![]() And she is, but even she is surprised when she kills him not with a physical weapon, but through the psychic link shared between pilots. ![]() For the girls, there are some benefits to this, though few will get the opportunity to enjoy them, as the concubine-pilots all too often end up killed through the mental strain.Īfter her sister’s death, Zetian offers herself up to become a concubine-pilot, determined to get paired with the pilot who killed her sister. The pilots are lavished with gifts and given a celebrity lifestyle. But beyond the wall are mecha aliens, and some boys become pilots, while some girls become concubine-pilots. Boys become men who work and feed the family, while girls become wives and must take care of the men. Huaxia is a world with very strict gender roles. This is author Xiran Jay Zhao’s debut novel, and I am so very excited to see what she comes out with next. This book, read at the start of September, after reading over sixty other books this year, is currently my top book of 2021, and it’s going to be incredibly difficult to find a better book. ![]()
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