One of the upcoming books that has been on my radar is Danielle Paige’s debut novel Dorothy Must Die. This is set in the world of L Frank Baum’s Oz in which a modern day Kansas teen is taken to Oz and tasked with bringing down the current despotic tyrant, our old friend Dorothy Gale. The concept sounded intriguing and I have heard some excited buzz around this. So you can imagine I was excited when I discovered that there is a prequel out called No Place Like Oz which tells the story of how plucky Kansas girl Dorothy became a tyrant. At 132 pages it’s a pretty decent length for a novella. The electronic copy also includes a snippet from Dorothy Must Die. I loved No Place Like Oz and it’s really whetted my appetite for Dorothy Must Die. It is based on the L Frank Baum stories rather than the 1939 Judy Garland movie – it mentions the Silver Slippers rather than the movie’s ruby ones (apparently it was felt red made a stronger visual punch than silver) and references characters such as the China Girl and Saw-horse who only appear in the books. Some reviewers have been…
One of the upcoming books that has been on my radar is Danielle Paige’s debut novel Dorothy Must Die. This is set in the world of L Frank Baum’s Oz in which a modern day Kansas teen is taken to Oz and tasked with bringing down the current despotic tyrant, our old friend Dorothy Gale. The concept sounded intriguing and I have heard some excited buzz around this. So you can imagine I was excited when I discovered that there is a prequel out called No Place Like Oz which tells the story of how plucky Kansas girl Dorothy became a tyrant. At 132 pages it’s a pretty decent length for a novella. The electronic copy also includes a snippet from Dorothy Must Die. I loved No Place Like Oz and it’s really whetted my appetite for Dorothy Must Die. It is based on the L Frank Baum stories rather than the 1939 Judy Garland movie – it mentions the Silver Slippers rather than the movie’s ruby ones (apparently it was felt red made a stronger visual punch than silver) and references characters such as the China Girl and Saw-horse who only appear in the books. Some reviewers have been…