What is going on! 
 First of all, let me justify my 4 stars, the first 200 pages were boorrriingg. I think for me, the magic was Kelsier, and without him it felt bland. 
 BUUUTTT. 500 pages and 2 days later I was gripped right back in the story, I went right out and bought Hero of Ages, I. Can't. Wait! 
 The flavour of the second book was much different than the first. The first was easier and simpler to define. It felt more like realistic fantasy than heroic fantasy. A group of people, with a criminal mastermind leader, planning to overthrow the kingdom. But Kelsier was not portrayed as your typical Epic Fantasy hero in the story. He was just a man. With a vision. Nothing prophecised and supernatural (Well other than the mistborn powers, but you get my point!) 
 Anyways, I REALLY thought I knew where this book was goin! What with the well of ascension and the Hero of Ages, I thought, HAH, so Brandenson has decided to sink back to the good ol' fantasy trope has he! No, no he hasn't. If I hadn't cheated and skimmed to the final pages for a little glimpse, I would have been extremely surprised (I know, it's a bad habit I must stop). 
 So, without giving anything away, I will say the same thing I said in my review for the previous book, Sandersons fantasy are a lovely mixture of fantasy subgenres, a little taste of everything. They are gripping and they will not allow you to leave until you've finished the whole book. 
 Characters that interested me in this book were Ore'seur, Allriane and Zane (at the begining only) afterwards he became a classic case, nothing special, but at first I thought, hmm here's something new. 
 The main characters, I did not like so much in this book, Vin moping around got to me after a while and the rest of the crew felt like a replay of the first book. 
 The only main character who has really grown unto his own and who I'm claiming as my favourite is Sazed. A lot of work has been put into his character and the effort was well worth it. 
 Even with this books slight failings (IMO!) I'm still tagging this series as a favourite.