A World Without Princes (The School for Good and Evil #2) by Soman Chainani

Summary: 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.

Review: I was super impressed with the first book in this series, The School for Good and Evil, so I was very eager to see what happens in this follow up.  I think the first book did a great job of establishing the characters and the personalities and motivations of Sophia and Agatha as well as the schools.  This book digs a bit deeper into their history including how their parents fit into the thick of things and we get a healthy dose of Tedros as well.

I didn’t find myself enjoying this book quite at the same level as the first one.  There were definitely a lot of entertaining twists and turns but sometimes it got to be a bit too much for me.  I was left wondering how the characters could truly learn to trust if everything around them was a lie. I was hoping for this book to build stronger relationships.  It appears this series will be at trilogy at the least so this book has that middle book feel to it; things happened, but there wasn’t as much resolution as I hoped for.

One thing that attracted me to this series was the cover.  I would say I like this cover even better than the last one.  I am hoping that like the story, they’ll save the best for last.

The first book is truly awesome and I have a feeling the last book will be great as well.  This middle book is definitely one you can’t miss.

*ARC Provided by the Publisher

 

 

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