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I don't think this counts as YA. It's a bit misleading though I guess you can't change it mid-series?

My ebook hold just came in! Urgh. I have work the next few days.

Heavenly Tyrant picks up pretty close to where Iron Widow left off, although it took me a few pages to figure that out because from the get-go this book is a hot mess.

Iron Widow was a brilliant story of feminine rage with unforgiving sharp teeth. The novel is grounded in the Zetian/Yizhi/Shimin relationship. Not only is that triad torn apart in Heavenly Tyrant, we are introduced to a new love/hate interest for Zetian, which I had 0 interest in.

This author is highly entertaining. I will read anything she's willing to put out into the world. Her author photos alone are epic.

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This was even better than the first book! It really got into the political complexities of Zetian‘s world (which mirror our own). I appreciated that she learned that, as she puts it, “drastic actions have drastic consequences.” In so many ways! I could hardly put it down as I got close to the ending. Can‘t wait for the next book!

Really interesting and juicy and fun look at an open marriage.

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Who has read these?

Picked this up because I heard about it on a podcast. Mel is a bartender and she is flirting with this woman at the bar and finds out she‘s married. Then she finds out they‘re poly. At the same time she‘s trying to keep everything casual because she‘s scarred from her divorce. She also learns about this cocktail/bartender contest and is working towards creating a cocktail for it. I liked this one!

‘Iron Widow‘ churns with feminist rage. ‘Heavenly Tyrant‘ surges with laborist rage, as Wu Zetian continues her rampage through Huaxia‘s misogynistic, wealthy class. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

5/5

An incredible second book in this series with so many twists that I did not see coming. I really enjoyed both the sci-fi and political elements of the book as Wu Zetian has to manage the politics of reviving Qin Zheng and overthrowing the old regime.

I was once again fooled by what I thought was a duology actually being a trilogy, but I'm very excited to see where the story goes next.