This was the second prequel in the Dorothy Must Die series. I think that I liked this a bit better than No Place Like Oz (prequel #1). I say this mainly because of Jellia. I love her! And I found Dorothy a little bit (*cough a lot a bit *cough) annoying. (view spoiler)[This prequel, I would say started off just a few months (weeks) after the first prequel. This time it was told through Jellia's point of view instead of Dorothy. I think that Danielle Paige does an excellent job of portraying different characters with different personalities. She does it very well. So Jellia is telling the story and we learn that Dorothy has taken over and Ozma has resumed a jelly-like state. Jellia has become Dorothy's best maid and Dorothy relies on her for everything, well except for advice, including serving GLinda. Glinda keeps a close eye on Jellia and decides that she wants to take Jellia back to her palace. Dorothy refuses and Glinda uses magic on her to persuade her and Jellia can literally see the magic. Later we discover that Jellia is part fairy meaning that Oz's magic is literally coursing through Jellia. As soon as Jellia and Glinda arrive at Glinda's home, Jellia is put in this machine that the scarecrow and Glinda have been working on, meant to take Oz's magic straight from the ground, to start it up, it does not work and Jellia passes out. Glinda expresses her disappointment and tells Jellia to do better next time, which is terrifying! Jellia meets Nox and she tells him (most of the stuff) Jellia needs to know to survive at Glinda's palace. Weeks pass with no horrible events, we start to have suspicions that Jellia is more powerful than she knows. Then towards the end of the prequel, Dorothy demands that Jellia come back to her palace because she is in need of good service, and clearly Jellia is the best! Before Jellia heads back though, Glinda has her test out the machine one more time, if Jellia doesn't die she will go back to Dorothy. Jellia almost dies but Nox saves her and brings her to The Revolutionary Order of the Wicked, they heal her. We find out that The Order's goal is to defeat Dorothy and Glinda and anyone within their circle, and to restore Oz to Ozma's power and true beauty. The Order gets Jellia to be their inside woman. At the end of the prequel, Jellia returns to Dorothy with a mission. (hide spoiler)] Since I have read Dorothy Must Die before I read this prequel, I knew about certain characters and certain outcomes, so that took away some of the surprise. If you don't mind knowing things in advance then read the prequels whenever, however if you do care, i suggest reading the prequels before you read Dorothy Must Die. I truly enjoyed this and think that it was very well written. I am looking forward to the next prequel! 
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