The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Mistborn meets Indianna Jones
This book is a fun adventure romp, which is great, but there’s a lot more to it than that as well. In Bands of Mourning, Brandon Sanderson plays with the tropes of the archeology adventure, in much the same way as he has played with the tropes of fantasy.
There is a lot of powerful character growth and change in this book. Wax begins carrying a deep pain from his experience at the end of Shadows of Self. He wrestles with his religious beliefs and with his place in the world. This comes to a head in a fascinating encounter toward the end of the book. You’ll know it when you see it.
I’m continuing to love the way the relationship between Wax and Sterris is being developed throughout the series. There is something appealing about their slow-burn romance.
This book concludes with our characters positioned such that the final in the series will be a very explosive, very emotional clash.
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