A review by oashackelford
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson

5.0

Waxillium Ladrian was a lawman out in the roughs, but when his uncle died and what was left of the family fortune was left to him, he had to come back to the city to try and form an identity as a gentleman. Unfortunately for Wax, you can take off the badge, but you never stop being a lawman. When he hears of unsavory goings on in the city he tries to ignore them, but when they kidnap his fiancee to be, he has no choice but to track them down.

I didn't think that I was going to like the old west feel of these books after the more medieval feel of the previous Mistborn novels, but I felt like the story moved a lot faster and was more fun. I think that the first books get a little bogged down in the politics of the systems that they are trying to create (which makes sense, they are at war with someone for the last two books) but I think that this book thrives by being more simple. I also like that Sanderson talks about gun fights but is not overly descriptive in a gory way. I also love the addition of people who are born to allomancy and feruchemy. All in all I think that this is a great follow up to Mistborn. I think that the time jump works in this books favor and I am excited to finish this mini-series.