Reviewed by Silvara on
I loved how we never really knew for sure whether or not it was Agatha or Sophie who had made a wish and re-opened their fairytale until the end of the book. Agatha was blamed for most of the book, but Sophie had made a wish at her mother's grave, so for me at least, it could have gone either way as to who was to blame.
In the first book, I liked both Agatha and Sophie, but Agatha was a firmer favorite. In this book? I ended up liking/connecting with Sophie more. She made a few bad mistakes, but tried to hold onto being Good as long as she could. Agatha on the other hand was too quick to believe that Sophie was going Evil again. Even though she had good reasons to believe it, it was a big turn around from the first book where Agatha refused to believe Sophie was Evil even when it was staring her in the face.
The world turning upside down and going Girls against Boys was a fun twist. I liked reading about how the Princes had been kicked out of kingdoms, and the new classes at the School for Girls. This was just as tongue-in-cheek as the first books picking on Beauty = Good and Ugly = Evil. So if you didn't see the humor and jokes in that, you may not see it in the Girls verses Boys in this book either.
Once we learned about the new Dean's past, a lot of things about the way she acted made even more sense. And her spying butterflies were an interesting touch.
Tedros made me want to smack him on more than one occasion. It was understandable given what he knew as truth and his past. But it didn't make me want to smack him any less. And I didn't care for the end of the book at all. I did however guess the secret of the red-haired girl who everyone says can't speak. Not the entire secret mind you, but the major part. That didn't lessen the surprise once it came out in full.
If you liked the first book, you should read this one. If you haven't read the series at all yet, you need to do so!
This review was originally posted on Fantasy of the Silver Dragon
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 17 September, 2015: Finished reading
- 17 September, 2015: Reviewed