Awesome

This is an amazing book. I loved the first book in the series, and I was a bit concerned by some of the reviews I'd read about the second book, but I needn't have worried.

This second book was more 'political' and 'scholarly' than the first book, with less emphasis on allomancy than the first one, but it was just as gripping and exciting, while giving us more insight into the characters and the nature of the landscape of the Final Empire.

Michael Kramer reads the books wonderfully and is totally captivating.

I also love the fact that it's child friendly, and hasn't turned into soft porn like some other sequels I've read recently... While it's not aimed at younger children, you could listen to it with them around without worrying. It's a great book for teens and adults.

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another great Brandon Sanderson book

Brandon Sanderson books just keep getting better the world building is amazing can't wait next 1

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Perfect Book!

Last 150 pages are amazing!! And he full book itself is perfect.👌
The character development is amazing as each of them have their own parts to play in the new world.
The World building is really cool too 😁

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Like 5 books in 1

Brilliant characters going through engaging events. The book has multiple parts, each like a book in itself with the same characters. So I think this book is excellent value too

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simply amazing.

loved it!! simply amazing even more so than the first book cannot wait to hear the 3 rd !!!

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Favourite fantasy author

After The Way of Kings I struggled to imagine a series as good. However, after finishing the second in the Mistborn series, I have to say this is virtually on the same level. Can’t recommend enough.
Doesn’t get better then Michael Kramer as well! Truly makes the books what they are in my opinion.
10/10

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A bit long, but what an ending

A predictable follow on from the end of the first novel – but there are still a lot of surprises to keep you entertained

Story – 4/5

Brandon Sanderson manages to develop his unique and excellent magic system into something even bigger. The main characters become stronger, and you learn a lot more about things identified in the first novel. The battles and fights involving Allomancy also take a step up.

The characters develop a lot less in this book, but enough to still keep you interested and entertained. There is a lot more politics and investigation involved in this story though that outweighs the loss of character development; creating a more detailed and intriguing world. There are also introductions of new creatures/beings.

The issue I had at times with this novel is that it felt too long at times. There was a lot of pondering and overlong conversations that allowed my mind to drift, so I had to keep rewinding to keep up. All in all though, it was worth persisting, as the ending is action packed and surprising and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Performance – 4.5/5

Michael Kramer is one of the very best audiobook narrators out there – he portrays sadness, happiness, comedy, action and all other scene types masterfully and he makes the enjoyment of the story far easier than most narrators. His voice acting is also superb. Each character has a subtly distinctive voice, and you will definitely not be confused with who is who in a conversation.

If you enjoyed his narration in the first book, you will not be disappointed; he is consistently excellent in the entire trilogy.

Overall – 4/5

Apologies for the star ratings not matching the written review, I am forced to round halves on Audible.

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Better than book 1 - highly recommended

I got a little frustrated in book 1 with all the burning pushing and pulling allamancer stuff. However, book 2 builds nicely on the characters and the plot deepens and unfolds in different ways that I'm sure Sanderson fans will know and love. It's always a great sign when I'm itching to get book 3 downloaded!

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Deceit and depth

The story, though long, is full of a great deal of deceit and builds on the history set up in the first book. Very enjoyable.

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Amazing story, very gripping

Great series, great book and great narrater!
Cant ask for a better book to listen to.

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