While the ending to this book is great and the reveal of who the real Hero of Ages was not at all what I expected, this book seemed much slower paced than the last two. Which is odd, considering book one took place over a years span and book two was a lot of politics and arguing which would ultimately seem boring. But this book seemed to take forever to get to the final battle and took a lot of time tying up loose ends. Don't get me wrong, it was a fantastic book and the ending was very satisfactory; I just wish that the pace was a little faster than it was. 

My favorite part was that Sazed, the most humble character in the cast, was the one to become the Hero of Ages. It just shows that the strongest characters don't always have to be the ones to ultimately save the day. Instead it was the quiet, humble scholar who lost faith in the religions he studied after he suffered the loss of the woman he loved. He was always portrayed as the sidekick, the one who doled out wisdom to the would-be Hero of Ages, Vin. Then Sanderson rips the carpet from under us by killing Vin and revealing that Sazed was the hero all along. Talk about plot twist!

Ultimately this book was great, and I will be coming back to these down the road to reread them and pick up the little instances that I missed. And hopefully, the second time around the book will seem to read faster and flow better than it did the first time I read it.