Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

by Pierce Brown

“Grass. Trees. Darrow, trees. We’re in a forest.” The scent of flowers. Then lights in the darkness. Flickering animals with green abdomens flutter through the black. Great bugs with iridescent wings rise from the shadows. They pulse with color and life.

Eo/persephone allusion

“You said you had another gift for me?” I say, changing the subject. She shakes her head.

Pregnancy foreshadowing?

“Ah. Yes. That’s something you can’t abide, someone else having power.

Foreshadowing -- will refusal to abdicate be darrows downfall?