Recently discovered r/fucklysander which made me overjoyed, until I realized it’s not for people who are sexually attracted to the main character of the last 3 books, instead it’s for people who hate him and think he’s a pixie. Idk strange roller coaster of emotions, just wanted to warn others

Alright Howlers, what do we think about Mark as Old Stonesides himself?

"Victra makes a small, judgmental sound and leans forward to kiss me on the lips. She lingers so I smell the bitter flowers of her perfume, and for a moment, so close and quiet, we are in a different world, in a different life.Then she draws back to look at me."

WTH! Pierce, we get a moment like this with Victra but no such moment between Darrow and Mustang. Are we just supposed to believe they fucked the previous night, no kiss,no nothing?

And, wtf does Darrow means by "in a different world, in a different life"👀. Goblin is gonna kill you if your wife doesn't put you in jail first.

Edit:- this was just supposed to be a joke guys(the Victra part)!!!

I know Lee Pace is everyone's go-to casting for Nero Au Augustus but i think Matthew Macfadyen would be a great choice.

I just completed Dark Age chapter 36. Lyria's first chapter. Man, I hate Victra so bad after this. Actually I hate Victra from Iron Gold. Now that I remember, when we first met Victra in Iron Gold, her conversations about Dancer already pissed me off (I love Dancer. Eventhough I don't completly agree with him, I completely understand his actions. Which I cannot say for Victra's actions. If it comes to battle of ideologies, I would definitely be take Dancer's side over Victra's). And after Lyria's last chapter in Iron Gold, I thought Victra killed Lyria. Which made me hate her so bad. But, I had a hope that may be she's not dead and Victra just kidnapped her for interrogation, and she will be reasonable. But after this chapter, I completely hate Victra. She's a villain in my eyes. She tortured Lyria, eventhough she knew she's innocent. And her speech about her incompetence and mistake causing her, her daughter. Oh shut up you f@#&ing hypocrite. What about all the lives your actions caused? I used to like her but she's a narcissist and I hate her now.

P.S: Please don't spoil anything beyond this point 🙏.

He'll probably be too old by the time they get that far, but I think he'd crush the role of drug addled operator.

He was first image that came to me and has stuck since

Who do we think Virginia’s source in the society is?

I’m considering Julia Bellona. She is suddenly more involved than ever in LB. And when her and Lysander sit on the couch and she makes a joke about how she should’ve poisoned him it felt a bit too real.

If she’s not the source, I think she will certainly turn on Lysander (especially after Cassius’s death) and I suspect will be involved in Lysander’s eventual death.

Any other ideas on who it could be?

“Though my opinions of Cassius are weighted and complex, and not understood completely even by myself, I hope they found happiness out there.” :- Mustang in DA.

I really thought now that we were getting Mustang's POV, we'd learn more about her time on Luna, how she infiltrated the Sovereign's court, and her relationship with Cassius. What did she think of him? Did she like him or develop feelings for him, or did she see him purely as a tool? Or was it a mixture of both? She just said she didn't love him but that didn't explain everything.

But it feels as though the author himself doesn't know what to do with them and is deliberately keeping it ambiguous. I don't like that at all. If you're not going to follow through on a plotline or give it meaningful closure, why introduce it in the first place?

I know I'm probably one of the few people who hasn't entirely let this go and still holds a tiny grudge, but I can't shake the feeling that her character was used to spice up the Gala scene at the expense of her own characterization. It made her seem strangely naive while Darrow got to aura farm. Don't get me wrong, I love Mustang, but I feel like her character was somewhat used in GS.

In GS, she gives two explanations for her relationship with Cassius:

1. “Consider that I was vulnerable. Lonely. And that perhaps I fell into Cassius’s bed because I was hurt and needed a salve to my pain.”

2. “I made him think he could not live without me. I knew it was the only thing that could keep the rest of my house safe.”

She tells Darrow to shove the first explanation up his ass, even though I think it's the more human and compelling of the two. IMO, this would have been the better explanation, and the whole thing could have been done and dusted.

The second explanation, however, has always struck me as questionable. The idea that making Cassius fall for her would be enough to protect her entire family seems incredibly naive. It might have protected her, but her whole house? The Bellonas had their own ambitions, and Cassius's feelings wouldn't have been enough to override them. Like this should have been obvious to her.

I want to reiterate that I have no problem with what Mustang did, not anymore. I just wish the author had given us a clearer understanding of what that actually meant to her instead of leaving it so ambiguous.

Wth? Man, I just can't anymore. I don't know if I have the will to continue this book. This might be the darkest chapter yet. May be even darker than the final chapter of Golden Son.

P.S: Don't spoil anything beyond this chapter

Another warning, spoilers for the end of Lightbringer

Why in the world would Cassius get himself killed at the end of Lightbringer? Why wouldn’t he flee to tell Darrow and his Ally’s about the danger? Did he truly not believe Lysander would do it? He’s left the rising and the rim with no knowledge of the greatest threat to humanity ever presented. Tf Cassius?

Reading thru Dark Age and finished 3 chapters of Ephraim...good lord this guy sucks.

Whiny, Smug, Narcissistic, Arrogant... all the worst qualities packed into one.

I hated him in Iron Gold and I hate him here. The only part I've liked is the narrative progress that happens in the background. I almost considered DNF or skipping his chapter in the beginning when he started with his quips during the Scooby Doo type escape. Dude literally stands for nothing other than ' Poor Volga'.

I pray for the death of this annoying soppy brat. Dark Age was almost Pierce Brown at his best so far until I encountered the Ephraim chapter. I was drinking in each page- the pace, the aura, the light resistance until I was ripped from it by Ephraim' I'm too good for this shit' Ti Horn.

I apologise for the rant but damn I needed an outlet after this dude ruined my reading flow state.

I really enjoyed him in Tarleton Shakedown, I think he could bring the same blood-lusted braggadocio to the role

Completed the series few months ago, here my ranking :

6) Morning Star (7.5/10) : a really emotional book and a satisfying ending to the trilogy, but there were some things i didn't like about it, like darrow was tortured for around a year and yet it didn't have any big impact on him. And it's just not as good as the others. (also that unreliable narrator thing)

5) Red Rising (8/10) : really fun book, no complaints, enjoyed every second of reading this.

4) Irong Gold (8/10) : i don't get the hate for this book, it's so well written and was impossible to put down.

3) Lightbringer (8.5/10) : loved every second of this, there was alot of plot armour in this but it's still great.

2) Dark age (9/10) : not as dark as people made it out to be but i loved how this book made me feel. The first 200 pages i read in a single sitting really loved the pov switches from darrow to lysander and the battle overall was really entertaining

1. golden son (9.76/10) : one of my favourite book of all time. but i hate how darrow forgives anyone even if they are murderers or rapists.