Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #1)

Published July 31st 2007 by Tor Fantasy (first published July 17th 2006)

643 Pages

Goodreads Summary: Once, a hero arose to save the world. A young man with a mysterious heritage courageously challenged the darkness that strangled the land.

He failed.

For a thousand years since, the world has been a wasteland of ash and mist ruled by the immortal emperor known as the Lord Ruler. Every revolt has failed miserably.

Yet somehow, hope survives. Hope that dares to dream of ending the empire and even the Lord Ruler himself. A new kind of uprising is being planned, one built around the ultimate caper, one that depends on the cunning of a brilliant criminal mastermind and the determination of an unlikely heroine, a street urchin who must learn to master Allomancy, the power of a Mistborn.

Review: My first experience with Brandon Sanderson was reading the last few books of The Wheel of Time series that he completed for Robert Jordan after Jordan had passed away.  Ever since I joined the blogging and bookstagram community, I have been seeing people rave about the Mistborn series.  I finally got around to reading it and I saw exactly why people love it so much.  The science of allomancy is genius. Sometimes it was a little hard to keep the different metals and alloys straight but otherwise it was fascinating.  Vin was an interesting character but she did have a few inconsistencies.  Kelsier on the other hand was awesome! He was definitely my favorite character in the book. He was totally badass with a killer sense of humor.  This book had everything I look for in a great fantasy novel.  I can’t wait to read the rest of the trilogy.

5 Stars

Shelf Control – February 11,2016

Shelf Control is a weekly feature hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies.  Consider this a variation of a Wishing & Waiting post… but looking at books already available.  Take a look at your shelves and/or Kindle and post about a book you own but haven’t read yet.

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a Shelf Control post!  Things have been crazy lately so I haven’t had a lot of extra time for blogging.  But I’m coming back today with a book that has been on my TBR for what seems like FOREVER!

Title: Mistborn
Author:  Brandon Sanderson
Published: Published July 31st 2007 by Tor Fantasy (first published July 25th 2006)
Length: 643 Pages

Goodreads Summary: Once, a hero arose to save the world. A young man with a mysterious heritage courageously challenged the darkness that strangled the land.

He failed.

For a thousand years since, the world has been a wasteland of ash and mist ruled by the immortal emperor known as the Lord Ruler. Every revolt has failed miserably.

Yet somehow, hope survives. Hope that dares to dream of ending the empire and even the Lord Ruler himself. A new kind of uprising is being planned, one built around the ultimate caper, one that depends on the cunning of a brilliant criminal mastermind and the determination of an unlikely heroine, a street urchin who must learn to master Allomancy, the power of a Mistborn.

How I Got It: I bought the boxed trilogy boxed set.

When I Got It: At least 1 year ago, probably more.

Why I Want To Read It: I have yet to read a book written solely by Brandon Sanderson.  He was brought to my attention when he completed the last few books of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan after Jordan’s death.  It is one of my favorite series of all time and he did a fantastic job of finishing the series so I’ve been wanting to read his solo works for awhile but just haven’t gotten around to it yet.

30 Day Book Challenge – Day 1

Day 1: Best book you read last year.

The best book that I read last year would have to be A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.  It is the long awaited final volume of The Wheel of Time series written by Robert Jordan and completed posthumously by Brandon Sanderson.  The first book, The Eye of the World, was published in 1990.  So it took 23 years to complete the series.  And if you are at all familiar with the series, you know that each book is at least 600 pages.

I began reading the series when a friend introduced it to me in 2004.  The only real fantasy fiction that I had read before this was The Lord of the Rings.  I was hooked immediately and started my collection.  In 2005 I started college and it was a little hard to read all of my books for school and keep track of all the characters and storylines when I couldn’t read as often as I wanted to.

By the time I got A Memory of Light I couldn’t wait to get started.  I was finally at the end of the series.  I needed to find out what happened to all of my favorite characters!  In the other books, the main characters end up scattered around the land where the series takes place.  In AMoL they were all brought back to the same place to fight the final battle.

If you’ve never read the series but are a fan of fantasy fiction, I would definitely recommend you read it.  I don’t have the writing skills to do the series justice so if you would like some more information on what the series is about, I would check out either of the following websites.

Dragonmount – A Wheel of Time Community

Encyclopaedia WoT