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A review by emmirosereads
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is going to be a book I think about for a long time and I cannot wait for the sequel. What an absolutely incredible read.
We dive right into the action making this very easy to get sucked into and hooked. The world building is in depth without being too hard to wrap your head around. I was so enthralled by the mechas and the whole piloting system and how they all work.
The feminine rage in this book is to die for. I was rooting for Zentian the entire time with every rule break and monstrous act. I loved every minute of it.
Every typical YA trope being turned on its head was so delightful to read. Particularly the love triangle that's in fact an actual love triangle and not your typical girl must choose between two boys. They all are connected and into each other and fuck yeah that was so refreshing and wonderful to read. My one complaint about this book was that we don't get to see more of that relationship than we do. They feel like very fleeting brief moments but that is purely because this is not a romance heavy book and was never supposed to be so I'm not holding that against the book or knocking off stars for it.
I ate the ending up entirely, even more so anticipating the sequel. This is the first book in awhile that I felt was going to be five stars right at the beginning.
We dive right into the action making this very easy to get sucked into and hooked. The world building is in depth without being too hard to wrap your head around. I was so enthralled by the mechas and the whole piloting system and how they all work.
The feminine rage in this book is to die for. I was rooting for Zentian the entire time with every rule break and monstrous act. I loved every minute of it.
Every typical YA trope being turned on its head was so delightful to read. Particularly the love triangle that's in fact an actual love triangle and not your typical girl must choose between two boys. They all are connected and into each other and fuck yeah that was so refreshing and wonderful to read. My one complaint about this book was that we don't get to see more of that relationship than we do. They feel like very fleeting brief moments but that is purely because this is not a romance heavy book and was never supposed to be so I'm not holding that against the book or knocking off stars for it.
I ate the ending up entirely, even more so anticipating the sequel. This is the first book in awhile that I felt was going to be five stars right at the beginning.