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The Wicked Will Rise

The Wicked Will Rise Book Cover The Wicked Will Rise
Dorothy Must Die, Book 2
Danielle Paige
HarperCollins
May 31, 2015
Hardcover
304

In this sequel to the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die, who is good—and who is actually Wicked?

My name is Amy Gumm—and I'm the other girl from Kansas.

After a tornado swept through my trailer park, I ended up in Oz.

But it wasn't like the Oz I knew from books and movies. Dorothy had returned, but she was now a ruthless dictator. Glinda could no longer be called the Good Witch. And the Wicked Witches who were left? They'd joined forces as the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked, and they wanted to recruit me.

My mission?

Kill Dorothy.

Except my job as assassin didn't work out as planned. Dorothy is still alive. The Order has vanished. And the home I couldn't wait to leave behind might be in danger.

Somehow, across a twisted and divided land, I have to find the Order, protect the true ruler of Oz, take Dorothy and her henchmen down—and try to figure out what I'm really doing here.

 

Review:

I don’t even know where to begin with “The Wicked Will Rise”, but to give you fair warning, this review will include a lot of gushing.

Picking up immediately where “Dorothy Must Die” left off, “The Wicked Will Rise” begins with action and only allows you to catch your breath a couple of times in the entire book.  Building on the Oz created by Frank L. Baum, Danielle Paige writes with an obvious love for the source material that shows through in everything addressed in both books of the series.  It manages to be both totally different and familiar at once.  It’s almost as though she has summoned some old magic in the process.

There are some new characters appearing in Oz in “The Wicked Will Rise”, along with the return of Amy Gumm.  She’s as tough and hilarious as in the first, and the new ones can be described as wonderful in all ways.  They’re true to the world of fairy tales and could easily become confused with the characters from the original Oz books.

I recommend it to everyone who loves Oz and it old enough to handle some scary things, which if we’re being honest, is exactly what real fairy tales contained in the first place.  It’s a lot of fun, a quick read, and will leave you wanting the next one immediately.  No sophomore slump for Danielle Paige in “The Wicked Will Rise”!

 

Content Warning:

Language, Mild Sexual Content, Violence, Animal Death