A review by hckilgour
Dorothy Must Die: Stories by Danielle Paige

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

No Place Like Oz: of the three stories this was the best. It truly acted as a novella/prequel should and have light onto something not fully understood in the main series. Overall, you expect Dorothy to act much like she did in the original books so when she starts off as just a frustrated kid you feel for her. Then as the book progresses, she doesn’t exactly become wicked, she more becomes selfish. And the way Em and Henry got taken out, I knew there was a tragedy surrounding them but I didn’t expect them to get taken out wicked witch of the east style.

The Witch Must Burn: I can see why Jellia might have been chosen as the focus of the story, but after reading it, it didn’t give light to anything really, only more questions. And seeing as she was only a secondary character in the first book, I could’ve thought of others I’d be more interested in a story for. After reading this one, I’ve now got more questions about Jellia and fairies as well as the machine for mining magic. All this served to do was explain how Jellia became a spy in the Emerald Palace.

The Wizard Returns: of the three, this was the most fun. Again, the wizard was a very minor character in the series, so he didn’t serve as much of an insight. It was interesting the switch from first to third person when he becomes hex.