Sanderson’s choice to tell the story of one character through the interludes was an interesting addition that I enjoyed and one that kept me engaged. Some of the interludes followed the same characters each time, which I enjoyed and coming to an interlude felt more like I was revisiting that particular character rather than just something I had to get through before getting back to the action. They seemed to be more cohesive to the storyline, or maybe I just knew more about the world at this point to pick up on how they fit. Sanderson includes interludes between parts in this series and I found myself enjoying the interludes more in this book than I did in The Way of Kings. This makes reading his books enjoyable on an entirely different level. Sanderson does an incredible job writing dialogue full of puns and quips. There were multiple interactions where I literally laughed out loud and had to share the lines with my husband because they were so witty. I did not think I would be giggling my way through this book, turns out, I was wrong. It’s rare that a book makes me laugh out loud, but this one did. I found Sanderson’s dialogue between characters to be laugh out loud hilarious in this book. Now that I know these characters more, watching them interact with other characters that I’ve come to love was so enjoyable. I enjoyed revisiting my friends from Roshar, and was thrilled to follow along as they experienced new challenges, faced their fears head on, and evolved due to these experiences.

I found the same to be true in Words of Radiance. I have developed opinions about who that character is and I usually find myself wanting to know more about them.

I have walked alongside them, learned about what makes them tick, what their main motivations are, what makes them laugh, what they fear, what they love. For me, reading a second book in a series is always interesting because growing familiar with a set of characters is like developing friendships with them. We focus on Shallan, Kaladin, and Dalinar with more appearances from Adolin and flashbacks from a different character. Words of Radiance, book two in The Stormlight Archive series, continues to follow our main characters from book one.

This review might not be as comprehensive as my review on The Way of Kings, but I will try my best. It’s challenging to tell you what this book is about and why I enjoyed it so much, without revealing too much. I will do all that I can to leave this review spoiler free, but just know that when writing a review on the second book in a series, it’s much more difficult due to the complex building of the storyline. I was left with so many questions and absolutely needed to keep reading to find out more.

After finishing The Way of Kings earlier in the month, I immediately dove headfirst into book two of Brandon Sanderson’s epic fantasy series, The Stormlight Archive.

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