REVIEW:

 It was only a normal day in Chicago when everything changed. A new star appeared in the sky, granting some humans superpowers. They called themselves epics, and took over the world. The day the epics took over Chicago was the day young David Charelsto watched his father murdered by the strongest epic of them all: Steelheart. Now, years later, 18-year-old David is ready for revenge. 

I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I’m kind of a sucker for a good superhero story,  so this book kind of has my name written all over it. 

Some things that I particularly enjoyed about this book where the characters and the plot twists. I absolutely loved David, and I loved going on this journey with him as he seeks out revenge and learns about power and what it does to people. I thought he was an enjoyable character to see everything through, I just loved him. Also, he made me laugh. You guys, his metaphors will kill you. And of course, there’s the plot twists!

If you like a lot of action in your books, I would definitely recommend this book! It was done really well. Sometimes I feel like too much action really just kills the story, but Sanderson did an amazing job balancing the action with quiet parts and planning. Everything felt purposeful and important, even the quiet parts. I don’t think I was bored once!

There was only one thing I didn’t love quite as much about this book, and that was one minor thing about the romance. For the most part, the romance was done really well! There was only one problem with it, and that was the main character’s obsession with this girl felt just slightly stalkerish at times. It was a very minor problem, and I only noticed it maybe twice in the whole book, but that was, I think, the only downfall of the book in my opinion. 

WARNINGS:

Violence // Minor Romance

Reviewed by: Amara Ader