Stephen hat The towers of the sunset von L. E. Modesitt, Jr. besprochen (TOR fantasy)
Good, if dark, and a list of people to remember
4 Sterne
Modesitt's books, like Mercedes Lackey's, occasionally surprise me by going from avoiding-swearing, to something pretty miserable happening. Creslin has a bit of a tough life in this, certainly adds an air of anticipation.
What this book really doubles down on, compared to the first, is 3 page chapters giving a vignette of what other characters are up to. I lost track several times, not helped by scenes occasionally "resetting" narrator knowledge and it's "the bearded mage", "the fat mage", "the red-haired woman".
There's also some weird bits about consent for the protagonist towards the end, but it is addressed, if weakly.