The characters and the story line, along with all the twists, kept me going "What's next? Now what? What happens to them NOW?" Them's good story-writin'!
We're in a time where a Lord Ruler is a self-proclaimed god, the skaa are a beaten down class of slaves, and nobility feels they can do anything they want. Vin, a street urchin who is part of a thieving crew, is working to pay off her brother's debts. The crewleaders beat and abuse her but still she stays. Her brother has abandoned her and she has no where else to turn. The crewleader forces Vin to his scams because of her Luck. She's able to use some gift of hers to calm people and make them less worried. She doesn't know much about her Luck, just that it takes a lot to make it and a lot of time to store it back up.
Along comes Kelsier. He's survived the unsurvivable and makes it his goal to upset the Lord Ruler and get everyone to cause trouble. And he's really good at it. He learns of Vin and her Luck and takes her away from the crew and under his wing. What Vin has is really Allomancy, the power of a Mistborn. Vin's really special, you guys.
Allomancy is the ability to ingest metals and burn them, creating different powers from each. I'll be honest in that I got a bit confused here but the fight scenes where metal powers were every where were great and...confusing.
Move on from that and you have a plot to overthrow the Lord Ruler and get the skaa to rebel. This book is almost 650 pages and the nail-biting explosions come towards the end. Work your way through the explanations of nobility, powers, mistborns, etc and you get a (upsetting) satisfying conclusion.
Mistborn is a series and Goodreads tells me there are 7 books. Despite my hesitancy....I'm in.
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