2/26/25 - Started Iron Gold, Golden Son Review

 We're halfway there, feasyheads!

Yesterday I promised to write the review of Golden Son, since I was busy last week. Tomorrow, I'll have the review of Morning Star available. 

Not much to report today about reading, I didn't get much reading done. So let's jump straight into the review!

Golden Son is the second book in the Red Rising series and is about Darrow's life after the Institute and how he navigates the web of scheming politics. This book may be my favorite so far in the series, but it's close with the first one.

I'm more of a fan of the action rather than politics, but it does add a nice twist. Golds after all lie and backstab and betray to no end. 

The book gets an 8.85 out of ten. I really enjoy the storyline and the universe that Pierce Brown has created, but I can't lie, the allegiances and who is secretly against which House can get pretty confusing at times.

While Red Rising resembles The Hunger Games in its 'making teenagers fight' deal, I felt like Golden Son was completely original. Plus, Brown always adds a ciffhanger at the end of the story.

I'd highly recommend the whole Red Rising series for any fan of dystopian work and especially to science fiction lovers. It's up there with the greats like Ender's Game, yet the story is very original and you can't help but get sucked in.

While reading Morning Star, I found out just how into the series I was, with the emotions I felt at a certain point in the book where something happened to a certain character. (no spoilers today!)

Happy reading, feasyheads!

Good morning/afternoon/evening/3:00 AM, 

Uncle Wally