A review by _michelle_
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

2.0

This isn't The Stomlight Archive, and that's fine; TSA is a masterpiece. But I just don't connect with any of the characters, except Sazed, and then that's still only somewhat. So much time is bizarrely spent on Elend and Vin being in love but NOT being in the same room together, even though they live in the same mansion; and then they don't communicate on the rare times they are. So many misunderstandings!!! I also don't feel drawn to them. Like, at all. Their whole personalities can be summed up as Vin punches things, Elend talks a lot.

Don't get me wrong, I'm far from ditching Brandon Sanderson. I haven't been so excited for a non-manga book release (Rythym of War) since Cinda Williams Chima's conclusion to the Shattered Realms series in early 2019. I'm just not feeling this particular series.