The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)

Pretty good, although not as compelling as [b:Mistborn: The Final Empire|68428|The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1480717416l/68428.SY75.jpg|66322]. I think this is partly because fighting to keep a country/empire just isn't as exciting as fighting to overthrow one. Also, the world wasn't new and fresh, so there was a little bit of thrill gone. Still, [a:Brandon Sanderson|38550|Brandon Sanderson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1394044556p2/38550.jpg] spins a good tale, with a number of interesting and memorable charcters (Vin, Sazed, Oneseur, Zane, the Ventures). Oh, and Clubs, Ham, Dockson, and Breeze also make appearances (okay, I'm being unfair, I think Breeze graduated to "interesting" this book - but I could still do without most of the rest of Kelsier's crew).

I liked the continued "notes from the past" that started each chapter, and I was pretty happy about how Sanderson resolved the seeming conflict between the historical accounts and what actually seemed to have happened in the past.

Biggest disappointments - the realized fear that this was going to be a bridge book, clearly setting us up for the the next one, to contrast with The Final Empire, which worked well as a standalone, and Vin's ever-increasing powers - there should be a limit at some point, lest we start reading Dragonball Vin.