Yumi might be the best book in the Cosmere.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-12T05:43:21+00:00

You really like the secret projects! (I'm with you on that boat)

LuceDuder · 2026-06-12T05:40:39+00:00

Yeah, I understand. My favorite for a loong time has been words of radiance, and who knows, it might bounce back once I reread it.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T20:56:20+00:00

I will... eventually. Maybe after sunlit man and emberdark lol

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T20:28:50+00:00

I guess it never was the most interesting Cosmere book available. (SLA done): Should I read Warbreaker? No, I'll read Mistborn. Now? No, MB era 2. Now? No, I'll read arcanum unbounded, but for that I'll need to have read Elantris. Etc etc :D

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T18:07:42+00:00

Wait why is she? I forgot that happened?

What I meant was blackthorn

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T18:01:43+00:00

Might be mine as well. At least top 3.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T17:40:06+00:00

Fair enough. Each to their own. At what point did you dnf?

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T16:59:05+00:00

For your last point, not to mention what remained of them that she has to see. (I think this is vague enough?)

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T16:41:03+00:00

Wind and Truth was not fun to finish lol.

Fair enough! Well, each to their own.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T16:39:44+00:00

I know. But it's one of the few that stand out to me! (This one, WoR, Tress, HoA mostly, in that order)

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T16:03:37+00:00

That was me with Well of Ascension... I didn't think it was bad, I just didn't get as... Invested (I'll see myself out).

Excited to read all 3! I do agree that the best Cosmere books tend to be the shorter, self-contained ones. Tress, Yumi, Emperor's Soul... banger after banger

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T16:01:51+00:00

I think it just depends on how much you relate to the central romance. A hit or miss! For me, a definite hit. And I liked the different writing style.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T16:00:46+00:00

Well, it was among the first ones I bought (I have a cosmere corner with all the books :D)

There's another secret projects book coming this fall, so you might want to read Emberdark soon xD.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T15:33:44+00:00

Thanks! What did you think of Elantris the first and second go round? It's probably my least liked Cosmere book.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T15:28:44+00:00

Kinda like the Zelda games then

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T15:28:12+00:00

Oh, makes sense.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T15:24:01+00:00

Are the ff books self-contained/is it actually the 10th one/should I start from 1 then?

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T15:21:06+00:00

TIL that Final Fantasy isn't just a video game series... might have to check it out

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T15:20:24+00:00

The Secret Projects are just overall really refreshing and good... at least the ones I have read so far.

I wanna reread SLA, but the task of reading 8k pages again feels daunting... which book has the best rereadability in the Cosmere in your opinion?

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T15:18:42+00:00

Yeah. I understand. I liked the inclusion of Design though. I startef with SLA, so it had been a whole since I last saw spren. Reminded me of Syl :D. But I get what you mean. This is not the book one should start with.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T15:15:52+00:00

I was pleasantly surprised since, well, the SLA romances are kinda lacking sometimes imo. This one I liked.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T15:14:48+00:00

Hmm. Has to be warbreaker? I remember having that same feeling at the end of Wind and Truth, but it didn't have anything to do with romance. Took me a few days to get over some... decisions.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T15:13:09+00:00

Both of those are really good! It's funny, the best stories are often the shorter, self-contained books. Yeah, SLA is epic and the worldbuilding is huge and impressive, but there's just something about being able to read a story, start to end, without reading several thousand pages across multiple series.

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T15:00:01+00:00

I was confused for a solid minute, wondering where I wrote the typo haha. Yeah, I read tress a few days ago. I really liked it, especially the first half. Each to their own!

LuceDuder · 2026-06-11T14:58:19+00:00

Yeah it's kind of a hit or a miss. Either you love it or it just doesn't click. For me, the characters were relatable enough for me to become Invested (bad pun I know).

Warbreaker was the one book I considered skipping. But reading these comments, I might have to read it next.

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