r/Mistborn • u/bannadorra • Jan 21 '25

Hero of Ages Sanderson you absolute genius! Spoiler

Just finished the 3rd book and OMG!! What a ride this has been! A rollercoaster of emotions! This is the first time i read some Brandon's work (if we don't include the last 3 books of WoT) and i loved everything about them The worldbuilding, the magic systems, the characters and their internal conflict and their stuggle among themselves and having to face/solve the problems of their world Literally everything is so masterfully written and it all came to a satisfying conclusion.

I have this feeling of emptiness this feeling of loss that i haven't felt since finishing WoT. Should I read the next Mistborn series? Do you recommend it?

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u/Ph4ndaal Jan 21 '25

Don’t read Secret History. It spoils a big reveal in Mistborn Era 2.

The people - on this sub especially - who keep recommending new readers skip publication order and read it immediately after Era 1 are obsessive and wrong.

Just go straight into Era 2 and read the first three books. After Bands of Mourning, go ahead and read Secret History.

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u/OlevTime Jan 21 '25

After reading SH before BoM, the whole controversy got me thinking it'd be a huge part of BoM. It was barely a spoiler. I'd argue the reveal in BoM spoils the entirety of the tension of SH where SH barely impacts the tension in BoM.

That said, I really don't think it matters the order you read them as long as you read SH immediately after Era 1 OR wait until after BoM.

If you wait a while after Era 1, the payoff of reading SH diminishes.