Heavenly Tyrant

So I returned to this sequel after reading Iron Widow.  I restarted it, not trusting my memory and judgement of the first two hundred pages from my original attempt.  It began well, making much more sense having the full background on Zetian, the MC.  However, I found most of the book to be tedious filler to get to the end goal.  It spends most of its time in her head, rehashing all her fears and neuroses every time someone spoke with her or whenever something happened.  Then at the end, I found out that this is a trilogy and groaned.  I don’t know if I have it in me to get through another iteration of Zetian’s mental state.  This book was nominated for the 2025 Lodestone Award, which is the non-Hugo award for YA novel at WorldCon.

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