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It’s not what you are but what you do

The School for Good and Evil Book 1 by Soman Chainani

September 26, 2022 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr14bingo Question (Bingo)— How did I not know I had this book? Why did it take me so long to finally read it? What do “good” and “evil” even mean? Looking over my bookshelves as I often do figuring out what to read next, this book, which I think has been there for years, recently stood out because I recognized it as the title of a movie coming out on Netflix in October. I have no idea how I came to be in possession of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr14, cbr14bingo, ElCicco, fairy tale, Fiction, question, Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil, YA

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:44 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, cbr14, cbr14bingo, ElCicco, fairy tale, Fiction, question, Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil, YA ·
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into the woods to see the troll, to meet the boy, to sell the girl, to trick the teens, to catch the murderer, to erase the memories, to exact revenge…

The Prince and the Troll by Rainbow Rowell

Hazel and Gray by Nic Stone

The Princess Game by Soman Chainani

The Cleaners by Ken Liu

The Wickeds by Gayle Forman

December 27, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Back at it again with another Amazon Original Series! My brain is totally fried with year-end nonsense, but this series has given me nice little breaks while going about my day-to-day chores and adventures. I didn’t need any convincing to give this collection a “go”; I love a good fairytale retell or folklore restructure- no one will ever come close to Angela Carter, but I certainly won’t leave them out in the cold! The Prince and the Troll 3/5 I know that YOU know this, but […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Amazon Original Faraway, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, curses, fairy tale, fairy tale adaptation, Faraway, folklore, folklore adaptation, Gayle Forman, hansel and gretel, ken liu, magic, modern fairy tale, nic stone, Rainbow Rowell, Soman Chainani

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:151 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Amazon Original Faraway, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, curses, fairy tale, fairy tale adaptation, Faraway, folklore, folklore adaptation, Gayle Forman, hansel and gretel, ken liu, magic, modern fairy tale, nic stone, Rainbow Rowell, Soman Chainani ·
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The concept is better than the execution

The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

November 12, 2019 by Malin 1 Comment

Official book description: The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own. The other was homely and odd, an outcast from birth. An opposing pair, plucked from youth and spirited away. This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11, fairy tale retelling, Fairy Tales, historical fantasy, Malin, middle grade, mystery, romantic, Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil, Young Adult

Malin's CBR11 Review No:79 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11, fairy tale retelling, Fairy Tales, historical fantasy, Malin, middle grade, mystery, romantic, Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil, Young Adult ·
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