A review by trinityb2021
Golden Son by Pierce Brown

4.5

4.5 ⭐️

That ending was SOOOO GOOOD!

I love how complex these characters are. Everyone has their reasons and their moral beliefs and really sticks to them, even when I hate them for doing so. I love Darrow and I hate the feeling that this book gives me. He's always stuck in between a rock and hard place and I never know how he's going to get out of it. Every time I'm blown away by a co-conspirator or crazy plan I never saw coming.

I’m not a big sci-fi person tbh and I think my least favorite part of this was the weird sci-fi stuff. Not the books fault it’s just my preference.

I loved the characters and the relationships. They were so interesting and I was on my toes the whole time trying to figure out who could be trusted.

Major Cruel Prince vibes honestly. Much more brutal and complex than that but at its core its about deciding which friends you can trust. Also kind of Well of Ascension vibes? This did a good job of blending the action with the political machinations. I love a good scheming moment and this book is filled with them!

This was fun and heartbreaking and I cried at least twice. I still am waiting for it to give me that 5 or 6 star feeling. With all the set up of the last two books, I have very high expectations for Morning Star.