Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon SandersonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Sanderson's third of his 2023 Secret Projects was also by far the quickest to reach me when the new quarter began. I guess the ongoing production and fulfillment issues at the Dragonsteel warehouse in Utah must have resolved themselves pretty well, and third time's the charm for the project which Sanderson has indicated to be his favorite of the Secret Projects. It's certainly my favorite from a visual standpoint, with its heavy use of blue and pink contrast between Painter and Yumi and their mysterious and divergent worlds. It's kept unclear at first where in the Cosmere they should be, relative to each other, but the answer to that question, when it comes, is a total mind blower. No wonder Hoid is just sitting there smugger of mug than ever as the truth ultimately unfolds for the reader and the protagonists alike. It's also pretty lovely in its romance, which apparently was Emily Sanderson's hope because she'd love to see more of that in her husband's work, and taking cues as it does from Japanese anime and Korean dramas (the soap operas the characters get to watch in the light up hion lines sound like a Cosmere counterpart to the real world K-drama Alchemy of Souls in particular), it's a romance for the ages for sure. Here's hoping that the last of Sanderson's Secret Projects is just as good as the rest, if not better...
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