Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

The New York Times bestselling series from Brandon Sanderson. This boxed set contains: Mistborn The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages

Brandon Sanderson is far and away one of my favorite authors. His ability to continuously develop new and interesting characters and stories, while constantly keeping you on the edge of your seat is astounding. A must read for any fantasy fan.

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I feel like if I had had read this in high school I would have loved it, but I guess I just read too much similar stuff. I did appreciate the unique world-building and magic system. However, I almost put the book down a couple of times because of the frustrating way that information was dumped on the reader. I also felt the characterization was a little too blunt and heavy-handed.

I felt like the trilogy was uneven, I liked some parts of it much more than others. The idea of swallowing metal and then “burning” it in your stomach to do magic seems silly to me, but I love everything else about the magic in these books.

The ending wasn't horrible, but is wan't very satisfying either and it was rather abrupt.

The concept of advancing the world through a modern times setting and into a sci-fi future one is interesting. I'll give them a try.