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Book 2. A little faster paced than Red Rising and better for it. One of the greatest dramatic scenes in the series which still gives me goosebumps when I read the words in my head.

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readyforit's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

5⭐️1.5💧0.25🌶️(one fade to black scene)

Me at several points in this book:
😧😧😧😧😧 what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck what the FUCK???

It’s so rare to find a sequel that is better than the first book but this is it. It picked up when Darrow is almost done with the academy and Augustus decides to

fire him basically.

Darrow makes a bold move to save his position in Augustus’ house and chaos ensues immediately and doesn’t stop for the whole book. We get a lot of Darrow and sevro’s friendship and Darrow and mustang toward the end. Most of your favorite characters are back from book 1 and are still loyal to Darrow, even after the institute. After basically radio silence, the sons of ares finally get in touch with Darrow and they form a plan to take down the sovereign.

There are even more twists and turns in this book I think I have jaw problems from how much my jaw was dropped the whole book😭. Make sure you have the sequel to read immediately after because this ends on the cliffhanger of all cliffhangers. I hope to get a physical copy to read along with the audiobook next time because there are a lot of names and places introduced, and they’re hard to keep track of just hearing them.

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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cepbreed's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Every. Fucking. Time. I’m SAT HERE thinking “how is Darrow going to get out of this” and with that ending…lord help me. I actually want to like stomp around out of pure shock and frustration but I’m at a hotel sharing a room with my brother. I literally can’t compute. Pierce Brown when I catch you! This man has mastered the genre I swear. Never have I read a series where all the book are perfect but now Brown is two for two. Especially in Golden Son I noticed how perfectly he incorporates dialogue. This man will spin a flawless speech that could even make me charge into battle, but also encapsulate the effortless dialogue that occurs between friends. When Darrow’s allies are all interacting (Sevro, Roque, Mustang, Victra etc) a part of me is warmed. That same part forgets that half of them will probably be dead before the series ends. Who am I kidding, before the book ends. They’re literally my age, or just slightly older. My heart is broken. Speaking of friendships: Sevro you have bewitched me body and soul. Somehow this man rose so quickly up my favorite characters list it’s not even funny. His relationship with Darrow is one of the best parts of this series and it obviously has so many good parts. I love that little freak and all of his loyalty. His daddy however…

I love the Fitchner as Ares falling for a Red a storyline but I lowkey wish Sevro wasn’t half red, his loyalty to Darrow should be separate from color entirely (even if he didn’t know when he allied himself with Darrow it’s about the principle of the thing. It’d be like Tyrion not being Tywin’s son in A Song of Ice and Fire). Also, that ending makes a part of me think Fitchner isn’t actually Ares. To introduce that tidbit only to execute him with so little ceremony makes no sense.

I guess I’ll see as soon as I get my hands on Morning Star. As for Sevro’s mother,

the whole thing about her having to get an ovary transplant(?) actually inspired a lot of questions about the verse in me. I had just assumed every human was still genetically one species (produce viable offspring at least) but is that not true? Has it gone to the point that colors are species? Or is that bit emphasizing how brainwashed society is, how everyone believes different colors to be so incompatible?

Okay my last couple of throwaway comments.

Lorn deserved so much more page time I’m PISSED. IDGAF about the ending Roque is so underrated. Mustang please be true like you’ve always been!!! Guys she’s just processing the news I swear.

I swear I have so much more to say I just literally don’t have enough neurons to fire up those thoughts right now. My whole brain is consumed by whatever the fuck just happened.

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adventurous dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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malreadsthebooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark inspiring medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Incredible book, fantastically narrated. Even better than the first. I’m hooked

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