Kind of ironic that the person she's defending basically said, "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!"

Didn't care much for the sequel. It had a serious case of second-book syndrome. First one was so much better. This story could be wrapped up in two books, not 3. But that's just what I think.

Full Review on The Candid Cover Returning to Danielle Paige’s Oz never felt so good! Amy Gumm is back as a strong and sassy main character who knows how to fight. Also, the setting of Oz is so familiar, yet completely different from what you imagined. Finally, the plot is filled with so many twists and turns you will be furiously turning the pages to find out what happens next!One of the things that I really love about The Wicked Will Rise is how strong the main character, Amy Gumm, is. Sometime...

Evil will always catch up with you. That's why you have to get to it first.Murder, magic and unicorns... Throw in a sassy female lead and an à la Wonderland version of Oz, and you've got The Wicked Will Rise.Remember when I said I really disliked the humor in Dorothy Must Die? I'm happy to say that this book was a thousand times less annoying. Amy's feisty attitude in this book was a lot more realistic, and I felt like the things she said were things I could have said myself in certain situation...

I read Dorothy Must Die over a year ago, shortly after it was released. I really liked it and I was so curious to see what happened next in Amy's story. I wasn't sure what to expect and I think that was a good thing. The Wicked Will Rise jumps right into the story where the first book left off. There wasn't any recap and even though I remembered a lot from the first book, I was a little lost and confused for the first 30 pages of this book. The Wicked Will Rise was a lot weirder than the first b...

A dark Wizard of Oz retelling seemed like the perfect read for the Halloween season.While I loved this series years ago, I’m enjoying it a lot less this time around.The Wicked Will Rise is definitely a slight step down from Dorothy Must Die. In terms of storyline, I found things less interesting since we didn’t see as much of the integral villains like the lion, tinman, scarecrow or Dorothy. Character development improved a lot this book. Nox, Pete and Ozma all received more attention to detail,...

This was still an enjoyable read....but it was also frustrating.I liked being reunited with old characters whom I did really enjoy the first time I read it, but I have to say: This book was all over the place.Whilst we did get to explore more of Oz and therefore, more characters, EVERYTHING was rushed. A battle would occur and be over in what felt like 2 seconds. The writing was really repetitive throughout and it got to a point where I was skimming some of the pages because it was so repetitive...

It's such a shame that I will never read this book, given my love for the first.Never, never, ever touching this with a 15-foot pole.

It should be a no-brainer that I should avoid reading this book. The author is a supporter of HaleToTheNo. I shouldn't even give this book the time of day.And yet and yet and yet. >_< Fuck, man, I really loved DMD. I don't know what to do.

Just read this book in one sitting, just like i did for the first! so amazing...... dying to get the third book! such a cliff hanger!

The re-imagining of the land of Oz is outstanding. The names and personalities remained the same, but everything else turned upside down. It is fun and exciting seeing what surprises lurks as I flip from page to page.Amy Gumm failed, yet again to kill evil Dorothy, letting down the order. On her way to the wingless monkeys, she found and fought the Lion, collected his courage, and sent him cowardly scrambling back to Dorothy. Amy still needed to find the Scarecrow's brain, but then what? She has...

This is my third time around reading this book and my thoughts remain the same, I freaking LOVED it!!! Dorothy Must Die was utterly amazing but The Wicked Will Rise is on a whole other level! This book is nonstop action and twists and turns the whole way through. I really love this re-telling, it's really just absolutely perfect. I've also grown to really love the characters, and most of all, grown to love the delicious wickedness of this series and how it just turns everything about the story y...

Well I hate it when books end this way.How you ask?Like you're reading, and you're finally into it, and you can finally feel the passion and emotion guiding the characters, and you turn the next page to know what happens next, and BAM! Back ads.Talk about anti climatic.1.5.14: 2015?Not like I have any other option.

This book was utter shit. It felt like I was reading a completely different story from the first book, what the actual fuck? What a waste of 293 pages. If you liked the first book DON'T read this, just save yourself the disappointment.

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UPDATE#3: I'VE READ IT AND ITS ACTUALLY REAL GOOD SO I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A LIL REVIEW LMAO. Ok, ok, alright. This book was so much smaller than Dorothy Must Die, and of course Dorothy Must Die was slightly better, but it isn't THAT AS a disappointment like people say it is. I mean yeah, it was short and kinda rushed. But can we say CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT??God, Amy's character development was actually real interesting in this book. omg, and unlike some people i think I loved it. I was unsure at fi...

*4.5 Stars* When you claim your name, what will it be? I think there’s a certain standard in which second books are expected to live up to. In no way is it fair, because, especially with me, the first book in a series is always leagues above the rest-it’s just the way it is. When I fall in love with a series, it’s no light thing. I become obsessed and nothing is likely to please me any time soon. That being said-I have high standards. After devouring a 100% 5 star book, I want the same superio...

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014...There's the article about Hale that everyone has been talking about. And it's not going to prevent me from reading this book.Yes, she took it waaaay too far, but Danielle Paige did nothing wrong, She gave her support to her, big deal! Fans stalk authors all the time, and harass them. Hale shouldn't have done what she did. Daniella simply said it was something all authors wished they could do, that doesn't mean she'll do it, or wants to mow down the rights

Well crap. That was boring.That’s my exact thought as I read the last phrases of the book. “Rise, little witch,” Glamora said. “Take your place among us.”I stepped forward. I cringed. What the hell did I just read? By those words, I don’t mean what-the-hell-did-I-just-read-it-was-too-awesome-and-shocking. Rather it was what-the-hell-is-this-nothing-makes-sense-and-it-was-too-boring-to-comprehend!Maybe it’s just me. But really, I can’t appreciate much of this.The first book, Doroth

WOW!!! What an amazing sequel. I loved how it picked up exactly after how the first book ended. I loved the characters. I loved the storyline. I literally loved EVERYTHING about this book and I mean EVERYTHING. It's all kind of AWESOMENESS.