The Siege of Skyhold by John Bierce
The Siege of Skyhold picks up shortly after where The Lost City of Ithos left off, with the apprentice mages recovering from the gruelling battle they just survived. Everyone's a little shaken and channelling that, in typical progression fantasy style, into getting guder. The first half of this book is dedicated to that process, with everyone focusing in on different areas. Sabae is working on her lightning affinity, previously subject to the same neglect as her healing affinity. Talia is busy coming up with something typically gruesome. Godrick is struggling to come up with armour that will take him once and for all out of his father's shadow, and Hugh is doing a thing with wards. It's, as always, fun to watch them all working and experimenting with the exceedingly complicated magic system of Mage Errant, and whilst there are definitely times where the exposition dumps drag, they do just sort of come with the territory in this series - someone clearly likes them if Bierc