Assassin of Reality

Sasha is coming into her power and trying to stand up to the teachers and Farit as they try to beat her into submission.

The power of the novel is still in the complexity of the magic system and the palpable danger.

However, as Sasha grows and gains more agency she becomes less sympathetic, she is not as innocent and she makes her own bad choices.

I had a hard time following the grammatical magic lessons, but was rewarded with a profound ending that brought it all together and made sense. I had to sit down and digest it for a bit.

This carried on directly from Vita Nostra in a tighter crescendo but also felt much narrower.

Not quite as good as Vita Nostra but I think it helped clear up some of my questions from the previous book.