[E]ugenics and selective human breeding aren’t...great...topics for any fantasy novel. The concept of “high” blood giving someone magic powers is a classic classist trope that should stop; I’m really impressed with how the new Star Wars movies yanked itself away from another “magic bloodline dynasty” story. Mistborn does not. Secret heritage will never go away, apparently, because the world loves that moment when someone busts in and starts yelling, “You’re a wizard, ‘arry!” You know, like being born an aristocrat.

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