The excerpt of The Lost Metal is a tempting glimpse into the latest Mistborn story. The action starts fast after an amusing prologue/ flashback and flits between wild west reminiscent policing and politics. Characters interesting.

This is the most exciting opening to an Era 2 book yet! I love that it's wasting no time getting into the plot, especially with the six year gap between Bands of Mourning and this book. It feels so good to be back with these characters, it feels like reuniting with old friends and they've never been better. The action is top tier, and the ever evolving uses for the magic system. I can't wait for the rest of the book, I have very high hopes for the end of this series!

It is what we know and love from the Mistborn series: a YA novel with deep themes and imagery that is easy and enjoyable to read. The characters are beyond colorful and live on in your mind; Sanderson keeps letting them grow here as we see Wayne as a child and Wax with children of his own. There are surprises, including a 5 year time skip and a Hoid spotting (for those deep into the Cosmere), but the plot remains consistently action-packed and thought-provoking with some of the most involved worldbuilding I've ever seen. As a fantasy Western where the heroes are lawkeepers, this era of Mistborn could easily become formulaic, but Sanderson prevents this by having each case change the novel's characters and its complex, ever-interacting world. I cannot wait to read the rest of the book when it comes out in November, especially because Steris, obsessive list-making woman of my dreams, remains my favorite Mistborn character of all time and Marasi, the staunchly proactive community-builder who wants to make change through paperwork, remains the Sanderson character I relate to the most.

5 / 5

I mean, what do you want me to say? Was it good? Yeah, it was good. Duh. It’s the 4th Wax & Wayne, isn’t it? How could it not be good?

Problem is, it’s only 10 chapters.

After reading it, do I want to read more? Heck yeah, I do. It very much pains me to have to wait til November to get my hands on it. I actually kinda hope I can completely forget about it before then, otherwise the wait may well be interminable.

Stupid Brandon Sanderson.

The Lost Metal picks up the story from Bands of Mourning after a period of six years. The world has changed, but Wayne is still Wayne. What else do you need to know?

Snippet that left me longing for the complete novel! No seriously, as much as I enjoyed this it is making the wait even more torturous to be honest.

I am so excited for this book! Brandon Sanderson never disappoints and I've never met a book of his I didn't absolutely love and want to share with the world immediately.

How do I rate an excerpt? It sure made me even more excited for the release of the book. I am marking the date down in my calendar: shenanigans from Wayne, Wax shedding more and more of his rough exterior with Steris and their children, Marasi being a total bad-ass. Yay for the gang going on adventure.

I was given an extended excerpt of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

I have been waiting to read this since 2016. Wax and Wayne are my favourite part of the cosmere and this little taste of what comes next was everything. The excitement levels were already off the charts but the first ten chapters were incredible. This book already promises to be a classic Sanderson treat. November cannot get here fast enough.

I received an ARC of the first few chapters as a reviewer for NetGalley. This book picks up after "Bands of Mourning". We finally get to see a bit of Wayne's past at the beginning.

Marasi, Wayne, Wax, and Steris all work in different ways to figure out what the Set, the mysterious Trell, and Harmony are trying to do as the world order unravels around them!

So far the book lives up to its predecessors, so if you are a fan of the previous books you will love this!

While having only read the first part of the novel, it is setting itself up for a wild adventure where the group tries to stop two wars while also potentially hunting down a god? Whatever direction the rest of the novel takes I will be along for the ride.

Thanks for this extended excerpt.
I already know I'd like this book, being a fan of Sanderson and having read the prologue and the first two chapters. But ohhhh.. I can't wait to get my hands on the actual book. I love how much the world and the characters have developed since the last time we've seen them and this story has all the ingredients for an exciting adventure waiting after the first 10 chapters.
Also, as more of a Cosmere fan, I am excited to see more Cosemere tie-ins in this story! Oh the long wait begins.

Lord have mercy I am not ready for where this novel is going. Although I am intrigued to see what happens to the Mistborn world after this novel is finished... I'm not ready for the fate of our characters.

Brandon Sanderson never disappoints! Loved the excerpt, but now I have to (patiently) wait for the full book to release. ;)

A much anticipated continuation to an excellent series. Looking forward to the full book release. The excerpt is written in the highest quality one would expect from Sanderson, and it was a fun romp reading about Wayne as a child.

Very excited to get the rest of this book, this excerpt was fantastic. Wayne and Marasi’s dynamic was great in previous books and I’m happy to be getting more of them here. Very much hoping for an ending that lives up to era 1, it’s been a great ride so far.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a free preview of this book in exchange for this honest review.

I was so pleased to have the opportunity to preview the first ten chapters of The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson! I always thoroughly enjoy his books, and the Mistborn Series is one of my favorite fantasy series of all time. This book is the fourth in the Second Era of the Mistborn series and the seventh overall. It takes place several years after the conclusion of the previous book, The Bands of Mourning. Wax, Wayne, Marasi, and Steris are still trying to find the shadowy and powerful organization/cult, the Set, and prevent Elendel from descending into civil war.

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I may like the Second Era even better than the first. The characters are vibrant and I am so fond of them! Steris and Marasi are two of my absolute favorite female characters to ever appear in a fantasy novel. They are interesting, relatable, and flawed in their own ways. I adore them! Getting seeing how the relationship between Wax and Steris has developed in this book makes my heart so so happy! I have a feeling Wayne is in for some character development, and I can’t wait to see where that goes. I’m also excited to see how the mystery plays out. The initial groundwork in the first ten chapters already has me theorizing.

Honestly, the only downside to this preview was that I have to wait until November to read the rest of the book!

I really enjoyed reading this preview. Knowing how the other books went, I know that ten chapters barely scratched the surface of all the plot twists to come. I’m sure I’ll love the rest of the book even more than what I’ve read so far. If you enjoy heists, fantasy, well-integrated magic systems, and vast worldbuilding, and you haven’t read the rest of the Mistborn books, then I highly recommend the whole series! Then you too can anxiously await the release of The Lost Metal.

Devastated to only be able to read the first section of this book, but I will soak up every word that I can. I can't speak for the book as a whole, obviously, but this taste was more than enough to get me hyped for the publication date. This is sure to be a great finale for Wax and Wayne.

This book was purely AMAZING! I so loved the world building, and the characters are well fleshed out! The magic system is interesting and fun to read about. I really enjoyed this new MistBorn novel, as well as the rest of this series!! I highly recommend this book to all MistBorn Fans!

A great ending to a wonderful saga of novels. Brandon knocked it our if the park. It was not as strong of an ending as the original Mistborn, but overall this one was a lot of fun.

I simply cannot WAIT to get my hands on the full book in November. I've been anxiously awaiting another Mistborn installment for years and it's finally HERE!!!!