The Way of Kings

I can understand why this is one of the most popular fantasy series in the world.

The Way of Kings is a worldbuilding masterpiece. Its characters are rich and internally complex, their stories are fascinating, and their motivations compelling (even when you disagree with them). The single exception to this is the Shallan arc.

This is not because Shallan is a bad character, but because she's a decent character surrounded by great ones, and because it takes too long for her arc to connect to the main story.

I highly, highly recommend reading this book, and most of this author's other works.

Took me a bit to get into this one, like about 100 pages. But once it did catch me, it didn't let go until the final page. Ended up loving this book.

A really great start to an epic fantasy series that I cannot wait to see the rest of. If you love well defined magic and alien settings then Stormlight is for you. Sanderson goes beyond any fantasy world building that I had seen or heard of before and has created a living, breathing world that is so different from Earth that you can't help being sucked in just to find out how all of it works.

Not gonna lie, I spent most of this book thinking this series might be a miss for me, no matter how highly praised it's been. But those last ten chapters turned me completely around, and now I'm 100% on board.

A great fantasy novel that avoids the light and shadow of Tolkien, while remaining true to the genere of being a great Fairy-Story.