Wera's Reviews > Mistborn: Secret History

4.25 stars
**This is a spoiler filled review, also be aware of spoilers for all of Mistborn Era 1 and some for Era 2.**

This novella has reduced me to this:


My head is in shambles. I cried through the last fifty-or-so pages. Brando Sando just brought back all my emotions from Hero of Ages and killed me all over again. Except this time, we had a bit more insight as to what was going on in the God-level. Things that stood out in relation to the Mistborn stuff:
- Elend and Vin reuniting for a final time in the Cognitive Realm. This was beautiful and it made me more depressed. They could have gone back, but love. That was beautiful, though I did feel bad for Kelsier when Vin left him
- That ending scene where Sazed and Kelsier sit together and just watch the new world --> wholesome
- The part where Spook is doubting himself and lamenting about how Kelsier forgot him and didn't care about him. The fact that Kelsier was watching him in that moment and saying that he was his friend, and that he did care was just too hearbreaking for me. I loved that moment in the original trilogy: I cried then, I cried now. I am such a mess oh my god.
- Then when Kelsier appears for Spook in the epilogue because he is broken? ahh
- Also the reason why suddenly Spook is Lord "Mistborn" makes sense :)
- Leras / Fuzz / Preservation has stolen my heart. His death too, was heartbreaking and I cried. In the OG trilogy all that is said is that Elend didn't know that he was watching a God die, and I thought it was impactful. Now, I was bawling my eyes out because in 100-ish pages I got so attached to Fuzz. I can't. Guys I am literally crying as I write this. I can't take it
- Ati's death was also quite poetic. Though I am curious as to who "Vax" is.
- I was trying to figure out who Trell could be, but I have no clue so far...

Things I loved in relation to the the outer Cosmere:
- The general expansion (things are so well explained, I feel like I know and understand much more about the Realmatic Theory. This book did a better job of what The Bands of Mourning did when it gave a crash course on Investiture)
- KHRISS!!!!!!!!!!!! I love whenever Khriss shows up. Also some guy called Nazh was with her. From where she is left off in White Sand, Nazh isn't with her. However, that is the name of the dude who got the map in Elantris... I am intrigued.
- We got more Sel. So happy about that. I KNEW the second I read their names that they had to be from Arelon or Teod, but when the head woman was described as an Elantrian boyyy did I get hyped. I want to know more about the Ire definitely.
- Overall great expansion I can't wait to see more of this happen in the future books.
- Hoid and Kelsier don't like each other... lol :)
- Also, I love Hoid :))

Some things that I didn't like as much were how some parts were very disjointed and I feel like this would have very little merit for someone who is a casual Sanderson reader. Or if they only read Mistborn. They'd get some of what is going on, but definitely not most. Overall, though, I thought this was great. Was happy to cry again at Lord Sanderson's magical story-telling.

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Books in Cosmere:
Mistborn: Era 1
#1 The Final Empire: ★★★.5
#2 The Well of Ascension: ★★★★.25
#3 The Hero of Ages: ★★★★.5

Era 2
#1 The Alloy of Law: ★★★
#2 Shadows of Self: ★★★.25
#3 The Bands of Mourning: ★★★.5
#4 The Lost Metal: ★★★★

Novellas / Short-Stories:
Secret History: ★★★★.25