The School for Good and Evil One True King | Book Review

[@loonemist]

[Spoiler alert] Me at the last chapter: Finally a happy ending!! Merlin: the work is done.. Me: *ugly sobbing*

[@LaurenKissReads]

LITERALLY !!!

[@ioana6994]

I SWEARRRR

[@vdvbadivbavie1903]

It was so GOOD!!! I loved the plot twist when how Agatha swallowed the pearl. Also the whole Merlin thing was crazy. Sorry I'm sort of freaking out but it was phenomenal. And the ending👌

[@LaurenKissReads]

SPOILER ALERT!!! I loved that part too! It really got me re-engaged in the book, and baby Merlin was great😂

[@audrey3155]

Spoiler Warning! (Again) I'm soooo obsessed with hophie's love story. I'm really glad that Soman let Sophie go through such a good character arc and have 6 whole books of character development before he placed her with Hort. (FINALLY!) I think that it's important he did that because Sophie needed to learn how to be her own person and then also learn to accept true love over love from power-hungry boys, not based off looks or social position.

[@LaurenKissReads]

I love them too!! FINALLY RIGHT! It was so perfect and I loved it

[@razzz1474]

Does anybody know what sophie whispered tohort at the no ball?

[@sakurakinomoto5742]

I really like the concept of Wizard wish and how it was used to help Tedros. And I just want to acknowledge Merlin because let's admit it regardless of his age...his wisdom never fails to help our favorite characters to have their happy ever after.

[@herthimjsh3541]

Spoiler!!! Bettina's death was pretty quick. And while reading through the book, i was hoping that she's still alive. Lol. Anyway, I love Reena in this book.

[@loonemist]

Ikr? Like we didn't even get to know her :P

[@herthimjsh3541]

@@loonemist i thought there would gonna be a Bettina x Beatrix interaction since Jacinda mentioned to sophie that they were friends. too bad it didn't happen.

[@ciaracassaday3546]

My heart legit...stopped when Hort wasn’t at the barn. I cried bc I love the freaking weasel ok, he’s an OH character and with everyone else dying for no apparent reason I couldn’t handle that one, not our faithful weasel.

[@ciaracassaday3546]

Og* not OH

[@LaurenKissReads]

SPOILER! SAME OMG!!! I literally refused to believe it!!!

[@neta4768]

Yes! I also heard that Soman was killing a main character in book 6 and I was like no no it's probs Hort and I juat started crying! I thought He died and just could not stop crying girll

[@asiajeon]

ME TOO

[@imreallllyboreddd4607]

wait wait wait I havent read the book yet and HORT DIES WHAT WHAT NO no whhhhhyyyyy

[@ciaracassaday3546]

Millicent, The woodpecker, Tinkerbell, Robin Hood, Bettina, all of their deaths were so unnecessary! I felt so bad for Marian, she was searching for Robin to find him half dead like wtf my heart can’t take this. Something that was really sad was Tedros and Agatha were talking about Merlin growing up with them again and being mentors to their kids before they find him dying was just ughh, I love Merlin. But at least he’ll be with Arther, Guinevere, and Lance again. The amount of faculty that died was so annoying.

[@anjahjelle9379]

Millicent didn't die in this book.

[@malinik]

Lovely Ballet she died in a previous book while saving the others while she was a ...deer?

[@alexislee30]

​@@malinik Yes!, I think she was saving her friends from being hanged by the snake, then unfortunately she was killed by one of the snake's Skims.

[@monicacreator3168]

Spoiler! Aren't Agatha and Sophie sisters? Since the third book or something?

[@LaurenKissReads]

SPOILER ALERT!! Yes, technically they are sisters, but they became friends on their own terms

[@taliapru9740]

SPOILER! The only thing that made me upset is that nobody found out :/

[@aureliaavalon]

@@taliapru9740 SPOILER!! I know right! When The Tale of Sophie and Agatha came out, i thought the Storian mentioned they were sisters in that book before releasing it to the masses which led to the events of book two. But no one really said anything about it. Just two girls having happy endings with each other. Not two long lost but reunited sisters.

[@divyanshit5863]

Omg I love this series sooooo much!!!!!! I can't believe it's over! This is a great video!!

[@LaurenKissReads]

I love it too! And I’m glad you enjoyed it😁

[@elliepasquale5479]

"Sometimes, it seems like he's grown so much, and then 3 pages later, he's like 'SIKE.'" I have to disagree, since I really loved Tedros' growth in the Camelot Years, but this line really made me laugh at loud. Thank you! :)

[@LaurenKissReads]

😂I’m glad you liked his growth, I think for me I just needed a little more!

[@razzz1474]

6 books, two questions left unanswered. 1. Who was the next school master? 2. What did Sophie whisper whisper to Hort st the No Ball?

[@cindypinedavalle8984]

It's true

[@altair.inthesky]

ok now i'm officially the only one who think that japeth and aric deserved an happy ending :)

[@helenawirthwein5835]

No because same🥲

[@icansingit6711]

इस no one gonna talk about that line where hort locked the door and Sophie said " maybe the beast is not dead" lol like are they gonna make up, I thought it was a children's book

[@lauren7194]

Hophie is life!!!! ❤️ (same I made myself not believe that he is dead I would not let myself believe it)

[@LaurenKissReads]

SPOILER!! Same omg, I literally refused to believe it but I was starting to lose hope in the end!

[@lauren7194]

Lauren Kiss yeah same like it was getting to the last few pages and I was getting worried but I love that Soman did it right near the end. It made it all that much better!!

[@amelodysfantasy7683]

i'm so happy that Hophie won in the end

[@LaurenKissReads]

Same!

[@amira5494]

i think tedros had a really great character development in the sixth book doe

[@LaurenKissReads]

It was a little “meh” for me, but definitely towards the end I see what you mean

[@ItsallmeSummer]

I never really loved this series, but this book was sooo good!!! I realize that I also really liked The last ever after, and it’s weird because those are both the two last books in the school years and the Camelot years 😆

[@LaurenKissReads]

The last books are definitely the best ones in my opinion!

[@amira5494]

SAME I WANTED HORT AND SOPHIE TO GET TOGETHER SINCE BOOK 1

[@LaurenKissReads]

SAME

[@cakelovers3905]

SAME

[@lauren7194]

Best series ever!!! I just finished it yesterday every single book in the series is a 4.5-5 star to me

[@LaurenKissReads]

I’m glad you liked it!!! And wow that’s so good omg. I have an updated series review coming out today where I’ll be talking about all my thoughts on the rest of the series, so maybe we have some of the same opinions!

[@lauren7194]

Lauren Kiss yeah I’ll totally watch and comment on what I agree with

[@matildecarlos7263]

I love this video!! You put my exact thoughts in a perfect way. This book is definitely one of my favs from the series, as it tied so many things together from the previous books and was always taking unexpected little turns. And i looveeed Japeth’s backstory. Love you

[@LaurenKissReads]

Aw thanks so much!! Same omg, it’s tied for my favourite with the third book, and as much as I didn’t like him, his backstory was super cool

[@laladeelaladoo7121]

[spoiler ahead] The most unexpected plot to me is that Chaddick is born to be king and the thing with blood like wow

[@laladeelaladoo7121]

anyway, I think they are right. Chaddick wouldn't make a good king only because he is only faithful and loyal to Tedros. I don't think he can prioritize his people against Tedros. But then again, Tedros is a little arrogant and all... In terms of manlyness... We don't have manlyness... I just re-read the second book. They are indeed brothers. I can see the similarities

[@LaurenKissReads]

Agreed! I don't think Chaddick was going to be a good king, but then again, Tedros had his faults as well... but I think the sixth book does a great job at explaining so much, and I loved it.

[@laladeelaladoo7121]

@@LaurenKissReads Yeah but just as you said, it was really late. Like, his development was only shown on like the last few page of the book. But then again, not all people are fast learners???

[@asiajeon]

Man, i just wished Sophie deserved better.... i knew eventually “they” would fall in love, but... Sophie, the grand high witch queen just seems like she deserves more than falling in love... idk maybe it’s just me..? Edit: Lauren looks like how i imagined Beatrice!

[@LaurenKissReads]

I see that for sure, but I’m still pretty happy they got together in the end! And aw thanks!

[@frannyc7248]

Same, I find hort and sophie relationship weird mostly because sophie didn't had any romantic feelings for hort, and I didn't like how creepy hort was towards sophie.

[@theunicornreader]

Tedros being sexist was literally the worst and most annoying thing. Without it, this book would have been flawless (practically). I really wish those sexist things would have been resolved or at least addressed by the end (when he truly grew as a character). Because of all of those stupid things he said/thought, I genuinely hoped that Agatha would end up winning the trial, lol.

[@LaurenKissReads]

Agreed! I hated that about him so much and how it never really changed. And honestly I was hoping low-key for that as well...!

[@24Kurenai]

Of course it was not gonna change he's literally a fairy tale prince who lives in a world where he is taught that as a man, he saves the woman, as a prince he saves the princess, he fights the battles, he fights the villains, etc, it's a prejudice he will always have to work on b/c it was taught and is still valued in the endless woods. It's not any different from Sophie's character who may have grown as a person but is still very much an ageist and fatphobic and if Tedros battling his sexism while also voicing his dislike of Agatha being controlling and emascualing him (which are valid) is what stops the book from being perfect but not Hort not taking no for an answer, that just shows what you value and what you are willing to ignore.

[@audrey3155]

Spoiler warning!! I read a theory somewhere before otk came out, and it talked about how the chapter in acot when Sophie chose Hort to take from the prison, was called Sophie's Choice. Soman Chainani loves making references to things such as classics in his books. For those who don't know, Sophie's Choice is a book about a mother who chooses which of her two sons die, and so the theory was that Hort would die in otk. I went into reading otk with the expectation that Hort would die, though I still had so much hope that he wouldn't, so when that fake-out death scene happened, I cried so hard even though I was basically expecting it. I was so flipping relieved and ecstatic when I read the ending chapter and I sobbed even more. Just though this theory was pretty interesting so I hope you guys find it interesting too. Man I went on a long rant there. 😂

[@LaurenKissReads]

Omg woah that's so cool! That is definitely really interesting, but I'm so glad that everything worked out in the end holy!

[@ciaracassaday3546]

I pronounce “Rafael” as raffle, like a ticket

[@pranayapremkumar7321]

I pronounce it raFAL hmm

[@taliapru9740]

Pranaya Premkumar same?? It’s spelt Rafal so that’s how I read it...

[@lightdarkequivalent7143]

my ass calls him rafayell

[@edithnazario8180]

Spoiler allert I was crying when Hort "died" Finally sophie fell for Hort 😌 ( I was also crying) Agatha and Tedros have a wedding that we waited for long 🤧 Merlín died and that was upsetting 😖

[@LaurenKissReads]

SPOILER ALERT! SAMEEEEEEE! I literally would not believe he had died like I couldn't believe it, so thank GOD he didn't!! And the ending of this book was so good ahhh!

[@cakelovers3905]

@@LaurenKissReads PHEW DID HE DIE AND LIVED AGAIN, I really hope so, I NEED SOPHIE AND HORT TO BE TOGETHER NO MATTER WAT

[@oceanwave7593]

Spoilers!!! Don't mind me, watching this video months after it was put up first, SCREAMING INTERNALLY AT THE HORT AND SOPHIE PARTS. AAAAAAAAH 🥺♥

[@lineeylol]

I really love Sophie, but is Sophie a queen now? Or just an ordinary girl? Where does she live now? What happens to her? Can someone answer me...

[@jomariekier3455]

tedros to me, seemed real with all his flaws and shortcomings as agatha's love and camelot's king. the way his character bugs me makes him even more believable as someone who the story portrays as an heir-to-the-throne-blonde-prince, but with a great character arc that digs deeper into the happy ever after of an everyday blonde-prince.

[@jomariekier3455]

the inconsistency of his character development reminds me so much of his personal choices sometimes, which leads me to think that tedros is made that way as a character.

[@annaivanova2952]

I'm on chapter 15 now, but I will come back when I finish it. *sorry for my horrible English xD*

[@LaurenKissReads]

Nice!! I hope you enjoy it!

[@annaivanova2952]

@@LaurenKissReads I just finish it and I-... I love it.

[@frannyc7248]

I never liked tedros (not saying that he is a bad character), and will always think it would have been better for him and Agatha to just be friends instead of a couple.

[@LaurenKissReads]

Honestlyyyyyyy facts, Agatha is way too good for him

[@maheshpappu2749]

Omg! i love them together! If they were just friends i would hv been so mad at the book!

[@ashurioneechan]

I was so confused about the ending. Is that really it? No wedding scene? No thoughts about Merlin's death? I felt it was rushed and cut down where it should be the most important but I dunno I'm still confused af HAHAHAH

[@shenalintaojo2978]

I just finished the 6th book it took like 6 years for me and here I am ugly sobbing.

[@ajiaaljaajla2218]

Hey please can u tell me how does it end bcs in my country isnt translated still

[@maheshpappu2749]

SPOILER ALERT 🚨 OMG!!!!! I finished this book like a week ago and, omg! I love this series,like love love love it! So many people died in the book though including Merlin! I mean Merlin, when I finished reading i literally was crying! Like it’s Merlin! His last line though omg! “ The work is done” and then the book ends I mean like come on i really needed some closure like it was like a cliffhanger, the last book in a series shouldn’t’t have a person dying and then it ends. I really wish they put Agatha and Tedros’s wedding in there though, like really! Whyyyyy! When Tedros died I was literally crying I actually thought he was dead and i felt so bad for Agatha, i mean he was her prince, and i loved them together! But when Tedros was still alive i was like soooooo happy! When Hort died i was super sad but not crying sad i know i know don’t give me hate. Honestly I love Sophie and Hort I knew just knew they were gonna end up together! But my favorite couple in the entire series is definitely Tedros and Agatha! They are the best! Tagatha forever!!!! Sorry if this comment is super long i just need to get all my thoughts out. I actually like Tedros’s character growth, it was great in this book. Like i said though the end should have some closure you know. I’m so sad the series is over it’s my favorite series tied with Harry Potter of course! I can’t wait for the movies! The School For good and evil is over and i’m crying because i love it so much and now it’s over! Why do the best things always have to end!

[@LaurenKissReads]

LITERALLY! He just dies and then the book ends like omg!! I'm so glad you loved this series, and it's one of my favs too!! Lowkey Agatha was too good for Tedros for a while, but I'm glad they ended up growing together and I really loved them together in the end! And of course, I literally love Hort and Sophie ah that made me so happy!

[@maheshpappu2749]

I realyyyyyyyy wish Soman put the wedding in there though, I mean come on!

[@lily_shalev]

Wow girl! almost everything you've mentioned was my exact thoughts, I had a HUGE smile on my face while watching this video and it felt so good. Thank you😊❤ (English is not my native language so yeah I hope it wasn't that bad)

[@LaurenKissReads]

Aw I'm so glad you liked it!! Thank you so much😊

[@aureliaavalon]

Spoilers warning I think that Tedros' annoying, repetitive shortcomings was his entire flaw that stood in his way as king. This lasted for almost six books, damn. No wonder he never did even when he was preparing for it in book four. Until he finally got over them. But again, we only got this at the near END of the book. And that's enjoyable but also a bit too late and far not enough for us readers 😂 i was deeply awed by Professor August Sader's foreseen painting of him as King Tedros the first time i envisioned it (i think revealed in the third book) and somehow knew the author wouldn't write that far. The righteous, dreamy, strong King we imagine King Tedros would only be available to us through imagination. We know he would rule good. But we don't get material on exactly what that ethereal good would be like since the current Tedros keeps changing his stances unlike Chaddick (who we all know is always firm and steady and reliable). In any case, i agree with your view on Tedros completely. I want to believe Soman just made his writing that way so he could only topple over his father's mistakes only by what we think is the end of his story. Edit: Also the plot twists in this book is literal bomb

[@LaurenKissReads]

YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!! He got in his own way the whole time honestly 🤷 And yes omg I LIVE for the plot twists in these books

[@aureliaavalon]

@@LaurenKissReads if soman wrote an afterstory from william's perspective or sth that describes how extremely well Tedros fared after three years of being King then and only then will my heart be at peace with how Tedros was during school and camelot years. Lmao

[@amandasophie650]

It’s not Ryan. It’s Rhian with a short i. Yeah, the author called him that way.

[@alexadjalal770]

SPOILERRR -- massive question thats been eating at me !!! do you think it's weird how agatha never really asked tedros 'are you okay?' while he was discovering all this disturbing stuff about his family (esp when he discovered tht his mom never wanted him to return and when his mom literally DIED in his hands)? like yeah i guess she comforted and supported him sometimes, but without actually ever asking him how he felt ab all of it. she just kinda assumed. maybe its cause he never really opened up to her, and never really felt comfortable opening up to her (as stated in the 4th book), but its so uncharacteristic for agatha to just not care. what/why do you think? other question: in the 4th book (and 5th and 6 techinically), do you think tedros had trouble opening up to agatha because he wanted to sheild her from his problems or because it made him feel inadequate being vulnerable with her (since hes lowkey sexist ew vomit gross) ? SO SORRY FOR THE RANT LMAO i hvnt slept lol

[@24Kurenai]

Agatha has a tendency to put Sophie over Tedros, so you have to ask yourself was Sophie away, was Sophie in danger, cause if Sophie is not close or safe than Agatha usually ignores all else lol. Agatha was also too busy trying to take over Tedros quests and doubting his decisions while keeping secrets from him. In regards to Tedros, you have to remember that Tedros being a fairytale prince was raised a certain way he's carrying toxic masculinity beliefs like showing emotions/thinking being emotional in front of a girl is weak, so that's something he'll have to work on but it also shows how valuable it would be for Tedros to have a male best friend so that he can open up to them like he was doing when Sophie was male or with Rhian b/c it is easier for him to do so. Also Tedros and Agatha tend to keep things from each other to protect each other but that doesn't excuse or explain why they don't open or rather why Tedros doesn't outside of the reasons I gave.

[@rumi1547]

YESSSS I waiting for your review on this book YAYYY FINALLY IM SO HAPPY 🤧🤧🥺

[@LaurenKissReads]

Aw yay!!!!🥺❤️

[@addisonl9827]

I just finished it and I loved the ending!

[@LaurenKissReads]

I'm glad you liked it, and same!!

[@KrewLover4Life]

[Spoiler alert] I swear I was so angry when they left the end of book 6 without going through the wedding but it was honestly adorable that the coven cares about Agatha and Tedros to the point that they helped out with wedding decorations. It shows that Rhian and Japeth's rule seemed to break down the barriers between good and evil as the coven and nevers from the school tried to put Tedros back on his throne

[@caitlin4265]

Unpopular opinion: I never wanted Hort and Sophie together... I'm sorry

[@frannyc7248]

Agree, can I ask what was ur reason for not wanting them together?

[@alishamathew3055]

Me too gurlie

[@caitlin4265]

franny c Sophie doesn't need a relationship, every relationship she has goes wrong. And I also liked Hort with Nicola and I didn't even realise people wanted them together so much

[@frannyc7248]

@@caitlin4265 thank you for answering my question, and honestly I agree. I like sophie and I wanted her to actually go through a character growth by loving herself. An honestly I don't hate hort but he can be creepy towards sophie.

[@caitlin4265]

franny c yep I agree

[@icansingit6711]

Yes tedros is the problem

[@BartimaeusAurelius]

No one probably ever see this but here it is; I've been searching in vain for a children's picture book that I loved as a kid. It's about 2 kings, one good and one evil. The evil invades the good king's kingdom and captures him. The story ends when the followers of the good king rise up and defeat the evil king and rescue their rightful king. Please help!! 🙏

[@KayHatesPeopleOfficial]

how do you feel about a movie being in the making?

[@LaurenKissReads]

I am SO EXCITED! I hope that they do a good job with the final outcome ah!

[@alishamathew3055]

*SPOILER ALERT* I’m sry but when Tedros literally got decapitated I threw my book at the wall, cried for 5 hours, and was mad at the book. 😭🥺 this is probably just me..

[@maheshpappu2749]

ikr! i was crying too!

[@LaurenKissReads]

Honestly sammeeee!!!

[@rachelm2657]

I have only read the first book, but Tetros has a reason to dislike a woman no doing as she is expected. His father loved his wife and trusted her and she ran away with another man. Tetros doesn't even want to fall in love because of his dislike of women. So him yo yo-ing is normal. We don't just unlearn our Tramas coping.

[@CaptainAce847]

(Spoiler alert) Tedros pulls a Batman with his Wizard wish contingency plan, Agatha is still awesome and finally Sophie and Hort ending up together. Beautiful

[@johnanthonybudiongan5555]

Soman's next book is "Beast and Beauty" which is i think a connection to Hort and Sophie

[@p1nk_v3n0m]

When is it coming out?

[@johnanthonybudiongan5555]

@@p1nk_v3n0m i think its on going. Check it in the website.

[@johnanthonybudiongan5555]

I agree that tedros's character development is so bland and just akward but we must also understand that he has so many problems as much as the other characters in the book like all the pressure and all the deaths of his loved ones and then this trials that his father left him, You can't blame him for his incompetence. But amongst all the odds he still manages to find their happy ending. Which only means that his character development although not that promising contributed A LOT especially to Agatha.

[@marisol9606]

This book just kind of...made me hate Sort more tbh

[@briseydaolivares5827]

I 100% agree with your opinion of Tedros

[@jc-fw8dp]

Honestly i wish agatha was paired with someone else

[@24Kurenai]

No

[@neta4768]

You took the words out of my mouth!!!!!! I love hort and sophie I just love it! And I agree eith everything!

[@LaurenKissReads]

I'm glad you liked the video, and yes this book is so good I loved it!!!

[@neta4768]

@@LaurenKissReads Did you try Red queen, and the following King's cage? It's amazing!

[@johnanthonybudiongan5555]

Soman's next book is "Beast and Beauty" which is i think a connection to Hort and Sophie

[@ajiaaljaajla2218]

I think that too but anyways if u have read the one true king can u tell me pls how does it end bcs in my country it isnt translated still

[@johnanthonybudiongan5555]

No spoilers tho...