ShardicIntent

3 Cosmere books and 1 non cosmere novel 3/1 Coincidence? I think not!

RoW Spoilers ahead! Stop reading now if you haven't finished RoW and don't want spoilers! So, we saw Kaladin swear his 4th oath and receive his plate. Then we saw him using his plate to protect others, and the plate flew around to protect different people which was wild. My question is, will living plate for different orders have different powers? If so, what do you predict those unique powers will be like?

Okay, so this is my first time posting here, but I see a lot of comments about all of the cosmere info-dumps that came in this book. I think because Brandon wants anyone who reads his books to NOT have to read all of his previous cosmere stuff, he kind of pigeon-holed himself into having to do these big info dumps to catch a casual stormlight reader up for the back 5. I'm just not sure there was a good way for Brandon to transition into a more cosmere-wide story without either A: info-dumping like we see here in RoW, or B: making everyone go read his other books. Overall, I really enjoyed RoW and I think Brandon did a great job of getting enough information on the cosmere to the casual reader while advancing the story. I think with these long epic-fantasy stories it is tough to not have the middle books feel like a slog, and while at times I wanted the story to speed up, I still enjoyed the character development and story as a whole. Just my two cents...