Tamora Pierce's Cold Fire
The third book in the Circle Opens series breaks the formula a bit--smith/metal-mage Daja finds twins with magic, and also finds them proper teachers, and then has to deal with a crazy arsonist. The identity of the arsonist is revealed early on to the reader, and I'm not sure if that was a better choice than making it more of a straight-up mystery. It's hard to know the answer and be frustrated at the characters who haven't figured it out yet. Luckily that's not an issue for too long. B/B+.
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