“Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope”

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson is the first book in the Mistborn trilogy. 

What a fun take on a heist trope, I really didn’t want to put this one down!! I feel like the pacing was perfect, reading this felt like a really long movie - everything unfolded at just the right moment. The worldbuilding was very immersive, and Sanderson does a great job of being descriptive enough to throw you into the scene with the characters.

The magic system was fantastic, really well thought out and so detailed - Sanderson really is the king of creativity. I also liked how it didn’t seem entirely unrealistic, I could see allomancy being real. Sazed was definitely my favorite character, I loved his knowledge and mysterious magic. 

My one minor critique is on occasion the dialogue felt very YA, despite clearly not being a YA novel. Some of the things Vin said or her reactions to some encounters with Elend, I just felt like it was out of character for everything else Vin was doing. Not to the point of taking away from the plot, some dialogue just felt a little out of place at times. 

The last quarter of the book is packed full of action that has steadily been building through out the novel - which resulted in a badass climax at the end that has left me feeling triumphant for  the characters and excited to start the next book. The hype for this is totally justified, I love everything about it. Immediately starting Well of Ascension!