aaand that's book 4 in the Earthsea cycle. It was called the Earthsea trilogy when LeGuin wrote it in the late sixties and early seventies, until twenty years later, when she picked it up again with the fourth book, Tehanu. Then it became the Earthsea cycle.

I found this one to be pretty predictable and heavy in feminism. The development of a new, interesting character brought some freshness to it, but I didn't find that this book fit well with the others. It's still worth reading, but I would have been fine reading just the original trilogy.

So… overall, it's good, but not great.