The Last Graduate

The Last Graduate is a 2021 fantasy novel by Naomi Novik, the second book in The Scholomance series. It follows Galadriel "El" Higgins, a half-Welsh, half-Indian sorceress attending the fabled school of black magic, the Scholomance. Senior year is proving to be even more dangerous, and El is determined to see her chosen group survive. As the savagery of the school ramps up, El realizes that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules, even as she tries to control her formidable, destructive powers.