These companion stories are great! Really gives you more motivations for the characters in the series.

I had heard about Dorothy Must Die but haven't yet read it. As a child I had once read the translated version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and enjoyed the amazing fantasy world author L. Frank Baum created. In Dorothy Must Die: Stories, we have three prequels from before the events of Dorothy Must Die The characters in those novellas/prequels are originally based on/from the first two books of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz series. And here is my thought:No Place Like OzAfter reuniting with her Unc...

DNFI'm just not into it. There's too many books/novellas/whatevers for this world, and I don't even like the original series all that much.

I rarely enjoy novellas, but this collection was really good.

Filler Not necessary to read to enjoy the series, but the stories do use characters from those books My favorite was the first one, which was the longest, about Dorothy's return to Oz

I might be a little bias.. Because I just love this series.. :)There's no Place like home:Except from what happened to Oz, I keep asking myself while reading Dorothy Must Die..*What happened to Dorothy really?*How did she become evil from being a nice and kind girl she was?*How did she manage to return to Oz? and*Why did she return at all when all she wanted to do was to go home, back from Kansas, when she was still at Oz? *What happen to her after she returned from Kansas? All of those question...

I'm always a bit wary of novellas as they're usually either a big hit or a big miss for me. I'm glad to say that these were most definitely a huge hit for me! I loved getting to see the behind the scenes/prequel stuff that I always wanted to know more about while reading the original series. Each novella showed a different character and told their story from before the original series and I just ate it up! I really enjoyed each novella and honestly have zero complaints about any of them. I loved...

4 emeralds.At first when I read Dorothy Must Die, I did wonder how Dorothy came back to Oz. Since I don't own an e-reader, I was left in the dark for a while. Then when the bind up of the three prequel novellas came out, I was excited to find out more about Dorothy and the other characters.No Place Like Oz. It was quite the ride reading from Dorothy's POV. What's even more surprising, I actually sympathized with her. I think we can all agree that we want more. And by that, I mean we want to expl...

(1) ᗰIᖇᗩᑕᒪᕮᔕ ᗩᖇᕮ ᑎOT Tᕼᕮ ᔕᗩᗰᕮ ᗩᔕ ᗰᗩGIᑕ. The problem I always had with this author was her writing. When I read Dorothy Must Die I wanted to tear my hair out because Amy is such an awful character, and so my idea was that her writing could be better ... but that isn't it at all. It's unfortunate because her main character ruins everything, but Paige is a really, really wonderful author. She paints such vivid pictures and crafts all the silliness of Oz into her books as if the land was a natural p...

This is post originally on Vivian's Book Pavilion I’m finally reading this book!!!! I’ve wanted to read it after I finished The Wicked Will Rise and Yellow Brick War…and now…I finish it!!!! Congratulation to me!!! I’m now moving toward the second book of Dorothy Must Die Stories!!! By the way…huge announcement—I complete my Goodreads Reading Challenge!!!! 100 books complete!!!! Yeah!!!! More to go on now!!! Now…Dorothy Must Die Stories contains three short stories before Amy Gunn arrived Oz: N...

Three short stories that take place leading up to the events in Dorthy Must Die. Overall I really liked them. While giving some insight into characters and situations I don't feel it spoiled anything. in fact it sometimes added more questions to my arsenal. NO PLACE LIKE OZ -Wow. I felt this ties in nicely to the original story. The main differences is that I felt Oz is a bit more fantastical here (flaming toast, prebuttered, cooked corn still on the stalks, etc) and that Dorothy seems a bit con...

No Place Like Oz : 4 starsThe Witch Must Burn : 3 starsThe Wizard Returns : 3 starsThe first novella definitely was my favorite, but all three of them do help a lot in helping readers understand who the characters were before Dorothy Must Die and how they became who they were.The writing is okay in all of them - I don't think any of them really grabbed me like Dorothy Must Die did, but like I said, the first novella did appeal to me the most.

Less than impressive collection that did not quite manage to add the depth I expected. I was hoping the backstories would really enhance what has been an entertaining series, but they felt flat and lacking (although what, I cannot say). I will continue on, as I have devoted so much at this point it seems impossible not too. The one benefit is that the first novella easily solidified my disdain for Dorothy. So there is that.

Second readI loved this book a lot more than the first time around. I had a lot more appreciation for the characters and their backstories. Need to get a move on into the next story!First readfinished this book late lat night and I have to say that I didnt enjoy it as much as I hoped I would. The only story I really loved was The Witch Must Burn and the rest were to long and a bit boring in my opinion..

The stories are good. How Dorothy twist her sweet personality into a greedy brat. It was also a sad story and how darkness consume her mind. The Witch Must Burn was really interesting and good. After reading The Wizard Returns made you understand on what side he is actually is and how despicable the character is like Dorothy... or worst.

I like reading these prequel stories and getting more information about what happened in Oz before Amy gets there in the main novels. It's especially interesting seeing how Dorothy got back to Oz and changed into the evil bitch we know her as in the books. Each story had their own narrator which I liked and helped me separate each novella. This really makes me want to read the books over again, they're so good!

In Dorothy Must Die, we see very different versions of the Oz characters we known and love, and there's a lot of confusion and ambiguity around it. This collection of prequel novellas provides some much needed clarity. How did Dorothy Gale turn into an evil queen? Is she really evil, or is someone else behind it? Is Glinda a good witch or a bad witch? What happened to the Wizard when he left Oz? And what, exactly, is up with this Revolutionary Order of the Wicked? Lots of questions... and thankf...

I thought it was good but there was not that much action in it. I think if you are going to read this book read Dorothy must die before Dorothy must die stories. It will make so much more sense.

There are 3 stories in this book:1) No Place Like Oz2) The Witch Must Burn3) The Wizard ReturnsAll 3 stories are from Dorothy, Jellia and the Wizard's point of view respectively. As I never read Dorothy Must Die before, by reading this, I hope it can prepare me more when I finally do read it.This book has been a fast read for me. Overall, it is an interesting one.

And this book is a bind up of the most recent Dorothy Must Die novellas that take place before the events of the first book.My rating on each novella:No Place Like Oz: 5 starsThe Witch Must Burn: 4.5 starsThe Wizard Returns: 3 starsOverall a good read and at least we get to witness Dorothy's road to corruption which was nice.