3.5 stars

After being pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed my reread of Dorothy Must Die, I had a feeling this would be a good read… and it certainly was. I read this 400+ book in a single evening because I literally just could put it down. It was addictive. The pacing was just so on point. I had to keep flipping the pages. I just loved how the story took a journey/quest direction. It gave the opportunity to explore Oz and learn more about the types of people and creatures which live there. With that being said, I don’t think I quite loved the characters to the extent I did in the first book. In this sequel, we focus very much on Amy and don’t get to see a lot of our favourite secondary characters. I don’t dislike Amy, but she is hardly the most lovable type of character. She isn’t meant to be, I know. But is hard to be in her head 24/7 without some frustration, you know? I think that the audiobook was definitely what helped bring her to life and I wish my library would have stocked the audiobook instead. Like I said though, the world-building and plotline was incredible. The ending absolutely slayed me. I had no idea it would be so emotional or dramatic! I definitely need to get my hands on the sequel as soon as humanly possible...