turn off the boob tube & read: red rising [not a book about periods]

i found this book on a random pinterest suggestion site that told me about this book by pierce brown. man was i not disappointed! i feel like it was a good adult version of the hunger games book. it's got violence and some language [real and made up] but pretty amazeballs. since it's placed in the future, there was a lot of made up words that didn't always make sense and about a thousand characters [which made some things confusing] but totally worth it. and i even had to use my kindle's dictionary a few times so that made me feel smart! or dumb...

the book centers on darrow, a 16 year old miner on the planet mars, 700 years in the future. society is categorized into classes: reds are the worker ants- preparing mars for the future of man- and are treated t
erribly. pinks are sexual workers. greys are the military. golds are the upper class. darrow is married to eo, the love of his life, and works as a high risk drill miner. through some events, he ends up leaving his colony under the ground and finding out his whole life has been a lie. people are living on mar's surface and have been for years. reds work as slaves and will be forever. seeking revenge, darrow is sought out and transformed into a gold, infiltrating their academy which is a simulated land of war.

i feel like maybe i gave out too much already but this book really is great. darrow is hard and angry, not a super lovable character but what he accomplishes and why he does it is amazing. it's interesting to see how this alternate society works and wonder how some people can think they are better then others [not unlike today's society]. i really loved this book and have already stared devouring golden son, the second book in the trilogy. the film rights have already been purchased so i bet you this will be the next big thing. jump on the band wagon now!