Description: "The novel is written with arresting detail and challenges literary tropes about women. Its roster includes half a dozen complex female characters and one trans male character, all of them captivating, sympathetic, repulsive, flawed, dangerous, selfless, determined, and damaged. They and Heartfield's powerful battle scenes make this well worth the price of admission."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review) " Armed in Her Fashion is Kate Heartfield's debut novel, and what a strange, compelling, genre-bending debut it is. Part horror, part fantasy, part history, and part epic, it combines all of its elements into a commentary on gender, power, and patriarchy. . . . I really enjoyed Armed in Her Fashion . It's worth reading. I may, in fact, need to read it again: there are interesting layers in the thematic work that Heartfield's doing, and I'm not convinced I caught them all in one sitting. In other words, I recommend it."--Liz Bourke, Tor.com

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