This is a solid, enjoyable adventure story - A step down from the original Mistborn trilogy, but a massive improvement on The Alloy of Law. Sanderson really feels like he has relaxed into the setting and characters by this point, smoothing out a lot of the rough edges the first couple of books in this second Mistborn era had. Sanderson cuts back on the humour and comic bookiness for this one, and the book is much stronger for it. Great step in the right direction! I am very interested to see how The Lost Metal goes.