I don't think this book should settle at 4 or 5 stars. I'm keeping it at 5 though because it shouldn't go lower in my opinion. :) It didn't have as much story to it, but I actually liked this one more than the previous book and novellas in this series because of that reason. Amy's internal struggle with herself was more interesting to me than the involvement of other characters. 
 I mean, she is in Oz, and I'm sure that's a completely complex place to be. Just like how the Forbidden Forest in HP messes with your mind and soul; Oz does that act same thing unknowingly until it happens. 
 Overall, not a perfect 5 but pretty close. Another reason I leave it at 5 is because the first book in this series, Dorothy Must Die, was WAY too lengthy for me. Don't get me wrong; I couldn't put it down but it just went on and on and on, blah blah blah. I wanted more action in book 1. And this is what you get in 'Rise.' There's a lot of doing rather than planning, there's no moping around. Just action for Amy to beat some ass!