Book Review: Mistborn (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson

This book was amazing! The world building and the magic system were truly memorable. I was very excited to read this book after hearing so many good things about it. Boy, the hypes are real! My expectations were met! I did really enjoy reading this book.

“Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified.” 

I find the book brilliant. The author gave me a fresh and intelligent plot through a very strong and interesting magic system. This is probably one of the best fantasy book I have read so far. The book was thick/big but it was because of the world building which for me just gave justice to the number of pages it took. Some might find the world building slow and weak but for me it was perfect. The world building was captivating and smart. It started in the right pace and I couldn't ask for more.

SYNOPSIS: Once, a hero arose to save the world. A young man with a mysterious heritage courageously challenged the darkness that strangled the land.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 even the Lord Ruler himself. A new kind of uprising is being planned, one built around the ultimate caper, one that depends on the cunning of a brilliant criminal mastermind and the determination of an unlikely heroine, a street urchin who must learn to master Allomancy, the power of a Mistborn.

The plot was very politically inclined. The heist system was so impressive that it caught me at the edge of my sit. For me, the plot was perfect. I rarely say this but I found myself captivated by the story and I imagined several times that I was really inside the world the author built. The plot was fast paced and was well directed. I can imagine it in the wide screen being shown to a lot of hungry minds seeking for a good dose of fantasy.

Book Review: Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

This book is like watching a woman giving birth to a three-headed dragons. It is just mind blowing. You cannot stop yourself appreciating the main character Eelyn, for how bad-ass she is.

“We find things, just as we lose things. If you’ve lost your honor, you’ll find it again.” 

This is a young adult fantasy fiction that follows the main character Eelyn, an Aska woman. The Aska tribe has been at war with the Riki tribe since the beginning, but one day, during their every 5 year clan war, Eelyn saw her brother, whom she thought is dead five years ago, fighting with the enemies.

SYNOPSIS: Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield — her brother, fighting with the enemy — the brother she watched die five years ago.
Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family.
She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother’s friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she’s spent her life hating.

This book will give you a Norse mythology flavor mixed with religious and ethnic beliefs that will surely tingle your thoughts. This book is packed with action and thrill that you can't stop turning pages. The characters were great, the plot was on point, the story was well-directed and the writing style was purely fantastic.

Book Review: Far from the Tree by Robin Benway

I heard a lot of good things about this book for the past couple of months. The buzz from the readers, the hype and the Printz Honor Award last year, are all enough for me to grab my own copy and read it. The story was something I found new and fresh. I have never heard of a book like this one. I was in a straight fantasy read for the couple of weeks and grabbing this, a contemporary, was a change for my reading adventure. I found the book at first light and full of potentials.

“That’s what parents do. They catch you before you fall. That’s what family is.” 

The characters in this book were superb. I really like them. Their personalities and flaws for me were perfectly sewn to perfection. The characters were perfectly built into people that are empowering and full of emotions that you might say that they are not a work of fiction. I loved how the author deeply delivered each emotions to the pages. I really felt all the words coming out from their hearts. I connected to the characters soul. They moved me.

May 1, 2018 – Finished Reading

April 24, 2018 –

page 168

 44.92% "I just want to finish reading this book but I have a lot of things to finish in the office. Help!"

April 22, 2018 –

page 122

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April 22, 2018 – Started Reading

December 13, 2017 – Shelved as: to-read

December 13, 2017 – Shelved