"If you're watching Eo, it's time to close your eyes. The Reaper has come. And he's brought hell with him." - Darrow of Lykos 
 I HAVE A MILLION BONERS FOR THIS BOOK! It was the perfect conclusion to an already stellar series. 
 Pierce Brown has accomplished an incredibly rare thing here. He has crafted a fully realized universe and three dimensional beings that inhabit it. Morning Star is a story of war and revolution. And very easily that's all it could have been. In between the moments of extreme violence, there are quiet moments where the characters can reflect on their nature. It's in these quiet respites that we find friendship, love, bravery, despair, viciousness, and ultimately hope. This is what makes the story so incredible. Our heroes and villains are complex individuals. The heroes aren't always heroic, the villains aren't always evil. But, they are all human. They have both sparks of light and pits of darkness in their souls at the same time. It's really the human interaction that drives the story forward. In showing the duality of their nature, we are able to get a full sense of who these characters are. It makes the violence and the actions driving them forward seem destined to happen. When a character is fully realized, their actions never seem forced by the author to further the plot. The characters demand their story be told the way that it really would happen with no sugar coating. 
 There's about a million moments I could bring up that got me in all the feels. But I genuinely don't want to spoil anything. That is probably the only time I will ever say such a thing because I love spoilers! I just feel if I start being super specific, I would ruin the reading experience for someone else. The readers deserve to uncover these truths all by themselves. 
 I will say one thing: Pierce Brown found a way to work in a "Bye, Felicia" joke. I was standing in line at the store while I read that and laughed out loud. Mind you, no one around me knew why I randomly started laughing. Totally worth the weird looks people gave me.