Following on the heels of Sanderson’s successful launch into the YA market with the New York Times bestselling Rithmatist comes Mistborn, now repackaged for the teen audience Once, a hero rose to save the world. He failed. For a thousand years since, the world has been a wasteland of ash and mist ruled by the immortal emperor known as the Lord Ruler. Every revolt has failed miserably. Yet somehow, hope survives. Hope that dares to dream of ending the empire and defeating the Lord Ruler. A new kind of uprising is being planned—one that depends on the cunning of a brilliant criminal mastermind and the determination of an unlikely heroine: a teenage street urchin named Vin. Once, a hero rose to save the world and failed. This time, can a young heroine succeed?

OMG. This book was freaking fantastic. I loved every minute of it and even though it was a long book. I didn’t want it to end. The beginning while great also was a bit rocky, because we get a lot of info dumping but even with that I still enjoyed it, the info dumping was done right so it didn’t feel so overwhelming and boring. We do get multiple POV throughput the book, but mainly Vin. Speaking of Vin she was my favorite and I liked that she grew so much throughout the book, but in a manner that it seemed realistic, she learned and grew a lot but still made mistakes and had her doubts. She never gave up in believing in people, which made her also vulnerable. I also loved Kelsier, even though there were moments I wasn’t sure if we can trust him or not. Sazed was another one I loved and a great mystery about him. I think even after this first book that there is much more to him as we are lead to believe. Elend was another one I loved way too much, we never know if he is on the bad site or not till the end and that made it so much more interesting. I loved the magic system in this world and I never had one like this before. It was different (for me) and took a bit to understand but I really enjoyed it. The story is fast paced and never gets boring and has many surprises on the way. We get a little of everything, action, magic, humor and even romance a bit , but also betrayal and heartbreak come a long. I did shed a few tears throughout some because I laughed too hard others not so much. I’m utterly in love with this series and its characters and I cannot wait to get to book two. I did listen to the audio book and it was fantastic and greatly narrated, I highly recommend this book and the audio if you like fantasy. I rate it a full 5★

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Oh boy, in the end I didn´t like this book very much.

The plot itself follows pretty much every fantasy trope that has ever existed, which is actually fine by me ... if it is done well! But there is just so much teenage angst / drama / "I love him/her" crap that I can stomach in a book and due to the length of this novel, everything got pretty lame and repetitive towards the end. And the writing was incredibly cheesy at times. So the idea for the story was okay, the execution, however, was poorly done. 

As you might tell, I won´t continue on with this series.

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I´m still enjoying this, especially the slow reveal of background information about the characters and the explanations of the amazing magical system. And Sanderson knows how to increase the tension in a heartbeat, which makes the action packed scenes even more exciting to read.

But then there´s Vin, the female main character, and all the chapters with her (potential?) love interest and what she is doing in those chapters. I have a hard time with this part of the story, mainly because there is a slight hint of insta-love in regards to their relationship and I feel like Vin and the guy both are loosing some of their brain cells while being with each other.  

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I decided to branch out my reading into the fantasy genre, because I used to love reading fantasy when I was younger and it´s the perfect form of escapism.

However, I didn´t like two of the fantasy books I have read over the last couple of years, either because they were too depressing (Robin Hobb´s "Assassins Apprentice") or too boring (Juliet Marilliers "The Daughter of the Forest"). The only fantasy book I loved was Scott Lynch´s "The Lies of Locke Lamora", which was absolutely amazing and which is on my list of rereads for the next year. And, of course, I love Pratchett as well.

So I have done some extensive research, which fantasy series could be for me and I decided to pick up the first book in the Mistborn series.

And I really like it so far.  The metal-based magical system is interesting, I like the characters, the plot is an intriguing one and I cannot wait to know, how the big plan is going to pan out.  

The only thing I´m a bit meh about is Sanderson´s writing style in some places and his repetitive use of words. The main character, Vin, has already done a whole lot of squirming. I hope she soon gets past this squirming phase.

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