(The School for Good and Evil #2)
by Soman Chainani
Kindle Edition, 400 pages
April 15th 2014
by HarperCollins
ARC from Netgalley
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In the epic sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel, The School for Good and Evil, Sophie and Agatha are home, living out their Ever After. But life isn’t quite the fairy tale they expected.
When Agatha secretly wishes she’d chosen a different happy ending, she reopens the gates to the School for Good and Evil. But the world she and Sophie once knew has changed.
Witches and princesses, warlocks and princes are no longer enemies. New bonds are forming; old bonds are being shattered. But underneath this uneasy arrangement, a war is brewing and a dangerous enemy rises. As Agatha and Sophie battle to restore peace, an unexpected threat could destroy everything, and everyone, they love—and this time, it comes from within.
When Agatha secretly wishes she’d chosen a different happy ending, she reopens the gates to the School for Good and Evil. But the world she and Sophie once knew has changed.
Witches and princesses, warlocks and princes are no longer enemies. New bonds are forming; old bonds are being shattered. But underneath this uneasy arrangement, a war is brewing and a dangerous enemy rises. As Agatha and Sophie battle to restore peace, an unexpected threat could destroy everything, and everyone, they love—and this time, it comes from within.
Just as we thought that both girls had their own version of happy ending in the previous book, Sophie and Agatha are forced to face the consequences of their choices. As much as I like the first book which I really thought was a stand alone, the second book tend to feel drawn-out at times.
I just feel as if this is not up to the excitement of the first book maybe because I feel so bad for Agatha most of the time and was annoyed how clueless and ignorant Sophie can be. And as the girls discovered that the witches and princesses have banded together to re-write new fairy tales and create a new Ever After, things took a very evil new twist with princes now becoming the girls' adversary of sorts. You could say that this book is like an epic battle of the sexes.
And the turn of events in that jaw-dropping ending is like a turn-around to the final chapter of book one where each girl make their own choices of happy endings or in this case a not-so-happy ending. I'm just intrigued to find out how things will be in the next book.
I just feel as if this is not up to the excitement of the first book maybe because I feel so bad for Agatha most of the time and was annoyed how clueless and ignorant Sophie can be. And as the girls discovered that the witches and princesses have banded together to re-write new fairy tales and create a new Ever After, things took a very evil new twist with princes now becoming the girls' adversary of sorts. You could say that this book is like an epic battle of the sexes.
And the turn of events in that jaw-dropping ending is like a turn-around to the final chapter of book one where each girl make their own choices of happy endings or in this case a not-so-happy ending. I'm just intrigued to find out how things will be in the next book.
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