Fast-Paced Cosmere Crossover Extravaganza What a wild ride! This was a very unexpected ending to the Mistborn Era 2. The book is really fast-paced and has many Cosmere interactions. I wish they would have been woven in through the whole Second Era and not accumulated in the last book. Especially the first two books could have used some of that Cosmere juice. With that in mind the conclusion felt a bit convoluted in my opinion. I believe that people who haven’t read all the Cosmere books and short story’s have a hard time grasping some of the concepts. The plot was interesting and especially in the action sequences is where the series shines most in my opinion. The magic system has so many intricate interactions that make exciting fights. And this book is packed with them. I have to admit-I never really fell in love with the characters, especially with Wax. He’s very unapproachable and as the main protagonist I just couldn’t empathize. And this book was no exception. I would have loved to get more personal growth with the two male protagonists. Overall I enjoyed reading it. The audiobook narration was as always with Sanderson‘s books absolutely amazing!

3.5 stars. It was nice to go back to Scandrial as it was at the beginning of the mistrborn trilogy, with ash falling down from the sky and strange-behaving fog. It made me recall the good memories I had when I was reading the mistborn trilogy six years ago. I loved Kelsier back then as much as Ioved him in this novella. Now I don't recall if his story with Mare and the Pits was explained in the first book [I just looked up in the summary provided by Coppermind and found very little information given. However, on the page dedicated to Mare, the references lead to the first book]. Anyways, I would have loved to have more information about what happened in the Pits and why. On the other hand, I understand that the scope for which this novella was written did not allow in-depth information. My rating is kind of low, because plotwise there's little happening (understandable since the low number of pages), but you know, with Kelsier there's always another secret and I wanted to have more of pre-Mistborn Kelsier. :D