I thought it was a good way to end one of Sanderson's first pieces. In my opinion, we have grown too accustomed to how Brandon writes now with all of his deeper series like Mistborn part 2, or stormlight archives with their super fleshed out worlds and Cosmere references after Brandon had decades of writing experience. This story was originally written by Brandon before he even wrote Elantris, and he only updated as a side project -- IN A NEW MEDIUM. The expectations are high because it's Brandon, but this piece was super nostalgic of the YA authors I loved growing up: the Percy Jackson series (Rick Riordan) and the Mortal Instrument series (Cassandra Claire). Predictable plot, easy to follow character development, but still such an enrapturing story that I felt the need to binge all the way through--because it was so easy to read. White Sands definitely has room for improvement, but I would be very sad if it stops here. I loved it for its shortcomings and its successes. Both the comic book format and the excerpt in Arcanum Unbound made me . Either way that Brandon plans to eventually finish the story, I will be anxiously awaiting!
