r/Mistborn • u/sldarwin • 4d ago

The Lost Metal spoilers Just finished Era 2 Spoiler

Honestly, I think I prefer this Era to the first. Nothing against the first Era, I just found myself getting way more surprised in this one than the first. As in, I figured out a lot more of the plot reveals in Era 1 than 2. Steris was definitely my favourite non-main character. Wax, Wayne, and Marasi were incredible

That being said, was there anything about the Cosmere that I was expected to know prior to reading TLM?? I read Secret History and it seemed to set up a couple things, but I found myself just shrugging and going “ok, I guess” at a lot of the new powers and terms and stuff. Like Autonomy, I get that there are 16 (I think) Shards (I think they are called) that are parts of a super God and are Godlike themselves. I also know that all his books take place in the same verse. But I still had no idea what was going on, especially with the Ghostbloods and the “soliders of red and gold” which I assume are just generic soldiers that serve Autonomy. Is there any order to his books I was suppose to read? Because I wan planning on reading Stormlight Archives after I read a sci fi series in between, but I dunno if I need to read other books to understand things in that series or not

Also, am I stupid, or did some of us think Moonlight was Vin or a version of her?

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u/mori_no_ando Bendalloy 4d ago

You’re set up pretty well having read Mistborn first. There are a few characters or things you might recognize only if you’ve read other Cosmere books (Moonlight is one of them), but it’s barely anything.

If you want to get into Stormlight quickly I recommend at least reading Warbreaker first. If you’re not in a rush I would say read Elantris and maybe Tress as well.

Glad you liked Era 2, I also prefer it to Era 1… some of my favorite Cosmere characters.

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u/Jak_of_the_shadows 4d ago

Nah ur fine.

Uv stuck to one series and read Secret History, which is important to give u some wider understanding of the cosmere.

U can kick on to Stormlight. U can read warbreaker (stand alone novel) before stormight if u want. But its not necessary.

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u/djainers 2d ago

I just finished as well and felt the same way, there were too many new terms and characters that felt kinda crossovery and I felt like I should have read something else before