day.

I think the best part of this story is that we get to see Roic's perspective. Getting to see from the perspective of one of Miles' armsmen, particularly the newest one who deeply respects Miles but isn't privy to all of this escapades, is really fun. It also sets up Roic to be more of a character for when he shows up in the next book.