I see alot of comments already complaining about TGR taking over the whole production instead of having different voice actors for each POV like the last 2 books. R. Martin, Brown is an author who is interested in exploring the consequences of his protagonist’s actions. Since starting it a few years ago, The Red Rising series has quickly become one of my favorite series ever.

Part II has maybe the biggest space battle the series has ever had and it’s amazing, but if you’re hoping for a lot of Victra like we had in Dark Age you might be missing her a little. Combined with its unpredictability, Red Rising is truly up there is the Olympus of best sci-fi (or sci-fantasy) ever written. I would consider myself blessed to be able to read more books with this level of believable friendship and brotherhood.But now that I've read my most anticipated release of the year, Light Bringer, I can say with a shattered and mended heart that is filled with contentment and satisfaction, Light Bringer is my favorite book in the entire series so far. One of my favorite things about Light Bringer is how Pierce Brown totally made sure that crucial and pivotal events from each previous book in the series do matter.

On my second read, I acknowledge this is a necessary and firm foothold needed to be established for Brown to bring the massive emotional reckonings and self-discovery in Light Bringer. The sense of care I have for the main characters felt too much, and as I saw them constantly endure heavy adversities, it felt like I spiritually persisted with them, too. I always cared more for the the interpersonal relationships of characters and the philosophical themes of these books than any big fighting scenes or fast paced action (the reason Golden Son is actually my least favourite in the series). And like me, you will laugh, you will cheer, you will gasp, you will stress eat, and you will probably cry. Light Bringer is an absolute gift to the series as a whole and probably my new favorite of the bunch.However, those of us who have read through Dark Age know that some of the relationships that we’ve come to love so much are in dire straits, potentially broken forever. after watching the red rising loose it's original magic after the first 3 books, I was expecting to be disappointed tbh. When you’re in a massive space battle, the last thing you want is to jump to another location for a territory dispute.