very upset that i am enjoying #ironwidow and #heavenlytyrant as much as i am tbh

photo of a book copy of Xiran Jay Zhao's "Heavenly Tyrant", in PT-BR

my clumsy ass *literally* stumbled into this at the book store and audibly gasped! had to bring it home asap
#bookposting #heavenlytyrant #ironwidow

Xiran, girl, you cannot keep giving me whiplash like this. I’m in ur walls Xiran. You can’t keep making me hate Qin Zheng, then kinda like him, then hate him, the like him, then hate him again, I cannot handle this. Xiran. When I catch you Xiran. Xiran. Xiran when I catch you 🫵

#heavenlytyrant

Wu Zetian from Xiran Jay Zhao’s Heavenly Tyrant wearing the armor for the Nine-Tailed Fox Chrysalis floating with five Hunduns representing each type - fire, wood, water, metal, and earth.

Detailed shot of Wu Zetian in the spirit armor of the Nine-Tailed Fox Chrysalis

Zetian communes with the Hunduns in @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social ‘s Heavenly Tyrant
#hundun #wuzetian #ironwidow #heavenlytyrant #ninetailfox #armor

@xiranjayzhao.bsky.social hello, I am a dork that likes your book #heavenlytyrant

Details of Li Shimin’s appearance from the end of @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social ‘s Heavenly Tyrant
#ironwidow #lishimin #heavenlytyrant #phoenix #armor

Me, reading anything Liu Che does in Heavenly Tyrant:
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

#booksky #HeavenlyTyrant #IronWidow #XiranJayZhao

Reading #HeavenlyTyrant by @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social and loving the blatent expositions full of socialist values.

"The profitizers have fooled you into thinking them generous for providing you with work, but it is in fact YOUR labor that moves the world and sustains THEIR luxuries." 👏

youtu.be/1tgAmcbSU8o

It's been a while, but I've finally covered this book

@xiranjayzhao.bsky.social if you're curious about the author

#TheHeirsLair #Review #BookReview #SciFi-Fantasy-SpecFic🪐📚 #SpecFicReview #YA #YoungAdult #YoungAdultSpecFic #BookSky💙📚 #HeavenlyTyrant

Also finished #HeavenlyTyrant by @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social last night and it left me screaming so there’s that

So there's different narrative goals and different degrees of successful execution.

And #HeavenlyTyrant fits in here with the narrative goal of, "No, don't ignore those red flags. Stab the love interest with knives!!"

Anyway, #HeavenlyTyrant is basically the book form of that.

"Her knife in my heart says 'No,' but her eyes say 'Yes.'" -Qin Zheng, probably.

"Dude, she just not that into you": Summarizing the lesson Qin Zheng failed to learn in #HeavenlyTyrant.

Finished the book. Yay for the Iron Polycule being back together! (They can make it work! Anything can be sculpted out of spirit metal. They can even feel through it.)

If you take a recommendation from this list, let it be
Book 4: #IronWidow and the sequel #HeavenlyTyrant by @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social

- female rage
- scifi, #fantasy
- social revolution
- history inspired, esp China
- poly rep, wlw and more
- nb author

#booksky #PrideMonth #lgbtq+

After months, I have finally finished Xiran Jay Zhao's Heavenly Tyrant and all I can say is...

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!? WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD AT CLIFFHANGERS!?

I loved every second though, and after an ending like that, I can't wait for the next one

#heavenlytyrant #xiranjayzhao

#HeavenlyTyrant is a very stressful novel. 😬

In lighter #HeavenlyTyrant thoughts, I notice that Qin Zheng has the same basic backstory as Danmei antiheroes like as Luo Binghe, Wei Wuxian, and Mo Ran. Very sus, that. 🧐

I started reading #HeavenlyTyrant. There's an author's note at the beginning about how depiction isn't endorsement, which, yeah, but I'm also aware that the author has experienced online harassment before.

I will be posting art soon of my favorite fictional man that makes me crazy #ironwidow #heavenlytyrant

I just finished #heavenlytyrant and now I am going to scream into the void cause it's back to waiting for the next book to come out.

In better news: my copy of #HeavenlyTyrant arrived! :3

Finding out that the Iron Widow series is a duology because the publisher only wanted two books when Xiran wanted to do three while I had 20% left of Heavenly Tyrant to finish was devastating. I’m not ready to let go of these characters. 😭 #ironwidow #heavenlytyrant #xiranjayzhao #booksky #💙📚

Rereading Heavenly Tyrant! Gonna try to write an essay on it for funsies 🤓 thanks @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social for inspiring me to write again after so long, and for writing such a killer book 😮‍💨🤘 #Ironwidow #Heavenlytyrant #writing #books

Qin F***ing Zheng
if you know you know 😒
The only way I can draw this man is undignified 😤

(My depiction of Qin Zheng from the book Heavenly Tyrant by @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social )
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#whyyyart #heavenlytyrant #qinzheng #ironwidow #fanart #ironwidowfanart #heavenlytyrantfanart #art #digital

Just reached the twist in Yizhi's arc in #HeavenlyTyrant and I, too, feel betrayed.

Hardback copies of Iron Widow and Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao, stacked on each other on a white sheet

YEAH BAYBEEEEE #IRONWIDOW #HEAVENLYTYRANT #XiranJayZhao

What can I say? @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social continues to create an unhinged combo of revolutionary political drama, mech fantasy, and wild sci-fi grounded in a culture I don’t get to read enough of. Go read their books.
#booklist #readinglist #ironwidow #heavenlytyrant

Finished @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social ‘s #IronWidow audiobook on the way to the office this morning and WOOOO I’m going right into #HeavenlyTyrant lol. What a damn ride it’s been.