“‘By my will, none shall be crowned until the Tournament is complete. The Tournament of Kings.’ A new king of Camelot has been named, but two claim the crown. Only one is the true king – but who? Tedros and his rival must face King Arthur’s last coronation test. Three trials. Three answers to find. A race to finish. The sword Excalibur will crown the winner – and take the loser’s head… Beyond Good and Evil. Beyond Ever Afters. To the End of the Ends. The tale of Sophie and Agatha comes to a dramatic conclusion in the sixth and final adventure in the bestselling School for Good and Evil series.”
What is the book about?
After receiving
Camelot’s ring, the only remaining ring to stop the Snake from becoming the One
True King, Tedros and his future queen, Agatha, go to Camelot to claim the
throne. While there, King Arthur’s last coronation test is revealed, a
tournament made up of 3 tests to determine who the True King really is. With
Camelot’s crown up for grabs, Tedros, Agatha and their friends head off to
complete the first trial, meanwhile Sophie is struggling to remember who she is
and why she is the future queen of Camelot, but nothing can stop the witch
inside her, and she manages to escape the Snake’s scims. Each test is harder
than the next, designed to bring out the best king that Camelot has ever had. Nothing
is as it seems, there are more twists than ever before and new clues at every
corner. The race is dangerous and life-threatening, but is giving up even
deadlier? With the future of the entire woods on the line, will Tedros, Agatha
and Sophie be able to survive the End of the Ends?
What were your initial thoughts on the book?
As this was the final
book of the School for Good and Evil series, I was really eager to find out
what would happen at the End of the Ends. In spite of my enthusiasm, I was
still a bit disappointed as I knew that this would be The End and that I would
not have anymore magical adventures with Agatha, Sophie and Tedros, therefore I
tried to read as calmly and slowly as I could to enjoy every last bit. The book
was glue to my hands before I even finished reading the first page, I found the
2nd chapter especially mysterious and really liked having the
hundreds of questions running through my head. I really liked hearing from the
Coven in the first chapter because in the fifth book, A Crystal of Time, once
Reaper, Agatha’s cat, had assigned them their mission, I never read anything
from them again, though they were mentioned quite often by everyone else. So as
always I loved the beginning of the book and the action started as soon as I opened
the front cover, pulling me back in to a world that I have grown very fond of.
Who was your favourite character and why?
My favourite character was Sophie because although she is always considered the Evil one in the School for Good and Evil series, I don’t really see how in the 6th book she could have ever been the powerful, crazy witch she was in the first book. I liked Sophie because even though she may try to hide it, I know that she would do anything for her friends and that she really cares about them. What made Sophie my favourite character in this book was because she finally realised that she had been taking Hort for granted and that she really did care about him even though she had refused to think about that through the whole book series. To Sophie it took losing him to be able to recognise that she loved him and that he meant everything to her, I found this a bit unoriginal but really sweet, and a little predictable.
Who was your favourite character in the book series and why?
If I had to pick a
favourite character for the whole School for Good and Evil book series then it
would most likely be Sophie because in my point of view, I think that she is a
really misunderstood character who just wanted to have someone special that
loved her the way Tedros loved Agatha. She also wanted a better life than what
her mother had, with someone who truly cared about her and wouldn’t abandon her
for her best friend, which if you look back to the first book, there is a bit
of irony as she wants Tedros to be her prince and then he leaves her for
Agatha. She is someone who will do everything she can to get what she wants and
she is not afraid to make herself heard, I admire her for this because I wish
that I had her courage. Sophie’s courage is a great quality but I think that
she can also take things to the extreme, there were times when she wasn’t the
most lovable character but now that I have seen how she has changed from book 1
to book 6 I think that it is unlikely she will become her Evil self again.
What was your favourite part of the book and
why?
The whole book was
amazing and nothing really stood out to me, so I found this really hard to
answer. After thinking about this and considering everything, I guess the best
part of One True King was near the end chapters when the enemy is finally
defeated. I liked this part because my favourite books are always the ones with
adventure or mystery in them, and in these books there is always a challenge
that the good characters have to face as well as some bad guys who they have to
defeat, and the good ones always succeed, so I was glad that after all their
work Sophie, Tedros and Agatha eventually achieve happiness. Before this there
is an unpredictable change that made my thoughts about how the book would end
impossible, so when the story got back on track it made me, as the reader, even
happier for the characters and I think that, because Sophie, Tedros and Agatha
are happy, this is what made the book the perfect ending to their fairy-tale.
What was your overall impression of the book?
The last book of the
School for Good and Evil series, One True King was outstanding, it was just as
I expected but with a lot more twists than I had expected. One thing that I
really loved about the last few chapters was the fact that as always I was
expecting Good to win, so Agatha, Sophie and Tedros, as their enemy the Snake
was clearly Evil, however there was a twist in the story that made me shed a
few tears (twice actually) an doubt my belief that Good always won. I found it
really effective when the story took another path and proved my theory. There
were also a lot of other good parts in the book and I think that Soman Chainani
did a really good job in answering all of my questions not leaving anything
out. The only thing that I would change is the ending, I felt as though it was
a little vague, there was a lot left out that I really wished had been
mentioned. I wasn’t left with any questions which was good, and I didn’t hate
how the book finished but I didn’t like it either. I really wish that I had
been able to read about Agatha and Tedros’ wedding and know what happened
afterwards, I was especially frustrated with Hort and Sophie’s ending as I
really wish they had gotten officially together but it was ok, at least Sophie
realised she liked Hort even though I could see it from a mile away. It was
really exciting and dramatic and I loved
every bit of it just liked all the other School for Good and Evil books, I am
really sad to have no more adventures with Sophie and Agatha and I hope to at
least get a bit more information about what is going to happen to the girls in
the future.
What was your overall impression of the book
series?
There are no words that can possibly describe how much I loved the School for Good and Evil book series; it is absolutely, 100%, unmistakably my favourite book series so far. This book series consist of 6 books; The School for Good and Evil, A World Without Princes, The Last Ever After, Quest for Glory, A Crystal of Time and One True King. The first three books have a marginally different storyline with The School for Good and Evil changing in each book. The fourth, fifth and final book all have the same objective; make Tedros King again, although the forth one has a little bit more to it. One of the things that I found I really liked was that the books from the 1st to the 5th have opposites side by side: Good and Evil, Boys and Girls, Young and Old, Truth and Lies, and, Past and Present. Having opposites so close together showed me that one cannot live without the other, for example, Good cannot live without Evil. I think that what made this book series so much better than every other one I have read, is because of how effective Soman Chainani is at showing suspense throughout the books. All six books have different people showing their perspective of the story, although the first 3 only have Agatha and Sophie’s views, so when something bad or surprising happens to one person, Soman Chainani moves to someone else making you want to read on. The last thing that I think really affected my love for these books is that everything is a clue; everything that happens has meaning, so you have to put everything into play and never discard it or you will miss something. I found that this was really effective because Soman Chainani had something important happen in the first part of the story that would then later have a huge influence at the end, so you would never see it coming. There is only one thing that I think would have made the books perfect; mentioning that Agatha and Sophie were sisters more often. After reading that Agatha and Sophie were twins in The Last Ever After, the third book, I was shocked and found that that had been the first time that I have ever been stunned by something, because I usually see everything coming. However, this was never mentioned again in any of the books afterwards so it was a bit like Soman Chainani just put it in for the sake of it, it was really effective and he should have used it to make the book series even more astonishing.
Which was your favourite book in the School for
Good and Evil series? (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6)
I have always had a
clear answer for this question but thinking about the whole book series in the
previous one really got me thinking. I really liked the fifth book, A Crystal
of Time because all the characters had their own purpose during the story
however in all the other books some people didn’t really do anything, they were
just there, kind of like decorations, and they wouldn’t have been missed. Also
a lot of the questions that I had on my mind for the fourth book were answered
so the book was more important than any other. The thing that I liked the best
was definitely Dean Dovey’s crystal ball because going to Crystal World sounded
amazing and magical, way more magical than Agatha and Sophie’s usual world, so
I really liked the idea and wished that something so sensational would happen
to me. My other favourite book is the third one, The Last Ever After, because
of the huge twist near the end. I know that in the previous reviews about The
School for Good and Evil series I have mentioned this a lot, but I don’t think
I will ever forget the feeling of surprise after finding out that Agatha and
Sophie are twin sisters! All The School for Good and Evil books were amazing
and of course they had something special about them that contributed to my love
for this book series.
Would you recommend this book?
I strongly recommend
this book for children between over 13 but I have no doubt that anyone else who
tries it will enjoy every second and will never want it to finish.
Summarise the book in one sentence. (Verdict)
A breath-taking,
emotional conclusion of The School for Good and Evil series.
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