The Incandescent

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The Incandescent, Emily Tesh, 2025 fantasy novel. One of the books I was most looking forward to this year and I was right to think so. Tesh continues to be a rockstar of structure and pacing while having interesting things to say, definitely recommended if you have any interest in magical-school stories. This is "what might running a magical school realistically be like for the faculty in an alternate-contemporary UK (basically our world but magic is known)" while also very much a particular story about one particular professor and also commentary/riffing on the inescapable magic-school series of our generation and it's all so satisfying.