Week 1 Reviews: White Sand, Volume 2, White Sand, Volume 3

From Goodreads:

Following the loss of most of his colleagues in a violent ambush, Kenton has become Lord Mastrell of the few remaining Sand Masters, magicians who can manipulate sand to do their bidding. With the ruling council poised against him, the hot-headed Kenton must become a diplomat to have any hope of preventing the eradication of his people forever. However, there's another complication: assassins are coming for him from all directions, and Kenton's only true ally is Khriss, a visitor from the other side of the planet who has an agenda of her own to pursue.

From Goodreads:

Underpowered and overwhelmed, Kenton tries to hold the Sand Masters together as forces political and personal conspire against them. Now, in one final push, Kenton must tap the most dangerous depths of his own abilities to combat the enemies within his own guild and discover the truth behind the ambush that killed his father and almost destroyed the Sand Masters for good.

My Review:
I had a great time reading these novels! I love the world of the Cosmere, and I loved getting to see more of the White Sands world, as well as Khriss, who we know has written the Ars Arcanum in the backs of the full length books. So it was really great to read these stories! 

There was obviously a lot of politics going on, Kenton wants to keep the Sand Masters a part of the council, and that involves convincing the other members of the council to keep him on. There are quite a few mysteries abounding, and some characters who are more than they seem! But it was also really great to watch Kenton grow up, to be less selfish, as Aarik muses. 

I loved the part that Ais played in these books. She is of the religion that because of it's beliefs about the sand, further believe that the Sand Masters are desecrating their god. So on one hand, she hates them. But on the other hand, she has to protect Kenton from assassins who share her religion. Not fun! But I loved how her two parts of the story resolved! 

But there was also Khriss and her need to help her home country. I really enjoyed the twists and turns that her story told, and I'm really hoping that in future stories, we'll see her country, because it seems like there's some high stakes going on there! Plus there was that ending, and I want to see where things go from there!

This were such great reads, and I can't wait to see more of this world of the White Sand, as well as The Cosmere! 

Author: Brandon Sanderson, Rik Hoskin, and Julius Gopez, Fritz Casas 
Series: White Sand #2, 3, The Cosmere
Read: January 6th, 6th, 2021 
Source: Online
Reason Why: Love his writing and this world, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Book! and White Sand, Volume 3 is a End of Series 2021 Book!
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Published: February 21st 2018, September 15th 2019

White Sand, Volume 2:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

White Sand, Volume 3:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars