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Violence
Some
Fantasy combat and competition; some deaths; the villains have genuine menace
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Romantic tension appropriate to the YA audience
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological difficulty of being told you are the villain
What this book is about
Every four years, two children are taken from the village of Gavaldon to the School for Good and Evil—one to each side, one to become a hero, one to become a villain. Sophie, beautiful and ambitious, expects Good. Agatha, strange and plain, expects Evil. They get the opposite. Chainani's MG/YA fantasy is built around the smart premise that the categories of 'Good' and 'Evil' are more complicated than fairy tales suggest, and delivers genuine plot twists in service of that thesis.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Fantasy violence and some dark content
The premise challenges how we categorize 'good' and 'evil'
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