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reviewed Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

Brandon Sanderson: Words of Radiance (Hardcover, 2014, Tor Books)

The eagerly awaited sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Way of Kings.

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Review of 'Words of Radiance' on 'Goodreads'

Words of Radiance is exciting in ways that Way of Kings couldn't be for one simple reason: surgebinding. This book sees our surgebinders diving deeper into their powers and accepting what they are. There are many answers in this book, but more often than not they raise more questions. The climax of Words of Radiance comes at the end of a Sanderlanche of epic proportions, the momentum of which will launch you right into Oathbringer.

reviewed The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

Brandon Sanderson: The Way of Kings (Hardcover, 2010, Tor)

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one …

Review of 'The Way of Kings' on 'Goodreads'

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.

reviewed Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #3)

Brandon Sanderson: Oathbringer (Hardcover, 2017, Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC)

The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Words of Radiance, …

Review of 'Oathbringer' on 'Goodreads'

This book takes Dalinar Kholin from "a good character" to easily my favorite character in the series so far. Oathbringer reveals Dalinar's deepest flaws and delivers some gut wrenching, tear jerking scenes while doing it. Brandon doesn't pull any punches here in showing the people of Roshar living the human (and listener, I guess) condition, while keeping the action interesting and subverting some expectations along the way.