![]() ![]() At worst, she is his battery as he drains her energy to power the mech. ![]() ![]() At best, she is there to comfort, support, help him. But they require two people to pilot them - they have two seats - one of which is given to a girl who is a “concubine” for the boy pilot. Interesting premise: In an alternate sci-fi world where humans (the book is generally Asian-centric and vaguely references some figures from Chinese history, but the world isn’t parsed into whether anyone other than Asians are still alive or ever existed in this universe) are at war with an alien species, boys get to pilot these giant mechs to fight the aliens. It’s slightly harder to quantify WHY I liked it so much, but I’m about to try: Was it super well written? Not necessarily. That was my first impression of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. ![]()
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