The Final Empire | Book Review

Title: The Final Empire
Series: (Mistborn #1)
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Genre: High Fantasy
Publication Date: October 1st 2009
Format: Paperback

In a world where ash falls from the sky, and mist dominates the night, an evil cloaks the land and stifles all life. The future of the empire rests on the shoulders of a troublemaker and his young apprentice. Together, can they fill the world with colour once more?

In Brandon Sanderson's intriguing tale of love, loss, despair and hope, a new kind of magic enters the stage - Allomancy, a magic of the metals.

I've always wanted to read this book- or any Brandon Sanderson book, for that matter. But, I have to say I was pretty intimated. Don't get me wrong, I'm used to High Fantasy but not Adult High Fantasy, so I've put up reading this book for a while.

My dad was traveling and told us to sent him a list of things we wanted, and naturally, I wanted a book.. 3 books. 

He got me the entire UK edition paperback box set, which might be the most beautiful thing my eyes have ever laid on. 

Let's talk about the actual book shall we:

Everything begins with The Final Empire, which is what the entire world is called being ruled by an immortal "God" or more precisely, The Lord Ruler. The society is split into two main ranks, the skaa and the noblemen.
 The skaa are treated like slaves and they decide that enough is freaking enough. The skaa might have the enthusiasm -not all of them, though- they don't have the power to overthrow such powerful empire.

Our first main character is Kelsier. Kelsier is a legendary cunning theif, who decided to dedicate himself for the skaa case. Money is included, of course.

I found Kelsier to be completely refreshing. He made such shitty situations into a step-forward. I loved Kelsier, even though I found him to be a little bit wierd, and scary sometimes. He still was freaking awesome, since he's an Allomancer.

Oh, did I mention Allomancy? 
I won't go into details for the magic system since finding out about it yourself would be much more fun. Basically, they burn metals to produce powers (fucking cool, right?)

The other main character is Vin. Vin is a simple street urchin who gets sucked up into Kelsier's mess. Vin is one of the best female characters I've ever read about! She's so closed-off and distrusting and it was so much fun to see her open up to the rest of the crew.

All of the characters in this book were important, I feel as if everyone has a purpose to be. 

Let's talk world-building. 
HOLY SHIT. I love it. It felt like Brandon Sanderson was painting a world slowly for me from center to edge, splashing on the canvas as we go. It's insane how a complex world and a magic system like this, I can recite for you in a blink. 
Did not expect it to be this easy to read, truly. 

 The pacing of the book was perfect for me, some people might not say the same but I thought we need a thorough detailed description of... everything.

Overall, I found the story to be very interesting and the characters extremely compelling and this book put me into a huge fantasy kick that I need to mend, like, now.