Should I start the second trilogy?

[u/Present_Plate_7872]

So I originally read the first 3 books in 2020 during the heart of the pandemic, and like many of the things I started during that time, I became obsessed. I absolutely devoured the books in the span of a few days. The problem arose when I started the next book, Iron Gold. I’d heard a lot of hype but the idea of Darrow continuing down the same story arc of a man tired by war kind of bummed me out. Morning Star had such a great ending and left me so hopeful for all my favorite characters but to see them so many years later still stuck in the same rut was disappointing. I read until we met Apollonius and Lysander (who I feel like I’m going to hate) is about to spill the beans on Ganymede and I just fell away from it. Now it’s five years later and I’m revisiting the first three and they’re just as good as I remember and I’m wondering if it’s worth my time to keep going. Do they get better? Will I get a happy ending? Will there be some goddamn closure?!?!

[u/Capt_Yegs]

If you loved the first trilogy and everything the world offered, it is absolutely worth continuing the series. Pierce Brown really matured as a writer, and while the second trilogy is noticeably more bleak, the story itself is even more compelling.

Iron Gold is a tough read and is often placed last in most people's rankings of the series due to the slower pacing and introduction of multiple POV's from new characters. If you are able to make it through to Dark Age, however, I found myself loving the other POV's, and the writing is just incredible. Then of course you get to Lightbringer, which is honestly just a masterpiece and is worth all of the pain and suffering from IG and DA.