If you've read and loved other Sanderson books, you'll love this one even more. It's the best of his other works, but with a much larger scope. (at least 9 others are planned in the series) People have called Sanderson “The natural heir to Robert Jordan” and this is true, but not entirely due to Sanderson's involvement in finishing Jordan's Wheel of Time series – Sanderson has claimed this title purely by being the next big thing in fantasy writing, and promises to continue on this path for many years to come. If you want quality fantasy writing, it doesn't get much better than Sanderson.