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Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce
5.0

As a kid, this was always my favorite book to read of The Immortals quartet, and maybe out of Tamora Pierce's entire work. It holds up. Absolutely loved it. I was a bit surprised that I didn't enjoy the first half of the book quite as much (although 'not as much' is relative to my overall enjoyment and I still adored it), but this book's strength is truly in the climax for me. When Pierce writes a dramatic climax, she really goes for it and this was everything I remembered from my childhood.