Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: Secret History (Mistborn, #3.5) (Cosmere Universe)

by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: Secret History is a companion story to the original Mistborn trilogy.

As such, it contains HUGE SPOILERS for the books Mistborn (The Final Empire), The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages. It also contains very minor spoilers for the book The Bands of Mourning.

Mistborn: Secret History builds upon the characterization, events, and worldbuilding of the original trilogy. Reading it without that background will be a confusing process at best.

In short, this isn't the place to start your journey into Mistborn (though if you have read the trilogy - but it has been a while - you should be just fine, so long as you remember the characters and the general plot of the books).

Saying anything more here risks revealing too much. Even knowledge of this story's existence is, in a way, a spoiler.

There's always another secret.

Reviewed by jnikkir on

5 of 5 stars

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The first rule of Mistborn: Secret History is: You do not talk about Mistborn: Secret History.

At least, not in any specific way. To reveal any specifics, even small ones, would be to MAJORLY spoil it. So I'm not gonna do that. But here are three important things to keep in mind:

1) Do not read this novella until you're totally caught up on the Mistborn series through The Bands of Mourning (I know the synopsis says there's just a "minor spoiler" for Bands in M:SH, but I disagree. Strongly). So, if you're not caught up, please—please—do yourself a favor and avoid this novella at all costs.

2) See #1.

3) See #2.

Other than that... prepare to have your mind blown. And have a box of tissues handy for the ending. ...Okay fine maybe that's just me, I'M A CRIER OKAY, leave me alone. ;)

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