This is the second book to make me cry out of all the books I’ve read. This was a rollercoaster of a book and I loved every moment of it. Mistborn is the very definition of what an epic fantasy is and I can’t wait to continue this series. 

One of the best parts of this book was the fact that the author had a concept of time. At the very beginning when the plan to overthrow the evil Lord Ruler is set into motion the crew leader, Kelsier, says that if everything goes according to plan it should take about a year to prepare. And throughout that year the character offhandedly mention how much time is passed so you get a sense of the plot moving, but at a pace that seems believable. Other epic fantasies make the plot seem so fast like it doesn’t take time to build an army and overthrow a government, and I loved the fact that Sanderson was realistic about the time needed to make this plot believable. 

Now onto the characters… wow. I instantly loved every single one of the crew and got emotionally attached to them. So the pain that Sanderson put them through during this book was hard to read at times. All of them have a very good reason for wanting to overthrow the vindictive Lord Ruler and getting a 600 page epic fantasy to explore not only the characters histories but also the world Sanderson created was incredible. 

I can’t sing enough praises for this book and I am so glad this series was recommended to me. This is going to be the year I plow through quite a few of Sanderson’s books.