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2 Aug 2015

Mitosis (Reckoners #1.5) by Brandon Sanderson

Jamie @ Books and Ladders 02 August 0 Comments

Mitosis

Author: Brandon Sanderson
Series: Reckoners #1.5
Source: Purchased on Audible
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: December 3, 2013
Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Summary:

Steelheart may be dead, but Epics still plague Newcago and David and the Reckoners have vowed to fight back.

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I am typically weary of novellas because I am not a fan of authors making these novellas necessary to read and purchase to understand the story. I like when they are just additions to the story to give avid fans of the story more to read if they choose to. That is exactly what Mitosis was.

Mitosis wasn't a necessary read (well, listen since I had it as an audiobook), but it did give us just a little bit of an insight as to what David and the Reckoners are doing in the interim between the end of Steelheart and presumably the beginning of Firefight (but I have yet to read that one). I liked that we got to see more of David and his irresponsible heroism; it wasn't necessary for me to read this one to know that about him though, which is probably what I liked the most.

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