I'm not really sure where to start. I feel totally wiped of all energy, every bit of it immersed in this story. All I look for in a book is for the author to take me on a journey, take me away. Oh Sanderson, what a job you've done. 
 Not long after reading The Wise Man's Fear and falling in love with Patrick Rothfuss' writing, I sought out another book that would take me on such an epic journey. A nice hefty book I'd want to spend days with. And, for some reason, it just always comes back to epic fantasy, a sub-genre I'm falling deeper in love with every passing story I read. The current top three writers of such stories are George R. R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss and Brandon Sanderson (in my humble opinion). Having read Rothfuss (now my favorite author), and planning to read Martin, I knew, after a recommendation from a friend and watching interviews with him, that I just had to read Sanderson's work. The Mistborn series is probably his most well known work and, for me, it lives up to the hype. 
 It has everything I want in a story and more: strong female characters growing into their strength, people who I feel and hope for, eager to see what's next, turns I'm not expecting and even the 'evil' character was probably one of the more fascinating I've read. And holy magic system Batman. My gosh is that magical system so fascinating and intricate. I am in complete awe. I think I was 50 pages into this book when I went to the store and bought the next two to complete the series. I was hooked, and that says a lot because I'm a cheap bastard who relies much on the library. But this, my friends, is an author to send your money to. I can't wait to read the next one. Though I'm so exhausted (a sign of a good story - to suck you in so far you sometimes forget to breathe) but still diving into the next. I'm just thrilled to have found such an author and boy will I read everything he has and will write. 
 Cheers to you Sanderson. Cheers to you.