A review by livthebooknerd
The School for Good and Evil: The Ever Never Handbook by Soman Chainani

4.0

Full review to come.

Now I really want to reread SGE x3 before Q4G comes out 👀

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My Rating: 4 stars

Full Review: http://livthebooknerd.blogspot.com/2017/08/review-ever-never-handbook-school-for.html

[MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR BOOKS #1-3]
Hey, guys!

I've been dying to get my hands on The Ever Never Handbook for the longest time. Thankfully, during the last major bookoutlet sale (that I took part of), I was able to get my hands on a copy. I've been totally in love with this series since the summer of 2015 and I'm so excited for the new spin-off series that will start in October 2017.

This was a great refresher to the last three School for Good & Evil books. It's been about two years since I read the last book, but reading the Handbook really caused me to want to reread the series. Not to mention I already wanted to reread to prep for Quests For Glory. I hadn't realized how much I missed Chainani's world until actually reading the handbook. I found it really interesting when the handbook delved into the actual changes that were brought on by Sophie's new position as the Dean of Evil. There were often moments where events from book 3 were mentioned and I found myself tearing up. This isn't an actual novel, but it still managed to hit me in the feels.

This book was so colorful and captured the aesthetics of the Ever School and Never School so perfectly. I loved every minute of this book. I totally flew through it, but I'm so glad that this book is a thing. This book captures the world perfectly, it answers the questions that I (and other readers) have been asking since book one. I loved getting a glimpse into the lives of the new students and a glimpse into what to expect in book 4. I was a bit surprised to read about Sophie's attitude, but not really. I can't wait to read Quests for Glory! October cannot come fast enough!

If you loved the School For Good & Evil, or if you love fairy tale retellings you'd love this book. I recommend that you read it after the first three books. There are spoilers, so some of the references would go over your head unless you've read the first three.