I definitely understand why people say this book is YA. It feels very YA. I also very accurately saw this book described as “Hunger Games meets Enders Game” and I also get that entirely. I really enjoyed it, despite the lack of depth in prose sometimes. I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

ALSO PAX 4 LYFE

I'm soooo glad to be able to find a new series to be excited about ^_^
This whole "school year" gave me so much hunger games vibes, which I loved!
And the whole book was a fun way to have greek mythology in a futuristic and sci-fi setting.
Loved how it showed that the inner society of golds is a smaller version of the whole color system (they way they favored one red clan over the others) and they don't even treat their own people fairly.
I didn't like titus's character at first, but when it reveals that he was also a red, I was like "ok, i get why he hates these people so much" it doesn't justify the rape, but I just get where his anger and rage and hate came from. At the end i felt sorry for him.
ALSO, I loooooove darrow/cassius relationship, the complexity of it, its homoeroticism. Man, darrow is just soooo gay! I like him with Mustang, but he is just so gay (bi icon)
P.S.: RIP Pax