Red Rising

Intense, addictive, a pure thrill ride from start to finish. Not a 5 star due to fridging EO and some very minor pacing squabbles. Easy comparisons to Hunger Games can be made, but I feel this novel is closer to Ender's Game.  Brown does a great job building emotionally fraught scenes between characters and then subverting expectations. I will definitely be reading the next novel in the series. Great fun!!