The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson

The Alloy of Law (Mistborn: Wax and Wayne, #1) (Cosmere Universe) (Mistborn, #4)

by Brandon Sanderson

The Mistborn trilogy has become a firm favourite with fantasy fans the world over. The imagination that Sanderson brought to the series and his skill at marshalling epic storylines and dramatic action, his ability to create vivid characters made him a natural choice to complete Robert Jordan's epic wheel of time sequence. But with Mistborn, his standalone fantasies and his new series, The Stormlight Archive, Sanderson has shown his bountiful talents in his own fiction. Now he returns to the series that made his name with a new story set years after the events of Hero of Ages. In a world recovering only slowly from evil, a world where allomancers wield immense power through their ability to unleash the magic bound up in common metals someone who can burn metals that no-one has burned before can tip the balance...Sanderson has the knack of giving the epic fantasy reader exactly what they want. This ability has thrown him to the forefront of the genre and the dramatic story within The Alloy of Law shows off this skill to its very best.

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Since The Alloy of Law is sigificantly smaller that Sanderson's other books, it's understandable that it feltlacking in some places. There wasn't as much going on, which meant there wasn't enough build up or development for me, which meant I didn't spend enough time with the characters to really fall in love with them. That said, I still really enjoyed the book, and I'm so happy that Sanderson is continuing to write in the Mistborn world.

I love how everything has progressed since The Hero of Ages. Vin and Kelsier have become legends, and *grumbles* so has that other guy. I missed them all so much, but I loved how often they were mentioned in such a short book.

I missed the original characters almost too much, though. I liked Wax and Wayne, and I totally ship them, but I miss Vin. A lot. And Marasi wasn't enough to make up for it.

I also loved how the Allomantic powers have progressed and evolved over the past 300 years or so. I'm not going to go into detail but that was something that I loved discovering, and I can't wait to see more of that in the sequels.

Basically, I really enjoyed The Alloy of Law because I love the Mistborn world and I can't get enough of it. I just need to learn to let go of the past because I am still unable to completely forget (or, rather, move on from) Vin, Kelsier, and the others.

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