Time to read: 6 hours 6 min

Solid 7/10. The entire emotional ending twist with Lessie made it go from a 6/10 to a 7/10. (although I changed my rating for both from 4/5 stars to 3/5 stars bc it feels more right in my head because it just feels like they are on a lesser tier than the books i have in 4/5). Bleeder's character and her interaction with Wax's character was interesting if not thoroughly explored enough for me to entirely love.
Overall same same with my last Era 2 opinion, although this one had more character development from Wax and Wayne.
I am really really interested in the wider cosmere hints in this book though.
Like there is a newspaper article about an alien monster from another world, what the fuck is that??? And hints about another god?? And the metal spike came from a different god?? Another cosmere god maybe??? Although Trell is mentioned in Era 1, so maybe just another god on the planet. But still, hype.

Overall, probably enjoyed the first book more because the setting and characters were fresh and the allomancy fights and shenanigans were more fun in that book, but this one probably has the better (if less epic) ending and character writing. It definitely feels like a "build up arc" ngl though.