Edgedancer

Lift's interlude was my least favorite part on WoR. It is not a bad piece of story, but I found her particularly annoying and I was getting worried about her role in the series.

Obviously, I shouldn't have doubted Sanderson, especially regarding one of his favorite characters.

Edgedancer is far from Sanderson best work, but it was a lot of fun! It took me 4 hours to read it so you can attest I had a great time.

Despite being a novella (on Sanderson standards only, it is indeed a regular novel with 40,000 words), we get to see what I believe to be interesting and important developments on Stormlight Archives, both in terms of characters and plot-wise.

We watch the others. The assassin. The surgeon. The liar. The highprince. But not you. The others all ignore you ... and that, I hazard to predict, is a mistake.”

Lift is indeed a very interesting character and I end up itching to know more about her.

“I will listen,” Lift shouted, “to those who have been ignored!”

Wyndle is just delightful! I mean: “... I was a very regal fork, wouldn't you say?”

More random thoughts: I was hoping this novel would clarify more about the old magic trades but I was left disappointed.. my only advance on this is that her trade was probably the opposite of what she wanted, but I have to wait and see.

If you are on the fence with Edgedancer, don't be. It is a worthy stormlight “novella”!