Children's ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
The School for Good and Evil #3: The Last Ever After
Soman Chainani · 2015
🎙 Narrated by Polly Lee
76/100
👍 Worth It
A clever, satisfying wrap-up to the trilogy that isn't afraid to get properly dark as it questions why 'good' always wins — kids who've loved the first two books will want this ending. It does run noticeably more menacing than the earlier installments, so it's a better fit for the older end of the 10-14 range. Polly Lee's narration wasn't singled out by reviewers, but the story itself carries the show.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Darker, more menacing tone than the earlier two books; may not suit younger or more sensitive readers within the stated 10-14 range.. We still scored it 76; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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🎙 Narration: unknown Narrated by Polly Lee for the Audible/HarperCollins edition; no specific critical commentary on her performance was found.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety78
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing80
Originality75
Evidence & accuracy76
Hype vs delivers64
Age-fit65
Human-eye read78
Penny’s verdict76
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