1,000 stars out of 5 stars 
 "Darrow, Lancer of House Augustus. Rise, there are duties for you to fill. Rise, there are honors for you to take. Rise, for glory, for power, for conquest and dominion over lesser men. Rise, my son. Rise." 
 Holy crap! This book is so so so sooooo good. It's been a while since I read something that is completely out of ordinary I mean, people of Earth living in Mars by color? How awesome was that?! Darrow oh my god! I don't even know the right words to tell you how perfect this book is. It has the hunger games vibe on it with all the proctors, apprenticeship and such and it was also very unique in a way that will keep you up all night. I was a little disappointed to the leader that Darrow chose at the end but who cares?! He was a Red or still a Red and he has his reasons. I would love to see Darrow rise without a lovelife I mean, I would hate to see him rise only to fall because he fell in love with a golden girl and if he will by any chance fall in love I do hope that he would fall in love with a Red or with a different color. Darrow is a gifted boy but also an impulsive lad. I do certainly hope that he will learn how to control his rage by the second book and I also wish that there will be an astounding character development. I have this book in my shelf a while now and I'm such an idiot to not read it immediately.