As Pierce Brown said he hoped in the Acknowledgments at the end of this book, "I loved and loathed this story". It was so brutal and the scenes Brown paints with his words are so visceral. The way you can go from smiling for the characters' successes to feeling dread as everything is pulled out from under them is exhilarating. 

This series has taken me on rollercoaster after rollercoaster of emotions. I have been disgusted my all of the protagonists' choices, just to root for them chapters later. They are all so complex and brutal in their actions; so passionate and determined to enact their plans.

I love how immersed I can become in Brown's literary world. The whole time I just wanted to leave work so I could get back to the story. I even got annoyed that my college graduation was taking so long because I wanted to leave so I could keep reading lol.