Second paragraph of third chapter:

He commandeered a  horse that had been left in the Lowmarket when its owner had  either died or fled, then rode as fast as traffic would allow to Screaming Hall. Meanwhile, the sky closed in, stealing away any sense of the horizon, and it started to snow.

I happened to be reading this alongside The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang, and they are both fantasy novels with similar themes and about the same length. The Water Outlaws is better, but this is OK – well developed politics of a secondary world with magical elements; I had expected to be put off because it is the second in a series, but in fact it worked perfectly well as a standalone. I wasn’t quite sure that the magic system held together, and the use of French and German to stand for exotic fantasy languages was a little irritating, but if you are in a forgiving mood you’ll probably enjoy it too. You can get it here.

This was my top unread book acquired in 2020 (in that year’s Hugo Packet). Next on that pile, from the same source, is The Prince of Secrets, by A.J. Lancaster.