Pages: 624
In this fifth instalment in Soman Chainani's New York Times bestselling fantasy series, The School for Good and Evil, Sophie, Agatha, and their friends must find a way to overthrow the sinister evil that twists lies into the truth and seeks to rewrite their story.A false king has claimed the throne of Camelot, sentenced Tedros to death, and forced Sophie to be his queen. Only Agatha manages to escape.
Now Agatha and the students at the School for Good and Evil must find a way to restore Tedros to his throne and save Camelot . . . before all of their fairy tales come to a lethal end.
Review
I know that this is a phrase that I probably overuse to no end, but I really really loved this book! Once again I was completely blown away by just how deep this middle grade series can get. We've had good vs. evil, boys vs. girls, beauty vs. ugliness, truth vs. lies and now we've been introduced to the concept of Past vs. Present. When Quests for Glory came out, I wasn't all too convinced about there being a new trilogy surrounding these characters, but after reading this book I feel like The Camelot Years makes a lot of sense in Agatha and Sophie's storyline, actually following their story which they are going through after graduation.
As always, I loved the friendship between Sophia and Agatha, even though this book didn't show that much of it. And what I also really loved about A Crystal of Time was how confused I was as a reader about Rhian's loyalties. I definitely felt like Sophie who was actually going through all of the confusion in the book while she was pretending to be Rhian's queen.
Tedros kind of annoyed me to no end in this book, if I'm being honest, mostly because of how he refused to trust and be nice to Sophie (which, while unsurprising definitely struck me a bit since Sophie is definitely my favorite character in this series). I mean, I totally get that Sophie messed things up way bad in the past, but she has definitely saved their asses enough times for Teddy to cut her a little slack to be honest.
The reveal of the true parentage of both Rhian and the Snake was definitely a plot twist I did not see coming. I will definitely have to keep that in mind next time I reread this series since I'm assuming there might be some foreshadowing of that in the previous books. But if I'm being honest, the biggest plot twist in this book was definitely at the end which left me absolutely both heartbroken and utterly shocked. I knew that there was going to be a sixth book in this series, but I definitely was not expecting something so dramatic to happen. I am definitely super excited about the next installment and will probably slowly die in agony on the inside until it's released.
About the author
Soman Chainani's first novel, THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, has been translated into 26 languages across six continents, and will soon be a major motion picture from Universal Studios.The sequels, A WORLD WITHOUT PRINCES and THE LAST EVER AFTER, debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List as well. Together, the books of the series have been on the print and extended NYT lists for a total of 33 weeks.
As a writer and film director, Soman's films have played at over 150 film festivals around the world, winning more than 30 jury and audience prizes, and his writing awards include honors from Big Bear Lake, New Draft, the CAPE Foundation, the Sun Valley Writer’s Fellowship, and the coveted Shasha Grant, awarded by a jury of international film executives.
When he’s not telling stories or teaching in New York City, Soman is a die-hard tennis player who never lost a first-round match for ten years . . . until he started writing THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL. Now he loses all the time
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