Oh, no, I'm definitely easier on pacing because I have no concept of it in my own writing OTL. But I can't guarantee that any books I recommend won't suffer from it because of that.

(Honestly, if you want to give Naomi Kritzer another shot, I'd wait and see if a newer book of hers calls you rather than finishing the duology-- she wrote that as one book, so it's unlikely to be any improvement if you already had problems with it. OTOH, she's pretty consistent with having gay characters thus far, and she's still writing, so there's chance for improvement.)