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Heavenly Tyrant
Heavenly Tyrant | Xiran Jay Zhao
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"She is hated by both men and gods, and heaven and earth cannot allow her to exist." After suffering devastating loss, Zetian finds herself at the seat of power in Huaxia. But her world is not as it seems, and revelations about an enemy more daunting than she imagined forces her to share her power with a dangerous man. Despite having vastly different ideas on what they are to each other and how the world should change, Zetian must join him in a dance of truth and lies to take down their common enemy and get back the one she lost.
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sebrittainclark
Heavenly Tyrant | Xiran Jay Zhao
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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.

SincerelyWinona I‘m already impatient for the third! 5d
sebrittainclark @SincerelyWinona Me too! Especially since I thought this was a duology until I was about 75% of the way through 😆 5d
PuddleJumper I thought this was a duology? There's more? Amazing! I might wait for the third one 5d
sebrittainclark @PuddleJumper I haven't seen an official announcement, but it's certainly not concluded at the end of Heavenly Tyrant 4d
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Awk_Word_Smith
Heavenly Tyrant | Xiran Jay Zhao
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Finally!!! I started this audiobook on Spotify because my library system in the South is not that eclectic in terms of the variety of genres or BIPOC authors. Unfortunately, I ran out of time credits and have to wait to finish it next month! #ihatespotify

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sebrittainclark
Heavenly Tyrant | Xiran Jay Zhao
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e-book: Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
audiobook: The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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5feet.of.fury
Heavenly Tyrant | Xiran Jay Zhao
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Book 2 Zetian is out of her element as a leader when all of her goals for the revolution/women‘s rights were previously centered on her own desires. good dialogue here about choice while broadening her scope to class rights etc.

The ending is so crazy. I think there may have been too much, we were doing alot with the “romance”, deception, politics, battles, mind realms… it was engaging but when I got to “the gods” …it seemed to go a bit far.

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Bookish_Gal
Heavenly Tyrant | Xiran Jay Zhao
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I am SO conflicted over how I feel about this book. Maybe partly due to be so excited for this sequel after the incredible first one. I miss enraged Zetian.
I liked how it was handled that this 18 year old peasant girl does not understand how to run a government. Let alone in tandem emperor style with someone who knows practically everything. Now if only that guy wasn‘t a power hungry misogynist jerk

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rachelsbrittain
Heavenly Tyrant | Xiran Jay Zhao
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Zeitan is back with a vengeance in the sequel to Iron Widow! She awakened an ancient emperor and now she'll have to face the consequences. Things really picked up at the end when they confront the gods. The first 2/3 of the book did feel like a lot of set up, but it was also necessary set up. Overall, I'm still all-in on this fascinating sci-fi series.

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rachelsbrittain
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Heavenly Tryant took the lead in September, narrowly edging out I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com

@CSeydel #2024bookbracket

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5feet.of.fury
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They posted this with the caption: “Sorry our sequels are so late, we‘re too busy partying”

😩Get back to dry land! 📚💻⌨️📖

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 5mo
Aimeesue 🤣🤣🤣 5mo
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kelli7990
Heavenly Tyrant | Xiran Jay Zhao
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I see that my preorder for the tagged book was delayed. I was looking to see what people were saying about this online and they were saying that this book might not be released until 2025 and that the December release date is just a placeholder for the real release date. I didn‘t know that this was a sequel. I haven‘t read the first book so I don‘t know if I‘m going to like it or not but I have plenty of books to read so I can wait for this book.

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Bookish_Gal
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August can‘t come soon enough!!! This is a GORGEOUS cover.
With political unrest and perilous forces aiming to undermine Zetian at every turn, can she enact positive changes as a fair and just ruler? Or will she be forced to rely on fear and violence and succumb to her darker instincts in her quest for vengeance?