Brandon Sanderson: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (2023, Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC)
English language
Published July 1, 2023 by Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC.
Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and nightmares. When their lives suddenly become intertwined in strange ways, can they put aside their differences and work together to uncover the mysteries of their situation and save each other’s communities from certain disaster?
Entertaining early adult romance of extravagant differences. As I jump into a standalone story set in a larger universe, it's hard to judge if some of the author-character hand-waving is clever or cheap, and I know I found the concluding twist to be both, but I'll try another.
Another fairy-tale like story set in the Cosmere, told by Hoid. A light read with beautiful artwork by Aliyah Chen. Some of the more obvious questions about how the world works are explained away tongue in cheek by Hoid, so the world building holds up even with some of the more unbelievable parts, if such things exist in a fantasy novel.
