foxynz 's review for:

Golden Son by Pierce Brown
3.25
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

 Golden Son suffered a little from '2nd book-itis' - the first books are always fun getting to know the characters and world, whereas the second needs to come along with something different to pull the story alone and compensate for the lack of freshness.

This starts a couple of years after Red Rising. There's clever manipulation and schemes, an interesting new character and some precarious situations. I still enjoyed it, but need a break from Mars before reading the next.