| $@%&! level: None “Bedroom” level: None Violence level: Low Back Cover: “On Legacy Day each of the students at the Ever After High boarding school sign the Storybook of Legends and pledge to fulfill their destinies as the next generation of Snow Whites, Prince Charmings, and Evil Queens. Everyone believes that refusing to sign means both you and your story will vanish forever after. Poof! Raven Queen, however, is having doubts. As the daughter of the Evil Queen, it is her destiny to give the poisoned apple to Snow White's daughter. But Raven has a spark of rebellion in her heart, and she knows one thing for sure: Evil is so not her style. On the other hand, the royal Apple White, daughter of the Fairest of Them All, cannot wait for Legacy Day! It will be the day she shuts the book on getting her Happily Ever After. But her destiny is intertwined with Raven's and if rebel Raven doesn't sign the Storybook of Legends, it could mean a Happily Never After for them both.” |
I think this is one of the things I love most about this book, that it takes into account the idea that the majority of people are actually more or less decent individuals who don’t really want to hurt anyone. Raven may have inherited the role, but definitely not the attitude. In fact, she’s more friends with Apple than anything, and the only reason she even considers going through with the whole thing is that Apple desperately wants to follow the set story and have her own Happily Ever After. (I’m not sure she’s given as much consideration to the idea as she maybe should have, since the story requires Raven to be her step-mother, which does mean that Snow White will have to die. Not exactly the optimal outcome.)
So...if fairytales don’t just happen naturally, but have to be made to happen, the next thing to wonder is this: exactly who is making them happen? And why? And is that person actually going to try to convince Apple to dye her hair black? Only one of these questions is answered in this book, but it’s certainly an interesting ponderment to ponder.