Red Rising
By Pierce Brown

I liked this book a lot and am looking forward to book two in the trilogy.
But there was a point where i thought i was going to give it up. It slowed down to a pace that only Turbo the snail's mates could match.
The story is set on Mars and starts underground with a social class of earth dwellers called the Reds. They are miners, digging into the guts of Mars looking for some mineral needed to change the atmosphere in the stratosphere. Little do they know ... But see that would be giving a bit of the plot away that needs to be a surprise.
Anyway, there is a rebellion going on. I can give that much away, and the narrator, Darrow, has been chosen to infiltrate the Golds by turning from a Red into a Gold. This is the bit where the story drops down too many gears and almost selects reverse. But once you get past the transformation bit, the turning from Red to Gold the story becomes a cross between Lord of the Flies and Hunger Games.
Darrow is cool and the Mustang compliments him well.
This story is gruesome and fast paced. There's a bit of blood shed, but there's romance as well. And the characters are deep and stand out.
This is a good book. Serious
Roo