"Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies. Now fully embedded among the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his work to bring down Society from within."----Provided by publisher.I really, really wanted to like this book; and like the first book "Red Rising", I felt like I had to "work" through the first third to half way through, to get to the real good stuff. In "Golden Son", much of the book has the main character, Darrow, navigating the elite's political system, plotting his next move. If you are interested in reading political intrigue stories, with a lot of dealing, secrets, lies, backstabbing, and nobody reveling their actual agenda; then this book is for you. The rest will have to suffer through as the main character's plans change over and over again as characters change sides, loyalties, agendas, or just plain die off. I guess this is suppose to be considered as "plot twists", but I just found them frustrating and made the plot move along slower than it needed.
Still, I enjoyed the characters and some of the political maneuvering (as most are much more likable then the psychos in Game of Thrones). However, once the actual war starts, the author's talent in writing action-packed battles and strategy scenes really comes through.
And, of course, a planned trilogy can never end Book 2 without a cliffhanger ending.
Book 3, "Morning Star" comes out Feb. 9, 2016!
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