So I hate to say this but The Well of Ascension sadly suffers from second-book-syndrom. It has little to no action for the majority of the book, at some places it can get dense, and even dry. That being said I really did enjoy parts of the book, I really loved the political aspect of it all. I loved how it showed the real struggles that the empire now has to face after being ruled in tyranny for so long. I loved the realistic aspect of these kings now fighting for the power the lord ruler once had. I will say even though the majority of the book had rarely an action sequences, and was kind of lacking in suspense, the ending had some really awesome and thrilling action. The ending had an incredible, major plot twist. And even though it was a long slow read getting to that action and plot twist, I will say I am heavily excited to read the third book in the Mistborn trilogy.