How embarrassing. I almost forgot to review this book. I finished it over a week ago and went about my business reading my next book on my list. Then I was sitting in my office chair and I was thinking about this one thing that had annoyed me about Warbreaker - then I thought, wait... I haven't even reviewed that book yet. 
 And so, now, here I am, writing a review. 
 Doesn't sound like a very interesting story when I actually write it down. Funny, in my head it seemed really important. 
 Okay, I'll stop talking about that. 
 I'm a fan of Brandon Sanderson, he writes with about the most readable prose I've come across in Fantasy. His 700 - 1100 page epics read so smoothly that I forget sometimes that they're so long. 
 Warbreaker though, it is, I think, the one book of his that I had been told wasn't as amazing as his other published novels. Whatever, I don't see it. It's good. I liked it as much as Elantris, not quite as much as any of his Mistborn books or Way of Kings. But still, really good. 
 Of course, Sanderson is kinda known as the magic guy, you know, his magic systems are these really complicated things that are almost scientific in how they work. Each of his original epic fantasy novels will either introduce an whole new magic system, or reveal an aspect of the magic he's already established that we might not have been aware of. 
 Anyway, it's pretty cool. This time through, it's a magic based on breath and color. Every person alive has a single breath (magic breath, not breathing breath), but you can pass it on to someone if you choose. It can be worth a lot, and the more you have the more and mightier magic you can perform. 
 Set against this magic system is a story about kingdoms on the brink of war. A princess is sent to marry the God-King of the evil jingoist land in the valley and hopefully, she will prevent a war that will mean the destruction of her people. 
 Except, the noble king sent the wrong princess. Not the eldest, who has prepared her whole life for her role as bride to the God-King, but his youngest, a spoiled girl entirely ignorant of politics or the ways of court. 
 All in all, this novel was typical of what I'd expect from Sanderson, maybe not as inspired as some of his more popular stories, but also better than 90% of the alternatives out there for this genre.