Quoted from bitternerd:The Curse of Chalion-- by Lois McMaster Bujold is a gem-- worth a look for sure.
I’ll need to check out that series by her. I’m up to about book #10 in a different series by her- The Vorkosigan Stories. Doing it on audiobooks it goes really fast and entertaining. Not too deep but she builds some great worlds and characters with added humor.