Why did I love this book?
I love this book because of its characters. As we learn about the world and its magic, they struggle against their own demons.
I also enjoyed the believable and fantastic magic system. It makes you want to try to predict its secrets. Throughout the story, you delve deeper into the lore while rooting for the characters as they combat their specific demons.
I found the payoffs to be well worth the wait, and I still tear up thinking about my favorite parts.
13 authors picked The Way of Kings as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, Book One of the Stormlight Archive begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion.
Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.
It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and…