Steelheart (and to a lesser extent Alloy of Law)

[jack]

Steelheart

Steelheart is Brandon Sanderson's evil superheroes novel. That says it all really. It's quite Brandon Sanderson-y. If you like saying "wait, this hole in the premise seems a bit like a plot hole, no wait, this is Sanderson, I bet it turns out to be an important clue later" and getting proved right, then this is a good book for you. It tackles several superhero tropes in a way that makes significantly more sense than how they're usually presented.

Did I mention the evil superheroes?

It certainly gripped me, I read it all in one evening.

But some parts fell a bit flat for me, it felt like he'd had a really good book but had to rush it a bit, though I find it hard to explain why.

Alloy of Law

See above, but with added, "squeee! mistborn continues after the end of the mistborn trilogy!"

Comments

[naath]

Mistborn> there is to be a few more like Alloy (stand alone, steampunk-y) and then another trilogy further into the future. SQUEEE.

Also Words of Radiance. Sooooooon.

(Alloy of Law - but Wax and Wayne are SILLY NAMES)

[jack]

Also Words of Radiance. Sooooooon.

Yes!

(Alloy of Law - but Wax and Wayne are SILLY NAMES)

Doh! I didn't even notice. I thought "Wax" was a bit silly, but exactly the sort of similar-to-real-name that often works well in fantasy. I didn't notice the two together.

[naath]

heh. It goes with the push/pull theme for the Allomancy. But really, it's SILLY. I think Wax is mostly Waxillium at least after the prologue.