Robin (Bridge Four)'s Reviews > Dawnshard

Dawnshard follows Rysn on a journey to the mysterious Island of Aimia after the ship from one of the interludes for Oathbringer is found with no personnel, drifting in the ocean. I was happy to see a certain sailor made it out of Words of Radiance alive.

I have always liked Rysn’s interludes as they introduced us to other places and people. But I wasn’t sure what to think of her being the main character in a novella. It seems that Chiri-Chiri is not doing well and has grown larger than her fellow larkins. Rysn needs to get to Chiri-Chiri’s homeland of Aimia to see if there is something that will help her little larkin. Good thing it seems to line up with an expedition Navani would like to make to see if there is an Oathgate on that island.

For a novella there are some exciting things happening in regards to the entire Cosmere and some huge implications. Rsyn needs to help Chiri-Chiri but she is also going to enter into the biggest trade of her life.

I really enjoyed the side characters chosen for this journey. Lopen, Huio, Cord and Rushu all brought something to the story. Lopen learned a few lessons before he was able to say his oath. Huio is there for Lopen to run lines on and to possibly push his cousin to be something better.

“Cousin,” Lopen said, “do you know why it is that people stick you to the wall so often?”
“To judge the relative strength of Radiants by oath level, measuring the duration of Lashings against the Stormlight expended.”
“It’s because you’re no fun.” “Nah, I decided to let it be fun. You get an entirely new perspective on life when hanging from the wall.”

Rushu found an interesting way to help Rysn get around using fabrials and may have discovered a secret or two on the mysterious island. Cord, well I knew Rock’s daughter was going to be interesting and she leads me to believe that the Horneaters will be very important in the Stormlight Archives series.

Do not miss out on this book as it is the tie in between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, but more than that there are some huge implications for the Cosmere and something about gravity and Greatshells is confirmed in Dawnshard as well.