Book Review

The long anticipated sequel and book 2 of the Stormlight Archive hit stores march 4th. It picks up right were we left off, the assassin in white has decapitated the leadership of Roshar and targets Dalinar Kholin the blackthorn and true power behind the Alethi kingship. While the first book of any epic fantasy series needs to build the world, the second book needs to make us care about the characters. If you have read fantasy for long enough nearly everyone reads “this big book that goes nowhere.” The second book in the series needs to be paced particularly well to keep the reader engaged and show significant character development. Words of Radiance has it in spades.

The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson The Way of Kings is Brandon’s first volume in his new epic fantasy series: The Stormlight Archives. Released in 2010, it’s been 4 long years since my first read through but to properly examine the book we first need to get some perspective.

The Well Of Ascension Evil has been defeated. The war has just begun. They did the impossible, deposing the godlike being whose brutal rule had lasted a thousand years. Now Vin, the street urchin who has grown into the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and Elend Venture, the idealistic young nobleman who loves her, must build a healthy new society in the ashes of an empire.