If the way Fawn and Dag’s awkward handfasting grows into a tender, equal bond—despite farmer–Lakewalker prejudice—made your heart melt, you’ll love how Brishen and Ildiko’s arranged marriage in Radiance blossoms. Their cross-cultural humor (think of Dag patiently explaining groundsense, but with more fish jokes), shared meals, and small acts of care echo the same gently unfolding intimacy you enjoyed after the malice fight and recovery.

If your favorite parts were the quiet stretches—Fawn and Dag on the road, learning each other’s rhythms between patrol dangers and family visits—Swordheart delivers that same intimate charm. Halla and Sarkis spend most of the book traveling, talking, eating, and problem-solving together; the stakes feel personal and warm, much like the domestic moments around Hickory Lake between bouts of patrolling and healing.

If you liked how Fawn and Dag’s bond develops slowly—through practical help, honesty about wounds (both literal and emotional), and joint danger after the cave malice—Paladin’s Grace offers the same patient build. Stephen and Grace circle each other with care, reveal painful pasts in small increments, and prove themselves through action, much like Dag’s steadfast protection and Fawn’s brave, grounded decisiveness.

If the gentle, decent way Dag treats farmers—and how he and Fawn slowly bridge deep-seated suspicion after the malice hunt—left you feeling uplifted, The Goblin Emperor hits the same note. Maia faces court hostility and entrenched custom but chooses compassion and listening, much like Dag’s patient diplomacy with farmer kin and patrol comrades as he and Fawn knit two worlds together.

If the Lakewalkers’ sharing knives, groundsense, and strict taboos—plus the awful costs of confronting a malice—made the ethics of power in Beguilement compelling, A Wizard of Earthsea will resonate. Ged’s early mistake unleashes a danger he must own and mend, echoing the way Dag carefully measures what he should do with his gifts, and how Fawn learns when power must be used—and when it must be restrained.