Filip turns back into Sophie as the spell wears off. Tedros is confused and angry, before Evelyn has her butterflies fly out of the trees as they carry the Storian and Evelyn to the trio. Evelyn brings out Sophie and Agatha's fairy tale book and lets the Storian write. Agatha and Tedros kiss because Agatha told Sophie that she couldn't trust her anymore, and Sophie was turning into a witch again. The Storian is about to finish writing the end, but Evelyn stops it. Evelyn reveals that it was not Agatha's wish that brought them back to the school, but rather Sophie's wish to see her mother, who had been abandoned by her husband when she fell sick and later died. Sophie, in grief, having lost her village, her family and now her best friend, accepts her wish, and Evelyn conjures the School Master's ghost, in the guise of Sophie's mother. Sophie kisses the ghost and as it becomes the School Master, who explains that a true love's kiss can even revive the dead, just as Agatha revived Sophie. The School Master kills Evelyn and sends Agatha home. The School Master tries to kill Tedros, but Agatha manages to grab Tedros and takes him with her. Sophie however, is left behind refusing to leave the School Master, stating that he was the only one who didn't abandon her. The two schools become a malevolent School for Evil together. As the two girls are separated, they both remain in the arms of the ones who love them, their wishes granted. Background Chainani stated when he had come up with the idea for The School for Good and Evil, remembered writing down "Book 2: A World Without Princes": "My brain clearly had the series worked out in my subconscious — because the title was waiting for me all along." He liked the idea of Agatha not being a "trustworthy" hero since he grew bored of stories where the heroes always made the right choices. In the book, Agatha had to choose between her prince and her best friend in which there was no right answer. A World Without Princes was first published on April 15, 2014. Promotion By March 18, 2014, a trailer was released which was animated by Manny Palad and Michael Blank. Translations The book has been translated into at least 23 languages. Reception In his review on Common Sense