This is the same author of the Mistborn Series that I loved.
Background info:
Like Mistborn, this story takes place in a fictional world where people can die and return as "Gods". These people are called "The Returned" and the way they died allows them to come back for a specific purpose. They also have visions which their priests interpret to try to tell the future. Each person in this world has what they call "Breath" which some characters interpret as their soul but it's more of a life awareness. It's described as the ability to sense other people around you or the feeling you get when someone is watching you. This breath is discovered to have magical abilities when collected in large amounts. It is discovered that a person can willingly give their breath to others. In order for The Returned to be able to continue to live after they return, they require a Breath a week, otherwise they will die. A Returned can also give their breath away to heal a single person, this will kill them. Breath in large amounts give you different Biochromatic powers. These abilities include being able to tell if someone else is carrying a lot of Breath. With a lot of breath you can use it to bring things to life as long as the item was once alive. A person that can do this is called an Awakener. They can bring things alive to help them such as clothing, rope, and even dead animals. 300 years ago there was a war that resulted in the Royal family fleeing to the mountains. This resulted in The Halladren kingdom which chose to worship The Returned and chose one as their God King, and the Idris kingdom which was ruled by the Royal family and chose not to worship The Returned and Biochromatic Breath.
Plot:
The story follows the two Princesses of Idris. The eldest has been training all her life to marry the God King of Halladren as part of a treaty that was made before she was born. The youngest is the rebellious unimportant one. Other main characters include a Returned who doesn't even believe that he is a God and tries to be the worst one in the court, and an Awakener who tries to make up for mistakes he made several years in the past. The Awakener also has a sword that seems to be alive and likes to kill people. Throughout the book there is tension between the two kingdoms and at any moment a war could start. My favorite story to follow in this book was the one that follows the Princess forced to marry the God King. I won't tell you why since it'll give a lot of the plot away. I really liked the ending when things started to fall into place and you find out what everyone's purpose is in the story. The last chapter wound down to prepare for a sequel which was a little annoying. At least it didn't leave the story in a cliffhanger. I really enjoyed the book but don't think it's as good as Mistborn.
2 comments:
This sounds too confusing.
His books are a little confusing at first until you figure out how things work. Mistborn was really confusing because it starts up just talking about things like you already know what's going on. It's pretty confusing because it starts talking about a race of people (Skaa) and you don't know if they are creatures or what! A little while later you realize they're just regular people that are slaves. Whenever I try to explain his books people look at me weird because it's so hard to explain. You just have to read them to really understand.
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