The reckoners by brandon sanderson is out now. The first book in the brandon sanderson series is called steelheart.

I think this book is pretty entertaining as a standalone.

This is a superhero tale wrapped in the ya genre. In what was once the city of chicago, supervillains called epics have taken over. David and 'the reckoners' deal with those who've manifested powers.

This is the first from the author i've actively disliked. Some of the major plot holes that are simply brushed off by the author.

Much of the dialogue appears to be contrived and inexplicable. The characters are all canned and unoriginal. Character and story development is comparatively unsophisicated compared to the mistborn series.

The writing is simplistic and thin, fun natured. Here are some examples of what bugged me. How is this a power exactly? Does his power actually create bullets out of thin air that then load themselves into the gun's magazine or chamber to be fired? Th...  Read More