Time to Read: 2 hours 45 minutes

Rating: 9/10

I loved this story. I could go on about how fascinating all the little worldbuilding details that connect to other cosmere stuff is, along with how strong Kelsier's characterization is during every second of this novella (such as him immediately punching god after death), how little connections to the amazing mistborn trilogy such as Lord Ruler's perfect characterization as he goes into the Beyond after a millennia of fighting, or how this whole story was foreshadowed in the original Mistborn trilogy. But there are 2 main reasons I loved this so much.

1. The wider Cosmere implications/explanations. I loved seeing explicit explanations of what exactly is going on with the different Gods and planets throughout the Cosmere with the 16 people that ascended after killing God.

2. Kelsier saying goodbye to Vin got me hella emotional. I didn't cry but I almost felt like tearing up at seeing their final interaction. Hit me right in the feeeeeels mannnnnnnnnnn.

Compared to other Cosmere novella's, it's my favorite no question. Emperor's Soul is probably more impressive as a short story because it's a well written stand alone while this builds off of like, the most important story in the entire Cosmere besides maybe the stormlight archive, but you know... Kelsier and Vin goodbye and Cosmere lore...