𝒔𝒐 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍. 𝑴𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌. 𝑴𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒆. 𝑵𝒐, 𝜤'𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒅'

'𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 '

'𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝐳𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈'

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Oh it's very very good, this. As I was led to believe.

Darrow is a Red. Toiling away under the surface of Mars, sacrificing his freedoms to create a better life for future generations. Or so he thinks. 
When tragedy strikes, and the blindfold is lifted from his eyes, how will Darrow utilise his rage to free his peoples?

This book is great. Darrow is an utterly brilliant protagonist who combines a breathtaking vulnerability with that striking vein of cockiness and assurance of youth. You can forget that he is a child easily enough at times and then a moment of self doubt and vulnerability reminds us that he is a child. He has lived and loved like an adult but he is a child. 

The politics and machinations here, that overarching idea of found family is all weaved together brilliantly - and that tension over it all about the larger implications of Darrow's false relationships with them all make me nervous to continue this series. 

There were some clichés here. And I felt the plot drag a smidge in the middle but it quickly ramped back up and my heart was up and down like a yo-yo towards the end.

I'll be picking up the next one in this series sharpish.