“What would it take for me to no longer be a woman? If I cut off my breasts? If I cut out my womb? …I’m a prisoner in this world, in this era, in this room, in this body. It never ends. It will never end.”

Having just finished Sunrise on the Reaping, it was interesting to read another work exploring propaganda, abuse of AI, and even a possibly mind-controlled body-double situation. As expected, this sequel was very different than Iron Widow. A lot of it dragged, and the political theory lessons and feminist discussions were interesting at first, though sometimes heavy-handed, and then became too repetitive. However, this was still engaging and I hope the ending leads to great finale.