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Quests for Glory
The School for Good and Evil Series, Book 4
Soon to be a major motion picture from Netflix!With every end comes a new beginning in the fourth installment of Soman Chainani's New York Times bestselling School for Good and Evil series, Quests for...
Soon to be a major motion picture from Netflix!With every end comes a new beginning in the fourth installment of Soman Chainani's New York Times bestselling School for Good and Evil series, Quests for...
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A sudden rash of kidnappings and random violence kicks off a major challenge to the reign of King Arthur's newly crowned son, Tedros.The shining titular promise of the previous episode, The Last Ever After (2015), fades as Tedros--noble at heart but paralyzed by self-doubt and, it must be said, dumb as a box of rocks--refuses to ask his clever, loving fiancee, Agatha, for help dealing with pirates and other raiders. Meanwhile, back at the titular school, her glamorous BFF, Sophie, newly appointed Dean of Evil, discovers that all of the fourth-year students are somehow failing in their obligatory, assigned Quests. With a crew of allies (including Nicola, a nonmagical but quick-witted Reader), Agatha and Sophie set out to investigate and discover amid a characteristic mix of tongue-in-cheek set pieces and harrowing scrapes that a (possibly) legitimate contender for the throne of Camelot has risen, with deadly powers including (apparently) the ability to twist and corrupt storylines with "different truth." In a slow-to-arrive but catastrophic climax, Agatha, Tedros, and the rest discover too late that they've been thoroughly played throughout; the final pages find them not only routed in battle, but tricked into a series of devastating betrayals. Bruno's polished vignettes add appropriate notes of humor and horror and reveal Nicola to be black, in contrast to the mostly white or pale-skinned cast.New chapters in this metafictional romp leave the villains ascendant. Stay tuned. (color map) (Fantasy. 11-13)
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Person - I didn't like this book at all. *SPOILER ALERT* One of my most favorite characters was killed, my most favorite of all (Sophie) was useless for the entire book and only screamed. She acted very un-Sophie like during the entire book, constantly acting like a wuss while actually she is supposed to be one of the most powerful characters in the School for Good and Evil world (She's a DEAN!). The character Nicola had no original ideas and was just a waste of time who annoyed the heck out of me and my friends. Tedros and the ridiculous Rhian annoyed me with their constant brilliance at everything and their brilliant ability to do everything while the girls just screamed or argued. There was no character development at all. The "Snake" was the most laughable and over-flaunted villain I have ever seen in my life. And the twist at the end almost made me throw my kindle across my room and scream.
