In this fantasy/mystery book there are two main characters who live in a very small town in the middle of a large forest. First there is the blonde and beautiful Sophie, who spends her day trying out potions and drinking cucumber juice, which she believes makes her look even more beautiful. Then there is her complete opposite: Agatha, who has manky, black hair, is ugly and lives in the graveyard with her maniacal cat and her mother – who just happens to be the village witch doctor.

The two girls are good friends and hang out a lot, despite their differences. But for five years, mysterious happenings have occurred in the village. On a certain day every year, two kids go missing, stolen away by The SchoolMaster. The reason behind his name is in the villiage people's fairytale books, where they noticed something strange: all the kids ever stolen away were in the books – one the villain, the other the hero!

So they came to believe that when two kids disappeared, The SchoolMaster takes them away to a school, split into two castles – one for Good and one for Evil. Here they are dropped into their school of fate to learn either good or evil.

Sophie wants to be taken by The SchoolMaster to learn the ways of a princess, whereas Agatha just wants for her friend and her to be left totally alone. Believe it or not, the two girls are taken by The SchoolMaster but things do not go as planned.

There are no words to describe how much I truly loved reading this amazing book. There was a trick around every corner – and in some parts of the book there was, quite literally, a trick around every corner!

My favourite character is Agatha because I can relate to her, and because in my mind I picture Sophie as snooty and stuck up. I can definitely say that my favourite page was the last page of the whole book, for the ending was described amazingly well and I could picture it entirely in my mind. I highly recommend this book to children between the ages of 9-14, and anyone else who likes the sound of it. Book 2, A World without Princes, is out later this year.

Check out the trailer for the first book: