The Forest of Good and Evil Books in Order

The Forest of Good and Evil is a young adult fantasy series set in Enchantia, where familiar fairy tales describe events that may still lie ahead. Gena Showalter treats those stories as prophecies rather than records of a safely distant past. Characters can discover that a role has been assigned to them before they understand what it requires. The series uses that premise to question the labels of hero and villain, giving its central young women reasons to resist the futures other people expect them to fulfill.

The Evil Queen follows Everly Morrow, who grows up in the mortal world without knowing her royal origins. Her ability to communicate with mirrors reveals a connection to Enchantia and a disturbing possible future. She is supposed to become Snow White’s enemy. Returning to her birthplace brings powers she does not fully control, along with people who may already view her through the prophecy. Everly must decide how to respond when the story defining her seems to leave little room for a different choice.

Knowing a tale does not mean knowing whom to trust.

Everly’s attraction to Roth Charmaine, the apparent Prince Charming, gives the opening book a romantic conflict tied directly to that uncertainty. The roles suggest that their connection cannot work, yet their feelings do not simply follow the expected script. Betrayal makes the darker path more tempting, turning the question of villainy into something personal. Everly is not only trying to avoid an abstract destiny. She is responding to what people do to her while wondering whether each angry reaction brings the prophecy closer to fulfillment.

The Glass Queen shifts focus to Princess Ashleigh Charmaine-Anskelisa, whose weak heart has helped define how others see her. She appears to lack magic, but blackouts, strange whispers, and an unexpected resistance to fire challenge that assumption. Her connection to the Cinderella prophecy also becomes complicated by Saxon, a dangerous royal associated with an earlier ruler’s return. He believes she may be linked to his own greatest enemy and is competing to marry her stepsister. Familiar fairy-tale expectations therefore become sources of suspicion rather than reliable guidance for romance.

Begin with The Evil Queen, followed by The Glass Queen, to enter the shared realm through its different heroines. The tone combines romantic fantasy with dark uncertainty about fate, power, and how stories shape people’s judgments. Mirrors, slippers, royal titles, and midnight retain their familiar associations while acquiring different meanings within Enchantia. Readers who enjoy retellings that make characters argue with the roles assigned to them will find that conflict at the center. The continuing question is whether a prophecy identifies who someone truly is, or becomes a pressure that helps create the person it claims merely to predict.