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I loved iron gold and kept hearing people say it was more of a set up to the next books but holy shit i couldn't imagine the first 150 pages of the book being all out war. The nuke going off and melting the dude stuck to Darrow. Lysanders face being melted. Orion being turned off. Seraphina being sniped in half. A wave a kilometer tall taking out a city and storms taking out more. Darrow and the howlers crossing a desert high as fuck on stims. Darrow just taking a deathly amount of stims to keep fighting seemed so sweet. I know im missing plenty but that was a lot for a relatively short section of the book!

Best part though is i love Virgina and it was so great seeing her chapter pop up after all the Darrow Lysander action because I really wanted to follow her at some point. Looking forward to getting into her chapters agter work!

Before you read on or comment, i have just finished iron gold and this series is really something im loving so please for the love of Pierce, do not spoil or even hint towards anything in the coming 2 books. I am pretty good at reading between the lines so please just avoid any sort of "wait till you see what happens in such and such". I will have the series completed in 2 weeks max and we can talk all about it then!

Well shit guys I need to start with saying I know i am in the minority in my opinions here. Ive read tons of people's reviews on Iron Gold and watched some videos and I guess I just dont get why it is regarded as the weakest. I liked it miles more than morning star.

Loved reading about Elctra and Pax. Loved meeting new characters and without a doubt this book was a building a necessary foundation. I dont think Pierce could build the massive scale of the worlds without slowing down a bit and letting us into the areas where the syndicate resides, or illegal shops provide criminals with tech, or prisons, or senate meetings, house estates, different cultures amongst golds (The Raas who are basically Asians culture golds), or the process of moving reds and others out of the mines to start assimilating. To me it seemed it all was rather nessecary.

At the same time you do have a lot of action going on. Heists, prisons breaks, beach attacks, accidental stabbings of dudes named Wulfgar, children being kidnapped, pregnant mothers who are probably already super hormonal from pregnancy putting on pregnant fitting armor and saying fuck you all till I get my daughter back, and of course the Reaper coming back.

I can see why Darrow didnt go back. He is right. Him going back wouldn't help get the kids back and he is probably so ashamed of the wasted time with the ash lord that he feels he cant go back empty handed to his wife who has lost her position strength, her child and her husband. I found the last line where he lets the rage take him again so bad ass. Yeah Pax is kinda getting screwed over but he will hopefully understand one day.

Worst part of the book was Casisus dying. I feel like i heard about him being in future books though so idk if im sold on it. But thats why I fucking hate spoilers or even hints. Maybe he is really dead though. But fucking A Casius is one of my favorites. Lysander lets the dude die without even giving him his dying wish. Dude taught Lysander everything he could and was a brother to him. Was pretty sweet reading about Casisus fuckikg people up before it though. Dude deserves his own chapters as far as im concerned. Likely ill just post and ghost again like you guys suggested.

Also Lysander is a little bitch but I dig him at the same time

So all in all iron gold is my favorite so far. Really loved learning more about the worlds and different perspectives. Really looking forward to the next 2 and then whenever the last comes out. Thank you Pierce!

Ive seen Juniper and I really like their stuff, and I love the dragon steel editions of Sanderson's books like Mistborn and Way of kings. I love that they are sewn with leather covers. Doesn't have to be leather or sewn but I guess I'm looking for places to find different, higher quality versions of books like the way of kings, red rising, lord of the rings, or even things like Piranesi. Im just starting to read a lot and have enjoyed building up a small selection of books but id love to be able to buy books that will last a very long time that could be passed down, or hold a bit higher quality at least. Thank you!

So I got to where Hermoine has an orgasm from the lust potion and then starts talking about feelings for Malfoy and I'm embarrassed to say I didn't catch that this was some kink romance novel earlier. I was very interested in the memory she is protecting and what is going to happen with the order and Malfoy/Voldemort but I refuse to read someone weird kink fantasy anymore. Could've been a great book without all the rape and weird shit like that. Dont need to hear about lube spells and Hermoine getting off while someone rapes her, potion or not. Seems like the author has some weird kink and this was written for women. Again I wish I would've caught on earlier but the other parts kept me invested. Can someone just give me the break down of what happens after where I left off? Does Hemoine win? I read Malfoy is a spy but idk how that all works with Voldemort being able to read minds and such. Sorry if you guys are fans of it. I think it could be a great book if it weren't built around so much weird lust and rape, etc. It doesn't seem nesecary to the story to have some parts unless it's a 50 shades of gray type deal. I kept reading it was highly recommended but never read anywhere about the 50 shades shit. Anyways, thank you if anyone can give me a break down of the story without lube spells and such.

I know ive posted a few times about lines and such but i cant get over how great this shit is! Im sorry but hands fucking down this is a better book than the first 3. I get this is subjective but the layers it already has are so much more interesting to me than the first trilogy. Spoiler ahead but I just got to the scene with Darrow leaving and Mustang having Wulfgar arrested or trying to arrest him. I had this idea of him leaving quietly but now we have a whole massive new layer that complicates things even more. Let alone his son seeing that shit! After already being pissed hes leaving again so soon. Idk maybe its just me or maybe the book falls off later on but this is way more my pace with all the different angles. Lysander just got captured, very much into that story line with Cassius being a duo bad ass team, Ehprim has some impossible mission, not sure what it is but sounds bad ass, Lyria just talked her way off mars after being fucking scared for life. So excited to see if and how the story lines connect. I loved the first 3 but this is much more game of thrones feeling to me and thats one of my favorites. Also its definitely a lot darker. Its like Pierce said alright fuck it i need to make this shit into my legacy when he started Iron Gold. Pierce im not gay but im saying ive looked at your picture more than once on the back of my books and thought damn id let him read to me any day of the week. Lol but really thank you for the thorough entertainment. Look forward to the next 2 and the final when it release.