Honor among Enemies (Honor Harrington Series #6) Book

I picked up this book because I had a science fiction / star ship battles itch I wanted to scratch. I had reservations about the Honorverse after reading the last few, but I recalled that the author did nail the ship to ship combat. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. The things I recalled not liking I still didn't like. The things I thought that I'd like, I was mostly meh over.

First, some background. Disgraced and forced out of the Navy, Honor Harrington has built a new life for herself on Grayson. In this story, Honor is called back into the Manticore fleet and given a chance to restore her name. Long story short, although the Manties are technologically superior, Haven has the advantage of numbers in capital ships, and in a grinding, brutal war of attrition, numbers matter. To pressure Manticore, Haven sends a task force into neighboring star systems to raid commerce and thereby degrade Manticore's ability to wage war. Desperate to stop the bleeding but unable to divert any serious strength from the main conflict, Manticore calls upon Honor Harrington.

Again, everything I recalled about not liking in the Honorverse continues to drive me nuts. The shameless borrowing from history absolutely ruins immersion. Manticore = England, Haven = France, Silesian Confederacy = Holy Roman Empire, Andermani = Prussia. If you know the history of Revolutionary Europe (1800 +/- 20 years) you know pretty much what is going to happen. Again, I don't mind borrowing from history, but Weber is shamelessly parroting history. Also, there is simply way too much of the 'space opera' in the books than I would like. I prefer the starship battles and politics over the endless diversions into various characters' feelings. On that note, please stop with the treecats. Honor has an intelligent cat with psychic powers as a companion. I just can't buy it. All of it. There is no immersion. And the star ship battles - while entertaining - were just not enough to elevate the story above a solid two stars.

Two broad sides out of five. Too much borrowing from history, too much space opera, too much of the ridiculous cats. No more Honorverse for me, I think.