Elantris

I'm honestly surprised that everyone says this book is the weakest of Sanderson's. I read The Final Empire and got so annoyed with the words ‘flared' and ‘burned' by the end of Chapter 5 that I almost DNF'd it. Elantris, on the other hand, had me hooked from the first page and never let go. I loved the characters (especially Sarene), the magic system that needed fixing, and the politics.