{"id":19199,"date":"2013-03-25T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=19199"},"modified":"2013-03-08T16:12:55","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T22:12:55","slug":"mistborn-by-brandon-sanderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/mistborn-by-brandon-sanderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?cn=29713\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19210\" alt=\"mistborn\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mistborn1.jpg?resize=186%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mistborn1.jpg?resize=186%2C300&amp;ssl=1 186w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mistborn1.jpg?w=295&amp;ssl=1 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a>I read a review of this book that described it as &#8220;Lord of the Rings meets Ocean&#8217;s Eleven&#8221;, and I just knew it would be love at first page. \u00a0In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?cn=29713\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Mistborn<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>by Brandon Sanderson, the Final Empire has been taken over by the evil Lord Ruler and much of the population has been enslaved. \u00a0The oppressed citizens of the Final Empire (known as Skaa) are forced to work in the Pits of Hathsin mining the most valuable metals in the land for the Lord Ruler&#8217;s personal treasury. \u00a0No Skaa has ever escaped the Pits&#8230;.until now.<\/p>\n<p>Kelsier is no ordinary Skaa; he is a Mistborn, a type of Allomancer who is gifted with special powers when he ingests metals. \u00a0After using his powers to escape the Pits, Kelsier vows revenge on the Lord Ruler. \u00a0He begins to assemble a team of other Allomancers, which includes a young girl named Vin who is just discovering her powers as a Mistborn. \u00a0Together, they devise the ultimate heist \u00a0in order to remove the Lord Ruler from power and free the people of the Final Empire.<\/p>\n<p>This was such a fun book to read; it is fast-paced and exciting, and the magic system is unique and fascinating. \u00a0Sanderson&#8217;s impressive world building made the Final Empire really come alive. \u00a0And bonus, the trilogy is already completed! \u00a0As soon as you finish <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?cn=29713\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Mistborn<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>you can check out copies of <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?cn=172602\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>The Well of Ascension<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?cn=226803\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>The Hero of Ages<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0right away instead of having to wait years and years for the thrilling conclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read a review of this book that described it as &#8220;Lord of the Rings meets Ocean&#8217;s Eleven&#8221;, and I just knew it would be love at first page. \u00a0In\u00a0Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, the Final Empire has been taken over by the evil Lord Ruler and much of the population<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/mistborn-by-brandon-sanderson\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[475,774],"class_list":["post-19199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-adventure","tag-science-fiction"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-4ZF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19199"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19234,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19199\/revisions\/19234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}