Magic system is great & story is fun. Lots of exposition but I think I’ll enjoy this series. Definitely worth checking out, theres some thrilling moments and the mystery surrounding the plot is intriguing.

I want to explain myself. This book had a realllllyyyyy slow start but the rest of it made up for it so it gets a five. It has tons of stuff I usually don't care for (the romance, the shy main character, the hard magic system) but for some reason in this book I was all about it! I loved soooo many of the characters and was actually cheering for the romance in a mainstream fantasy book which never happens to me.

Not as good as the first Sanderson's book I've read, The Way of Kings, but I really enjoyed it! A detailed world, a very clever magic system, well developed characters that feel real, insightful views of social structure (and of revolutionary efforts), and, even though the story is another version of the classic coming-to-age myth, enough twists to feel original.