Elantris: A Cosmere Novel

Brandon Sanderson

Aug 2011 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

Elantris was built on magic and it thrived. But then the magic began to fade and Elantris began to rot. And now its shattered citizens face domination by a powerful Imperium motivated by dogged religious views. Can a young Princess unite the people of Elantris, rediscover the lost magic and lead a rebellion against the imperial zealots?

Brandon Sanderson's debut fantasy showed his skill as a storyteller and an imaginer of baroque magical systems to be fully developed from the start.

Ratings and reviews

Who am I to critique the reigning monarch of fantasy? 'Elantris' is a brilliant novel. It manages to be a fantasy novel with great mystical elements and world building, a political thriller, and a stunningly powerful slow burn romance. It has a moderate pace similar to Pratchett and novels of his era. Despite all of this, 'Elantris'' primary beauty is in its wonderful character development and the character driven plot begs to be read in one sitting. It will leave you in the emotional upheaval that only hands of a great paperback can cause. I fully plan to reread this novel every year for the next decade.

The start was a little slow and it took a while to relate to the characters or have interest in them but you did fell sorrowful for the characters as you felt there struggle. Then the re discovery of aondor was when I could not stop to put the book down I literally did not sleep till the end. At times I did get frustrated with the pace as you thought said thing was going to happen then it just doesn't. I also felt the ending didn't flow very well and felt segmented which made reading more frustrating.

Truly a work of art. The world building is second to none and the characters are flushed out. I could view them as people and had no problem interacting with them. Brandon Sanderson is a master at what he does. I adored Sarene and found her to be an absolute joy. It handles the topics discussed incredibly well and leaves no room for questions. I love the show not tell aspect of it and the ending is worth every single word and page it takes to get there. READ IT NOW!💛

About the author

Brandon Sanderson is a Number One New York Times bestseller, a Sunday Times bestseller, and a David Gemmell and Hugo Award winner, his novels have sold more than 40 million copies around the world. He is most famous for his epic fantasy series The Stormlight Archive and The Mistborn Saga; his work also includes the Skyward science fiction series, the Legion spy sequence, and The Reckoners superhero novels. In addition to creating his own landmark series, he was chosen by Robert Jordan's estate to complete The Wheel of Time®, now an internationally successful series on Amazon Prime.