We’ve rid Oz of two outsider murderers. Glinda is next.First, the Oz just had to go vote in some yahoo who crashed here in a flying balloon. He turned Oz against the Sentinels and everyone started calling us witches. There were always four Sentinels protecting Oz—North, South, East, and West. I swear, everyone where that Wizard comes from must be an utter sociopath because the next person who … sociopath because the next person who ended up in Oz dropped a house on my aunt and murdered my mother. She stole my aunt’s silver slippers right off her corpse like some savage.
Glinda has established herself as the Good Witch of the South and abandoned her duties as a Sentinel. She wants to rule Oz instead of balancing the Four Points. Instead of learning from our ancestors, Glinda wants everyone to learn magic and compete for the honor of being one of the four Sentinels at Emerald City Academy. I’m competing against Munchkins, Winkies, Quadlings, and that psychopathic farm girl has been invited because she’s Glinda’s golden girl. The Gillikins in the North seem to be suspiciously left out of the school, which is odd because when good and Wicked Witch assignments were being given out, Locasta was crowned Good Witch of the North.
I honestly don’t know if Dorothy is dense or just evil. She’s got a Munchkin fan club and they are picking on my cousin Saffron because they think her mother was the Wicked Witch of the East. I can’t do anything about it because I have to figure out what this school is really about. I’ve got my Winkie friend Oprix, and Idris, the Prince of the Flying Monkeys here with us. No one knows the Flying Monkeys can now shift into men. The Quadling Headmaster, Daxar, seems to be on my side.
Someone started this. Someone broke Oz. It’s up to me, the daughter of the alleged Wicked Witch of the West to fix it. If I have to murder Dorothy Gale and Glinda the Good, so be it. I’m fixing Oz and restoring the Sentinels. No one at this school is taking my birthright.
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Instead of balance in Oz, there is chaos. Scamming crazy interlopers from some place called Kansas. Thieves and murderers calling sentinels evil witches.
If Oz has been re-arranged into an awful and terrible horrorscape, now may well be the time to reclaim it and set things right.
Otherwise, more chaos ahead.
Not somewhere over the rainbow where you really want to fly- unless you like magical butt kicking adventures!
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*Spoiler Alert*
Before you read this book forget all you think you know about the Land of Oz. Munchkins arent singing and happy all the time. Theyre bullies, snide and backstabbers. Dorothy is Queen Bee and revered by the Munchkins even though shes killed people. Also the difference between good and evil is determined by people and magic even if its not the truth. Everyone has an ulterior motive. Both good and bad. So after years of being ostracized Francesca (FMC) and cousin Saffron are forced to enrol in Emerald City Academy by Glinda (the so called good witch) in order to become Sentinels. Guardians of Oz. Attending this Academy might give them both the answers they need about their mothers deaths and uncover secrets that others are hiding to help Oz too. Loved this take on the Oz story. Its a great joyride of a book. Fast-paced, full of action and the characters were absolutely fantastic
I absolutely loved this twist on the Oz story. I cannot wait to see where this series is going to go. I immediately fell into the story and could not put it down. You will feel for all of the characters especially Frankie. I can already tell that I am going to hope for more stories as a spin off.
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After reading the Wizard of Oz as a child and watching the movie multiple times as I grew up, I always felt Glinda, “the GOOD witch” was the wickedest witch of all because she knew how to send Dorothy home from the very beginning and forced her to go through all of the various problems to get home. This book picks up where the Wizard of Oz ended, ignoring all of the sequels written by the original author.
Dorothy has returned to Oz and the daughters of the Wicked Witches she killed are quite unhappy about it. Glinda has set up a school to teach the people of Oz to be sentinels and Dorothy is attending. The daughters of the Wicked Witches attend as well. What follows is an adventure of finding the strongest to be sentinels and finding who can be trusted to fight the evil that is facing Oz.
This book is the first in a series. Be aware of this prior to beginning it. The HEA does not occur in this book, but will likely occur in a later novel.
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This is a really good book. It’s written well, well-thought out and flows nicely. I absolutely loved the concept around there being a different side to the Wizard of Oz. The characters are great and diverse and there is an element of mystery that keeps you reading. It’s not predictable in any way.
My only disappointment is that I was expecting more sex scenes. Having said this, this is the first book in a series and is about setting the scene and letting the readers get to know the characters. More sex scenes wouldn’t have been right in this book as the series needs to build up to it. I am really looking forward to reading book 2.
If she hasn’t already done so, the author should write a PG version of this book. I know it will sell really well.
Frankie has two allies in Oprix and Idris. Glinda has her own agenda for ruling Oz. Daxar and Galen have conflicting loyalties. Good book, well written!
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