I reread the first book in the CY series after reading the fifth book in the series and I love it even more than the first time I read it, so I moved my rating from 4 to 5 stars. The world building is fantastic and the political intrigues are complex and clever. There are too many secondary characters, though. 
 In this book, I like the idea that men get pregnant, but I don't like that there are no women at all. The last woman died many centuries (or millenniums?) ago and men have adapted for survival. Oh and it's like old England: cousins marry each other. THAT part is freaking weird since cousins are a bit like bros and sis.