This is one of the best first books of a trilogy. I have ever read the amount of twists in this book were amazing. They were phenomenally done. I didn't really see any of them coming. The last a 100 pages or so, were so tense and I was so worried. The book was really emotional at points. I loved the main character, Vis. He had so many different motives for what he was doing whether it was outside forces pushing him one way or his internal motives. This book is compared to red rising and I can definitely see why, but there was just so many more mysteries going on in this book that had me gripped.