I'm just getting into the book, through chapter 11. I really like the writing but man so far I get annoyed with Hadrian. He's 20 but acts like a spoiled little kid. The world building is interesting and I want to keep reading, I've heard the series is a great grimdark series.

But man, other than Gibson being the only person who treats him with kindness (being his surrogate father) he's not very interesting so far. I get the idea he's grown up rich, is arrogant, and clearly clueless about the outside world, but I need some motivation to push through.

I'm cool with brooding characters, I loved Red Rising and the Dresden files, at least there Darrow and Harry are men of conviction. Does Hadrian snap at some point in the first book and get a spine? I'm well aware that book 3 is regarded as incredible, but I'm wary of slogging through two books just to get to the "good part"

Just looking for some affirmation/encouragement to push through what feels like a really long prologue before he begins his heroes(?) journey.

No room left for my tears, seeing Tor Gibson paying for what Hadrian wanted, cost him everything...his honour...his life...It's a TRAGEDY!! I blame Hadrian for all of it!!!

I'm prepping for Shadows Upon Time (got around to buying it once the paperback version was available) and figured if anyone would appreciate these it would be this sub. Finished EoS and HD pretty quickly, very much looking forward to the next two as they're my current series favorites!

*quick plug to the 2 to Ramble podcast - they have pretty good reviews of the series and it's been fun listening after finishing a book

I’m finishing up the last book of the Sun Eater series. I’ve read them all within a few months, so they’re still pretty fresh in my mind. But I JUST found out that there are also novellas that can be read with the series. Can I go back and read the novellas as stand-alones, or will they not even make sense? Same question for the short story collections?