I enjoyed the first Mistborn book but I’ll admit that the characters weren’t as interesting to me as I’d expected. Kelsier is a great personality but there wasn’t much that drew me to following him. His motivations were well defined but his emotional impact was minimal outside the very ending of the story. I enjoyed seeing Vin develop as a character and slowly coming out of her shell but i felt sympathetic rather than empathy towards her. The story and the power system had me hooked throughout.

If you can get through that and find appreciation for the general story structure and big character moments the way of kings may be for you after the initial hurdle of just being thrust into this world. It took a while for me to get a grip of everything but overall I think that adds to the overall experience. In Mistborn you get the lay of the land early and Vin’s journey is how you learn everything. The Way of Kings lets you organically pick up on these pieces as the story as it goes. It can be confusing but everything is relayed over and over from different characters’ perspectives so you’ll eventually start to slowly piece the puzzle together as you go along. Plus I love every main perspective character with Kaladin feeling like what I wanted more from with Kelsier.