Sanderson is the best fantasy writer out there right now. Hands down, there is no one that even compares to him. Hhis ability to switch books, genres, and characters is just staggering, as it matches his output, which should make the outputs quality not that good. However the quality of his work only seems to get better with time. I don't really like fantasy at all but Sanderson's fantasy is genuinely one of a kind. He doesn't fall prey to the cliches that abound with fantasy but instead writes his own rules and continues in the same vein of world building that truly defines fantasy now-a-days. He also has a really good knack for balancing characters with world building and never seems to let the world building get ahead of his characters.
This book just continues to support the claim of him as best fantasy writer of our present day. This is the second book in a new mist born trilogy and one that just furthers the story and world he started with the first book in the trilogy and the stand alone story Alloy of Law. His ability to world build and further expand on a story idea is only intensified here as he continues to weave a larger tapestry of his previous mist born world with an ease that borders on jealousy from me.
He also created one of my favorite characters in all of literature - Wayne, and his perspective on life. I've never found a character of his sort in any other book and this perspective makes him genuinely unique. I also liked how Sanderson has fleshed out Steris' character as well. She started off as very one dimensional but has truly blossomed into an interesting character.
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