Suzi

For this apparently being "the worst Cosmere" novel, I was happily surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Granted I've only read Mistborn Era 1 so far but I'm looking forward to getting to the later books if this is the level of his debut novel.

At first I really only wanted to read Raoden and Sarene's POVS, as Hrathen's didn't do much for me, but when everything came together later on you really see why his POV was so important from the start.

This is very much focused on politics and religion, with the magic system taking a back seat, so for that reason it's not an instant 5 stars, as I would have liked more on the magic. It was unique and interesting, just as the Mistborn magic system is, and I found the sections in Elantris and when they were discovering more about the magic were so good.

All in all, I really liked a lot about this and look forward to continuing my Cosmere journey.

For this apparently being "the worst Cosmere" novel, I was happily surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Granted I've only read Mistborn Era 1 so far but I'm looking forward to getting to the later books if this is the level of his debut novel.

At first I really only wanted to read Raoden and Sarene's POVS, as Hrathen's didn't do much for me, but when everything came together later on you really see why his POV was so important from the start.

This is very much focused on politics and religion, with the magic system taking a back seat, so for that reason it's not an instant 5 stars, as I would have liked more on the magic. It was unique and interesting, just as the Mistborn magic system is, and I found the sections in Elantris and when they were discovering more about the magic were so good.

All in all, I really liked a lot about this and look forward to continuing my Cosmere journey.

For this apparently being "the worst Cosmere" novel, I was happily surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Granted I've only read Mistborn Era 1 so far but I'm looking forward to getting to the later books if this is the level of his debut novel.

At first I really only wanted to read Raoden and Sarene's POVS, as Hrathen's didn't do much for me, but when everything came together later on you really see why his POV was so important from the start.

This is very much focused on politics and religion, with the magic system taking a back seat, so for that reason it's not an instant 5 stars, as I would have liked more on the magic. It was unique and interesting, just as the Mistborn magic system is, and I found the sections in Elantris and when they were discovering more about the magic were so good.

All in all, I really liked a lot about this and look forward to continuing my Cosmere journey.

Rosie was like a side character in this- she was fine but a bit bratty at times.

I was really here for Ford and Cora 🩷

(And West)

(And the parents)

This started off SO well, the first 20% with the nuclear bombing and the setup of the characters at the hotel was so gripping and interesting.

Then it just became tedious, as we were still with the characters at the hotel, having the same conversations. There was the odd eventful moment then it went back to tedium.

This was definitely more of a character study, which isn't my favourite, I definitely need a bit more plot and pace in a story like this.