A review by cmdufresne
Daughter of the Salt King by A.S. Thornton

4.0

Daughter Of The Salt King somehow manages to be lighthearted and sweet, while having characters in dark situations. Emel is one of the MANY daughters of the Salt King who are used as bargaining chips to secure trade and protection deals. Except in this case the daughters are treated basically as the court whores with suitors getting to test drive their potential wives before making their choice on the third night. Obviously this is a pretty miserable life. Emel is an engaging character. Enter the jinni. Of course, wishes are always dangerous and tricky, but in this case, even the jinni doesn't have control over how a wish will be fulfilled. Enjoyable, fast read. The only thing I wish it add was fuller side characters. There are a lot of chracters who fell a little flatter than they had the potenial to be. Set up well for the second book without being TOO much of a cliff hanger.