John Curless - He did the Ephraim POV segments and I thought he was fantastic. His take on Apollonius was stand out good and worthy of praise! So how did the new narrators get on? They were a bit of a mixed bag. It goes without saying that TGR's Darrow POV section of Iron Gold were as fantastic as one would expect.

The guy was so good he enhanced the quality of an already great story with his ability to convey emotion with his voice and his excellent voice acting. One of the best performances of any audio I've ever heard (and I've listened to hundreds of audios over the years!). I'm still puzzled by why they thought this was a good idea as TGR is one of the best narrators out there and his performance of the original Red Rising was fantastic. The only positive was that they had retained TGR for the Darrow POV segments. On to the important stuff: Recorded Books decision to bring in three additional narrators! I had some serious concerns going into Iron Gold when I heard that Recorded Books had decided to limit Tim Gerard Reynolds role in the book by brining in three new narrators to voice the three new POV's. It is great when you find a book where you find the story super exciting and can emotionally engage with the characters and happenings. His books are always intense and exciting and really drag me through the emotional ringer from start to finish. His writing is highly engaging and has a beautifully melancholic and poetic feel to it. Pierce Brown really is my sort of author. I love Darrow but I warmed to a few of the new characters and felt like they offered a different perspective on things which in turn gave the world a bit more depth to it. I'll not say too much about the plot or story of Iron Gold but will say that I felt like it was a worthy sequel to the original Red Rising trilogy and that I felt the 10 year time jump and expanded POV cast did more to enhance the story than damage it.

Iron gold by pierce brown