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A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet
I absolutely loved the Mistborn trilogy and Elantris; and the young-adult book Steelheart had a bit of a simple story line but was enjoyable nonetheless. So, I think it is safe to say that in the past 4 months Brandon Sanderson has become one of my favourite fantasy authors. Not only does he write great books, he also writes a lot of them (at a quick rate), so there is a lot to read. After Steelheart, I decided I would skip his young adult stuff, but I was still very much curious about his adult fantasy books. In Mistborn: The Alloy of Law, Brandon Sanderson does something that simply isn't done in fantasy (quote from the review from Patrick Rothfuss: another one of my favourite fantasy authors). He takes the world from the Mistborn trilogy and forwards it 300 years, thereby introducing modern technology such as railways and motorcars. Suddenly, we are looking at urban fantasy instead of epic fantasy! The fabulous magic system is still fabulous in this book though (it even is expanded and explored more! I didn't think that was possible). The characters are very likeble and I rejoice in the fact that Brandon Sanderson is planning to write a trilogy about the characters Wax and Wayne following this stand-alone book. It was simply a delightful read. I can't wait to read another book by Brandon Sanderson!
| Book: | Mistborn: The Alloy of Law |
| Author: | Brandon Sanderson |
| Number of pages: | 275 |
I absolutely loved the Mistborn trilogy and Elantris; and the young-adult book Steelheart had a bit of a simple story line but was enjoyable nonetheless. So, I think it is safe to say that in the past 4 months Brandon Sanderson has become one of my favourite fantasy authors. Not only does he write great books, he also writes a lot of them (at a quick rate), so there is a lot to read. After Steelheart, I decided I would skip his young adult stuff, but I was still very much curious about his adult fantasy books. In Mistborn: The Alloy of Law, Brandon Sanderson does something that simply isn't done in fantasy (quote from the review from Patrick Rothfuss: another one of my favourite fantasy authors). He takes the world from the Mistborn trilogy and forwards it 300 years, thereby introducing modern technology such as railways and motorcars. Suddenly, we are looking at urban fantasy instead of epic fantasy! The fabulous magic system is still fabulous in this book though (it even is expanded and explored more! I didn't think that was possible). The characters are very likeble and I rejoice in the fact that Brandon Sanderson is planning to write a trilogy about the characters Wax and Wayne following this stand-alone book. It was simply a delightful read. I can't wait to read another book by Brandon Sanderson!
