Firefight, second to Steelheart, is a fantastic sequel to an already amazing start of a series! Brandon Sanderson has a really fantastic way of writing to keep the reader intrigued and wanting more. The style is so easy to read and easy to get hooked on, and there isn't a ton of foreshadowing or give-aways for what the bigger picture is going to be. This has been really refreshing for me because quite a few things I have read lately have been very predictable from the beginning. With these stories, there is a lot that leaves you guessing, but not in a suspenseful way.

After the death of Steelheart, David continues as a Reckoner and killing Epics. But when a High Epic by the name of Regalia sends High Epics to kill Prof's cell of Reckoners, he has no choice but to go to Regalia's city and seek to put an end to it. He brings David along, who has gained a sense of loss with the death of Steelheart. Where vengeance used to fuel his fire, the flame has been put out by his success. And with no word from Megan, David is starting to question being a part of the Reckoners, and if they are really doing what is right.

Sanderson continues to write a fantastic story of a villainous post-apocalyptic world. There was so many new things in this story that it kept it very exciting and there were many new characters that we met. As Steelheart was David's story of vengeance, Firefight was kind of Prof's. Prof decided that the only way to get Regalia to stop Epics from attacking his cell of the Reckoners was to go to her and end things. From the Prof that we met in Steelheart to the Prof that was at the beginning of Firefight, they were slightly different characters. With our understanding that Prof himself is actually an Epic, and has been forced to use his powers more than he ever really has at the end of Steelheart, he has become a bit colder, quicker to anger, and a little more reckless. But since the story is from David's perspective, it seems that he tries to give Prof the benefit of the doubt and look past these things. Which helps move the story along, because I even started giving him the benefit of the doubt and thinking that he would be able to control his powers unlike any other High Epic could. But by the end, clearly I was wrong.

The whole mystery surrounding the entire city of Babilar was really cool to me too. The way that the city was still thriving and living on relatively relaxed was very different from Newcago, and kind of refreshing. Having a completely different setting for this story made it more exciting and finding different characters with skill sets was really fun. I loved the idea that Dawnslight was regarded in a good light by all the people in Babilar, and that he was an Epic that seemed to be only good. The way the food grew and glowed because it was a like a reality of a little kid was so fun and I loved the way the messages were conveyed through fortune cookies. It gave me (and David) a bit of hope for what could happen if the Epics could be changed to be better.

I can't wait to jump into Calamity next! I'm just kind of sad that it's the last in the series.