Alloy of Law
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 08 November 2011
Rating:
Three hundred years after the original Mistborn trilogy, the world of Scadrial has entered a period resembling the industrial age. Wax, a lawman from the rough frontier, is reluctantly drawn into the political intrigues of the city — and into a series of daring heists. A lighter, faster-paced story than its predecessors, blending classic fantasy magic with a Western-influenced setting.
I was struggling between giving this 2 and 3 stars. While I really enjoyed the original Mistborn trilogy, Alloy of Law failed to captivate me in the same way.
One thing that I struggled with throughout the book was the complexity of the whole Allomancy vs Feruchamy thing. In the original Mistborn trilogy Allomancy and Feruchamy are distinctly different and there’s only a handful of metals to track.
Now there seems to be many more metals and combining Allomancy with Feruchamy made things confusing for me.
I thought I’d hate the use of guns with Allomancy in this book, and the inevitable moving of bullets mid-flight. Sanderson wrote it will well though, making the bullets a key part of the story.
My thoughts
I ended up going with 3 stars, because in true Sanderson fashion, the ending is full of action and really did captivate me. Overall I enjoyed the book and it is worth a read. Maybe I’ve just been spoiled by Sanderson’s other books and I’m being overly harsh with my rating.
I’ve been reading a lot of Sanderson lately, so I’m torn about whether or not to continue this second trilogy in the Mistborn saga, or have a break and read something different.
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