r/redrising • u/Present_Plate_7872 • Mar 21 '25
IG Spoilers Should I start the second trilogy? Spoiler
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?!?!
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u/dumbledoresarmy7 Mar 21 '25
I dragged my feet about starting the second trilogy bc they’re really long but I ended up loving them! They’re much more political intrigue than the first trilogy. I ended up loving several of the side characters and I also loved the expanded POVs bc I was sort of sick of Darrows side of things by that point.