Red Rising: Sons of Ares by Pierce Brown and Rik Hoskin

"In the future, when mankind has spread across the stars, the hierarchy of man is dictated by the color of one's caste. The Golds rule all, but what will happen when one falls for a lowly Red? See how a forbidden love will set the course of events for the future and lead to the formation of the formidable Sons of Ares!"--|cProvided by publisher.

quick read, collection of the 6 volumes, a prequel to the first series - was hoping this would be a more expansive prequel but essentially just tells the beginnings of one character. it was decent, non-essential.

I received a Kindle Arc from Netgalley in exchange for a fair review.

A little backstory on this graphic novel, it is a prequel to Pierce Brown's Red Rising Series and revolves around one of the subsidiary characters in the 4 novel story, However, other characters that are in the Red Rising series are featured. That being said, this graphic novel can be read on it's own but the reader will not get the nuances had they read the entire 4 book story beforehand. Furthermore, I think Brown's great writing is missing here. It doesn't have the same detail that the novels have. It seems much flatter. If you are a diehard fan of the Red Rising series, absolutely read this. Otherwise, you might skip it till you read the novels.