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The Storybook of Legends
368 pages
A sparkling, magical boarding school romp about rewriting the rules of your own happily ever after.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a brightly colored, slightly fractured fairy tale where the magic is real but the teenage angst is even realer. The atmosphere is sparkling and whimsical, grounded by the very relatable dread of living up to impossible family expectations. It moves at a brisk, entertaining clip, propelled by bubbly prose that delights in clever puns and self-aware genre tropes. Beneath the enchanting boarding school aesthetics—complete with magical classes and royal cliques—lies a surprisingly earnest exploration of agency, identity, and the courage it takes to disappoint others in order to save yourself. It is a perfect fit for readers who crave the cozy familiarity of classic legends mixed with the rebellious thrill of forging a brand-new path.
- Mood
- whimsical
- sparkling
- rebellious
- enchanting
- Tone
- playful
- earnest
- clever
- dramatic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- defying destiny · weight of expectations · identity versus legacy · female friendship · forging your own path
- The writing
- Bubbly, accessible, and packed with clever fairy-tale puns that keep the narrative feeling light and delightfully self-aware.
- The arc
- The journey shifts from the suffocating anxiety of predetermined expectations to the exhilarating, terrifying thrill of claiming one's own future.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love magical boarding schools, fractured fairy tales, and stories about girls stepping out of their parents' shadows to find themselves.
Content notes
- peer pressure
- mild bullying
- parental expectations
About the book
At Ever After High, an enchanting boarding school, the children of fairytale legends prepare themselves to fulfill their destinies as the next generation of Snow Whites, Prince Charmings and Evil Queens...whether they want to or not. Each year on Legacy Day, students sign the Storybook of Legends to seal their scripted fates. For generations, the Village of Book End has whispered that refusing to sign means The End-both for a story and for a life.
As the daughter of the Evil Queen, Raven Queen's destiny is to follow in her mother's wicked footsteps, but evil is so not Raven's style. She's starting to wonder, what if she rewrote her own story? The royal Apple White, daughter of the Fairest of Them All, has a happy ever after planned for herself, but it depends upon Raven feeding her a poison apple in their future.
What if Raven doesn't sign the Storybook of Legends? It could mean a happily never after for them both.
Description from Open Library.
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