meeg rated The Empress of Salt and Fortune: 5 stars

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo, Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo's The Empress …
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With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo's The Empress …
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
An anonymous representative of the Devil, once a high-ranking Duke of Hell and now a committed underachiever, has spent the …
“But you cannot understand life and its mysteries as long as you try to grasp it. Indeed, you cannot grasp it, just as you cannot walk off with a river in a bucket. If you try to capture running water in a bucket, it is clear that you do not understand it and that you will always be disappointed, for in the bucket the water does not run. To “have” running water you must let go of it and let it run.”
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged …
Heartwarming and heartfelt- fell in love with (nearly) each and every character. Highly recommend the audiobook, it's read beautifully by Daniel Henning.
Loved loved loved this book- the queerness, the antifascism, the humor, the focus on complex trauma, relationships, healing, anger- I loved it all and cannot WAIT for the next book!