Mistborn: Secret History - Bitnexus BookWyrm

Hardcover, 240 pages

English language

Published Sept. 20, 2022 by Tor Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-85914-3

Mistborn: Secret History is a companion story to the original Mistborn trilogy. As such, it contains HUGE SPOILERS for the books Mistborn (The Final Empire), The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages. It also contains very minor spoilers for the book The Bands of Mourning. Mistborn: Secret History builds upon the characterization, events, and worldbuilding of the original trilogy. Reading it without that background will be a confusing process at best. In short, this isn't the place to start your journey into Mistborn (though if you have read the trilogy - but it has been a while - you should be just fine, so long as you remember the characters and the general plot of the books). Saying anything more here risks revealing too much. Even knowledge of this story's existence is, in a way, a spoiler. There's always another secret.

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Amber Herbert reviewed The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, #1)

Cool Magic System, Obnoxious Protagonist

3 stars

I tried reading this a few years ago and stopped somewhere around the 200-page mark because I hated Vin. The magic system is fascinating and well considered, but that wasn't enough to keep me engaged. I picked it up again last week, hoping I could make it through this time. I ran into the same problem, finding Kelsier compelling and Vin aggravating. Knowing that Vin is the protagonist and Kelsier doesn't get much focus in later books (yes, I looked up spoilers!) didn't help matters. I gave it two good tries, but it just isn't for me.