Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

This article is about the novel. For the series, see Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (series).

Iron Widow

Author(s)	Xiran Jay Zhao
Published	September 21, 2021
Publisher	Penguin Teen
Genre(s)	Fantasy
Age group	Young Adult

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao is a young adult fantasy novel, originally published on September 21, 2021. It is the first book in the Iron Widow series.

Trigger Warnings

Author-Provided Warnings

The following warning is given at the beginning of the book:

Please be aware that this book contains scenes of violence and abuse, suicide ideation, discussion and references to sexual assault (though no on-page depictions), alcohol addition, and torture.

Additional Trigger Warnings

• Abandonment
• Ableism
• Acephobia/Arophobia
• Addiction
• Adult/minor relationship
• Alcohol
• Animal death
• Biphobia
• Blood
• Body horror
• Body shaming
• Bullying
• Child abuse
• Child death
• Chronic illness
• Classism
• Colonisation
• Confinement
• Cultural appropriation
• Cursing
• Death
• Death of parent
• Domestic abuse
• Drug abuse
• Drug use
• Dysphoria
• Emesis
• Emotional abuse
• Fatphobia
• Fire/Fire injury
• Forced institutionalization
• Gaslighting
• Genocide
• Gore
• Grief
• Gun violence
• Hate crime
• Homophobia
• Infidelity
• Injury/injury detail
• Kidnapping
• Medical content
• Medical trauma
• Mental illness
• Misogyny
• Murder
• Panic attacks/disorders
• Physical abuse
• Police brutality
• Pregnancy
• Racial slurs
• Racism
• Rape
• Self harm
• Sexism
• Sexual content
• Sexual harassment
• Sexual violence
• Slavery
• Suicide
• Suicide attempt
• Terminal illness
• Toxic relationship
• Trafficking
• War
• Xenophobia

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

• POC characters
• Bisexual main characters*
• Polyamorous relationship

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