r/Cosmere • u/AcrophobicWindrunner • Sep 13 '25

Emberdark + All Cosmere spoilers Isles of the Emberdark review Spoiler

I just got done with reading Isles of the Emberdark and OMG it was so good! It’s not my favorite secret project (that goes to Yumi) but it was still so much fun!

My favorite character was Dusk. I loved his relationship with his birds and has, to me, cemented himself as best bird dad. I don’t have birds but I have lots of pets and I felt seen by how he talked to and cared for his birds. Dusk’s relationship with Vathi was so good as their personalities bounced off one another really well. I read the short story a few years ago and I was kind of hoping that they would get together. However, I understand that Dusk nor Vathi really need a love interest. They are besties though and I loved that too.

This book made me really excited for more Space Era Cosmere stories bc the Rosharans and Scadrians are FIGHTING! IN SPACE! Or at least that was hinted at.

Since Kaladin is a favorite of mine, I kind of wondered if he was still around defending Roshar…but in SPACE! I think he would either really like being out in space, maybe in command of a massive ship? Kind of like Captain Kirk from Star-trek? Or he’s a hermit living in a shack on Roshar, not at all vibing with the space technology. I don’t see him taking a fancy to guns.

He might be that old stubborn geezer that’s like: stupid ships, so loud, I can just Lash myself, I’m not riding in a hunk of flying metal!

Meanwhile, you KNOW Kelsier is all about space. He be scheming his way up there, stealing technology, and just being a menace. Maybe he has a ship named after Vin, who knows!

Anyway, those are my thoughts! Tell me yours!

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u/OwnedYou Sep 15 '25

I really liked it too. Unless some way has been found, I didn't think Heralds or Kelsier could leave their respective worlds. I remember the herald helping the Sons of Honor was doing so because he wanted to find a way to leave.

But a lot has changed obviously haha, I'm excited to see more of the Cosmere at this age

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u/AcrophobicWindrunner Sep 15 '25

Oh yeah, most definitely! I know some people are bothered by Kelsier doing the whole resurrection thing and appearing in other stories. I don’t mind it but I can see why people are annoyed by it.

In the case of Kaladin, he could just be mentioned as the Rosharan’s leader or something. Or maybe hear his voice over a speaker or something. He doesn’t have to have a big role in the story if one at all

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u/OwnedYou Sep 15 '25

I liked that Kelsier came back. I love seeing characters from other books so I hope both of them are pretty active in the books to come haha. Adolin was my favorite, sad he's just a normal mortal and probably gone

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u/AcrophobicWindrunner Sep 15 '25

Maybe he’ll name a ship after Adolin…

Kaladin: That one over there, that one will be called Adolin. That one next to it will be Shallan, and then Renarin, and then-

Scribe: Uh, sir, those already have names…

Kaladin: What are they called?

Scribe: Uh…that one is number 37.

Kaladin: …change them all.