For a thousand years, the Final Empire has been ruled over
by their god-king, the Lord Ruler. He supposedly took a great magical power and
destroyed a blight to the land known as the Deepness. But the Final Empire is
far from perfect. Skaa, or people of common blood, are believed to be little
better than animals. The Lord Ruler is a tyrant - one who oppresses his people
with the powers of allomancy, a magical system that derives power from metals
and their alloys. It is believed that millennia ago, he gave the nobility the
power of allomancy to reward them for their loyalty to him. Now, Mistings,
people who can use an allomantic power, is relatively rare, and Mistborn,
people who can wield all of the different types of allomancy, are even more
rare and prized. Vin is a street urchin, one who has a power to persuade people
that she believes is "luck." Kelsier is a half-breed Mistborn, of
both skaa and noble blood, who wields enormous allomantic power. When Kelsier
finds Vin and finds her to be a Mistborn with power that might even be stronger
than his own, his plan to overthrow the Lord Ruler and give a better life to
the skaa is almost complete. Vin must take part of this impossible rebellion -
one to kill a god.
I thought this book was marvelous. The magical system of
allomancy was very interesting and original. The characters were all well
written and realistic, and the story was really good. I enjoyed almost
everything about the novel. I think people who like magic/fantasy novels would
like this. I was reminded of the Grisha series by Leigh Bardugo, and I think
people who enjoyed those books would enjoy this as well. Even if you don't
normally read fantasy, you should try this book. I really liked this book and I
would definitely recommend it to others.
Reviewed by NK, Grade 10
Montrose Library
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