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Title: Balance of Trade
Review: I am a big fan of this series, (the Liaden Universe), but found the plot of this new book, which I waited for and bought in hardback, very thin indeed. I kept checking the cover to see if it was really by my favorite authors. I thought the plot was slow and simple, and without any real dynamic thrust. It had almost no tension to speak of, and although the characters were likeable, a novel really does require more than that. I was terribly disappointed and wondered what the authors were thinking when they cranked out this manuscript, or if their editors had any ideas other than just getting another book on the shelf. I hope the next book can develop some serious complexity which I really missed from this perhaps hastily written one.
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