EPBOT Readers discussion

Anybody else read that? Just finished the first one and have a lot of mixed feelings! I enjoyed reading it overall, but am wondering what other people think.

I finished the series - it's an enjoyable YA read overall. Several twists & turns with Sophie and Agatha's character development and sometimes I wasn't sure what I thought of the message being delivered. The ending of the trilogy is a bit weak in my opinion but I feel it was worth the read, if for nothing else than a different take on the good vs evil plot.

Melyssa wrote: "Several twists & turns with Sophie and Agatha's character development and sometimes I wasn't sure what I thought of the message being delivered."

Yeah, I think that's what bothered me about it. I couldn't quite pin down what the author was going for. It kind of felt like it was trying to break the "good is pretty, evil is ugly" trope, but it got lost when Agatha suddenly got beautiful when she just learned to smile and that Sophie literally grew warts and lost hair when she acted truly evil. And then when the sides flipped and all the good students got ugly and the evil ones got pretty. I did like that she chose friendship over a traditional "happy ending" with the prince. But then the description for book two seems to imply that she regretted her decision and wants to go back for the prince. Still enjoyable enough to read though, I think I'll finish the series.