Grace

I loved this so much!! It confirmed some of my theories during "The Well of Ascension" and "The Hero of Ages", and solved some questions I had, especially in the end of HoA.

I think this is the glue that pieces the original trilogy together (I haven't started the second yet), and yet it gives an entirely new perspective on how things happened while the focus was on the remaining crew.

A total masterpiece that gave more enjoyment to Mistborn!

Loved this book!!! I relate so much with Kat, how she doesn't fit in the High society and actually wants to do good with her privileged position.

I must say it does feel like a fae version of Cinderella, since it has some iconic details like:

• Her stepmother own Kat's possessions after her father's passing and mistreating her
• Kat having glass slippers (inherited from her mom) and then one casually left behind during a raid
• Her glamours during the same raid of the lost slipper washing off at midnight
• And I believe in the japanese legend similar to Cinderella it is stated that her prince kicks her stepmother and stepsisters out of Cinderella's properties and then brings her in her own home as a surprise wedding present.

Still I feel that is a subplot of the book and those details are subtly complementing the story rather than developing around them, which is nice.

I liked how the story develops, and you keep wondering about what truly happened in Kat's past that inspired her to become the Ivy Mask, since she keeps changing the truth but doesn't reveal it even in her thoughts, keeping the reader engaged and wanting to find out alongside Rahk.

I would have liked a more intense character development for Kat, I know breaking down your own walls and accepting to be loved is not easy, but throughout the book she keeps essentially the same: untrusting, fearful of what Rahk might do to her if he found out the truth (her being a woman, then her being Lady Vandermore, and then her being the Ivy Mask... for all three feels like the same story repeating itself) and seems like she doesn't learn anything from it other than the fact that she loves Rahk and doesn't bear to hurt him with each truth. Once she has no secrets left suddenly all of that personality fades and seems like a confident, strong, worthy woman... maybe I missed that process in the reading?

All in all, it is something I WISH it had, but not something that faults the book because it works beautifully and I enjoyed it so much! It's got heist, mystery, deception, love, romance (yeah girls, we all melt with that scene in which Rahks slowly kisses Kat, and drive crazy with the carriage scene), self-doubt, and how even the fearless warrior has his own weaknesses. It is a new favorite of mine and would definitely re read as a cozy fantasy.

I am, unfortunately, the Hero of Ages.

My, oh my, this book is definitely THE end of all trilogies. It made justice to the story, in both writing and plot. The character development is amazing, and I am pleasantly surprised with how some of the themes were handled, such as depression, self-doubt, coming of age (and the mourning of who one once was), questioning your faith/religions in general (especially after a loss), sacrifice, love... it holds complex aspects of life in such a relatable manner that you can't help to care for all the characters for different reasons.

The masterpiece is the way it unfolds everything, bits and pieces, nuggets left in the past two books... it was just all beautifully executed. I haven't read a more fantastic way to end a trilogy (or any series, even duologies) than this.

This storyline starts Round a year after the events in "The Final Empire", and as expected it turns more political and strategic, given the aftermath of the first book I was actually thinking it would be slower but I did not see this coming at all! Yes it carries "not so fun" topics such as politics, leadership and post-war hardships but it also explores other topics as deep as it can get, such as friendship (very important detail from Kelsier's last words to Vin in book 1), rightness, faith, love, and the character development was exquisite! I think every major character evolved one way or another and that was a nice touch to get to know them better, their true selves, their motivations and their fears.

This book is also full of foreshadowing and plot twists, the ending is mind blowing, so much so that I can totally relate with how Sazed ends up feeling regarding his faith. It does have sins, though, as the second book in most -if not all- trilogies but Brandon managed them so well that it didn't end up being neither boring nor heavy at any point, he does know how to keep a reader engaged through character development.

I can't wait to start the third book ASAP!

This storyline starts Round a year after the events in "The Final Empire", and as expected it turns more political and strategic, given the aftermath of the first book I was actually thinking it would be slower but I did not see this coming at all! Yes it carries "not so fun" topics such as politics, leadership and post-war hardships but it also explores other topics as deep as it can get, such as friendship (very important detail from Kelsier's last words to Vin in book 1), rightness, faith, love, and the character development was exquisite! I think every major character evolved one way or another and that was a nice touch to get to know them better, their true selves, their motivations and their fears.

This book is also full of foreshadowing and plot twists, the ending is mind blowing, so much so that I can totally relate with how Sazed ends up feeling regarding his faith. It does have sins, though, as the second book in most -if not all- trilogies but Brandon managed them so well that it didn't end up being neither boring nor heavy at any point, he does know how to keep a reader engaged through character development.

I can't wait to start the third book ASAP!

Me gustó mucho, la historia, el mundo, la magia... no es lo más original pero yo lo disfruté.

Pienso que un mapa ayudaría para entender mejor la geografía del mundo, y el final me dejó un tanto insatisfecha ya que no cerró siquiera en un "cliff hanger", me quedó la sensación de que estaba incompleto más que otra cosa.

Por esos detalles es que lo evalúo en 4/5, pero en general no me pareció ni aburrido, ni plano, ni infantil como en otros comentarios mencionan.

Leí este libro en español, y la escritura me pareció adecuada pero puede ser que por eso mismo mi experiencia haya sido diferente a la del grueso de otros reviews, además leí mientras escuchaba la playlist en Spotify y de verdad que me encantó, nunca había hecho eso (suelo leer en pleno silencio o con el sonido de la tv con lo que estén viendo mis niños) pero me cambió la experiencia.

Un libro muy bonito para empatizar y mejorar las reacciones como papás. Además les explica a los niños que mamá y papá no siempre saben lo que hacen y tambien tienen malos momentos, platica por ejemplo lo que pasa cuando mamá se desespera muy pronto, o la ve de malas, sin justificar la acción, y también plantea cómo el niño percibe a la mamá.

Una frase que me quedó muy grabada es cuando mamá se molesta y el niño "ve con temor cómo se convierte en algo como un monstruo", y es cierto que cuando estamos con poca paciencia si observamos veremos cómo su mirada cambia y seguro mil cosas pasan por su cabeza... ¿qué impresión quiero dejar a mis hijos? Me ha dado mucho qué pensar en cuanto a mi autorregulación porque ellos aprenden con el ejemplo.

I couldn't stop reading, and when I felt the pace accelerating and realized I was nearly finished I didn't want the story to end.

The book starts about two months after the end if the second one, when Kohen reveals Aisling that he killed her father the Emperor and kills her afterwards. She is enraged by this and hunts him with all her might, bombing Imbria and killing innocent people as a result.

But then Kohen's insistent pleas as well as his brothers' caring of Valor while in the search of her bond in the Wilds make her second guess and actually search for any evidence that her father did indeed try to kill her in several occasions, making Kohen right about her father all along and changing both nations' fate.

She's also preparing to go to war against Maxim so things do not look well when one of her sisters is kidnapped by him and being demanded to marry Maxim as well as to give up Amersea immediately.

It had enough mix of tension, love and hope that keeps the reader engaged throughout the story, I mean... I read 75% of the book in one sitting!

Yes, it felt a little forced a few times and part of the ending felt rushed, especially because there were new backstories thrown in halfway and were concluded just as quickly as they came, but overall I think the author managed it pretty well to make it work and the result in my opinion made justice to the three nations. I just wish it had been longer so we'd have more time to digest those bits and pieces that the author wanted to share ... and also to enjoy the characters, I'm not ready to say goodbye!