Funny, how one can grow to like a book so much better the second time around. I reread Bujold's "Curse of Chalion" and loved it so much more than I remembered. This was the first of her works I'd ever read, and I listened to it on audio about a month before my wedding and it somehow failed to make an impression on me.
Then I discovered the Vorkosigan Saga and devoured everything Bujold had written, then went on to inflict her on my friends and family. Which is the proper thing to do with a good book.
I've finally begun to reread them and I've worked my way back around to Chalion, with far more of an appreciation for her storytelling, her character development and her worldbuilding than before.
She (like a few other authors, NK Jemisin notably) has an understanding of how divinity works to best advantage in fantastic worlds. She knows how to create gods with power, but but who need worship. Gods that, while they don't make sense on a human level, have religions that make sense. She understands worship and it shows. Her religion is better thought out than most real ones (which should come as no surprise).
Anyway, I'm so glad I came back and gave Chalion, and Cazaril, another chance.