The Empress of Salt and Fortune

The Empress of Salt and Fortune is the story of an exiled bride who became a conqueror, as told by her closest confidante. It is simply but poetically told. I think what's important to impress is that while this is about a woman overthrowing a regime, if you're looking for either exciting military fantasy or even a tightly wound court drama, you should go elsewhere. This is more of a quiet character study, it's about the strength of relationships that are formed between people who are discarded by those in power, and it's about how often the most important element to claiming power is patience.

I liked it well enough. But it felt like something more to fill the time than to get lost in.