Warbreaker

Warbreaker is my favorite read yet in this class. From the beginning of the book the reader is told that an Idrian princess will go marry the Hallandren God King to prevent a war, as preordained in a peace treaty. The story holds to that plot while twisting and pulling to break loose of its guidelines. From the start things go wrong in the plan. The wrong princess is sent to Halladren and her sister follows with the intention of rescuing her only to fall into the clutches of a band of knieving mercenaries who her to try and push the Halladrens into war. Meanwhile the first princess is trapped in the God king's palace where she is warned of unknown dangers and told she must produce the God King's heir though he appears to have no interest in her. The story remains this way, with many plans to escape from the plot being thwarted until the end. At the end your sure the war is imminent, the Lifeless troops are marching, and no one is alive who knows the command to stop them. But War breaker is all about not letting war break, so the God King release's Kalad's undead army of stone soldiers o stop the Lifeless force and stop the war just before it begins. I found this book really engaging. When Vivianna finds out that he has been betrayed by the mercenaries I was right there with her. I couldn't believe it, but then when she thought back at the signs of their betrayal and of how she ignored them, I realized I too had ignored these obvious signs of disloyalty. I also really liked the cast of characters. They were diverse and interesting and I identified with quite a few of them, especially Vasher and LightSong. The magic system was really interesting too, almost seemed written for art students with a focus on color.