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Warbreaker

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
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After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, and following up with his blockbuster Mistborn trilogy, Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is today's leading master of what Tolkien called 'secondary creation', the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own.

Warbreaker is the story of two sisters who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn't like his job, and the immortal who's still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can be collected only one unit at a time from individual people.

By using breath and drawing upon the colour in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron, the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery; and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.

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awesome book

This just one of Sanderson's best. Characters are great and it keeps you guessing.

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Loved the unraveling mystery

I loved the unraveling mystery and that it is not your standard hero story. It kept me guessing to the end and I enjoyed the new world.

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I've found a new favourite author

Loving Brandon Sanderson's stories. So original, and riveting to read. Can't wait to read more of his books!

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Conflicted.

I came so close to putting this down, so many times. The story is long & confusing. I didn’t connect with any of the characters.. UNTIL the last 30%. Then I was hooked, & invested & glad I didn’t stop. It makes a lot more sense. I just wish it had started earlier.

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Fantastic story.

Loved the history and use of colour. Great great book. Amazing narration and story. Loved it.

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Instantly know I'll love this author

first book by this author and I am already hooked.
while the narrator was fantastic, there were unfortunately a few moments that her abilities were able to overcome the omniscient third person perspective shifts that came and went - a cast of narrators could have fixed that, or of course the author being consistent with their perspectives to empower a narrator but I'll give him a pass because the story was written for print not audiobooks

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Awesome

Great book did not go how I was expecting it to definitely has its own great story potential great start to the series more more please

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Spraling storyline

An amazing book that takes you on a journey that you feel apart of and It's easy to forget it's a story, as it was so well written. The Narrator did a brilliant job of bringing all the characters to life, absolutely loved it.

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Wonderful world building, interesting concept.

Keeps you wondering throughout how it will all unfold. Excellent narration. Only wish ending was slightly more expanded. Recommend

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Absolutely fantastic, not just another easy, simple, fantasy book

I really loved this book. It is clever and insightful, like the best fantasy novels, while it is set in an imaginary world that world and its characters are believable and consistent. There is magic, but the system of magic is explained, so I never felt it was used to fix problems the author couldn’t find a believable solution for.

Brandon Sanderson is a great writer and his plots are never simplistic. Like some of his other books, at first Warbreaker lulls you into a false sense of security, it seems like a fairly traditional coming of age/YA fantasy book - a genre which is pleasant to read but often quite predictable - but then he shakes you awake and reminds you that the real world doesn’t work like that, life isn’t that simple. There are several twists and enough foreshadowing of each that even if you didn’t see it coming, you feel like you should have.

The narrator is great too, Alyssa Bresnahan brings the characters to life and I particularly love the way she reads the evil sword.

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