A review by ambersedai
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

BY THE FORGOTTEN GODS I DIDNT WANT THIS TRILOGY TO END. 

The Hero of Ages starts off a year after The Well of Ascension, action packed ( every battle scene is so cool and well written) and introduces a new magic system. The pace then slows a bit to give a proper build-up for an epic climax at the end. As per Sanderson usual 🙃. I’m not complaining! I love how the whole trilogy is a mystery and gives you parts of the puzzle bit by bit. We learn more lore of the kandra which I absolutely love because they’re pretty amazing. My theory/ prediction I had after reading The Well of Ascension was correct. I won’t say what that is though, because it’s a spoiler 😜. Although with saying that I probably predicted certain things a bit earlier than I was probably supposed to, it didn’t ruin the story at all. I still was on the edge of my seat most of the time, wondering what was going to happen next. The character development was strong. Vin, Sazed, and the kandra were my favorite characters. The struggles of faith were really emotional. This trilogy will stay close to my heart forever simply because the characters have stolen my heart, how well executed and beautiful the story telling is and because of how unique the magic system is. The Hero of Ages made me ugly cry and that’s enough for me.