Almost immediately upon starting War for the Oaks, I had an overwhelming feeling that reading this book was like finding a story that had just been waiting for me to discover it. And this book was written in 1987, the year my little sister was born, so it’s been waiting quite a while. I wish I had discovered it earlier. It was by no means a perfect read, but it was so absorbing and comforting and fun that I almost had no choice but to […]
On Allomancy, Tyranny, and Coming of Age
I’m going to go way out on a limb and guess that I’m not the first, or even the fifth, person to review this book over the years for CBR. In fact, it was the recommendation of fellow CBRer narfna that finally led me to pluck Mistborn off my wishlist. I’ve been going through a major fantasy kick over the last few years, but it wasn’t until recently that I’d heard of Mistborn, as all I really knew of Sanderson to that point was his […]
Trilogy Tour #3: Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne #1
Kaden has been training in a remote mountain monastery for the past 8 years. His younger brother Valyn has also been training for the past 8 years — as an assassin for the giant-bird flying Kettral, a deadly group of elite soldiers. Their older sister Adare remained in the capital to learn the game of politics from their father, the Emperor of the Annur. The Emperor’s sudden murder sends shockwaves through each of his children, and they must piece together the details of his demise […]
No Way To Title This Without Spoilers
Oooooh boy. So this one took me awhile to get into again. I think a lot of people are big fans of how each book tends to start with this sort of long chapter that focuses on people we don’t know and won’t likely see again (or see much of any time soon). I … am not. I think in retrospect those chapters are an interesting way to set the tone of the book, but it also means that I’m going to really need to […]