A review by twihard_librarian
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I sat down to read a couple chapters of this book and I accidentally stayed up all night reading it. Totally worth it. Great characters, interesting plots, feminine rage, supportive friendships, giant robots, vengeance, and a great conclusion to the first book of the series. This book has a bit of spiciness between certain characters which I did not expect but was delighted by in such an intense and blood-thirsty story. Read only if you want to have a great time but head the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent

Sexy and compelling romantic relationship between all three of the main characters! Forget love triangles, this is a love triad...and you know what they say, the triangle is the strongest of the shapes ;)