Rating: 2.5/5 
 ***Minor spoilers & spoilers for book 1*** 
 Amy, having failed at her task to kill Dorothy, has escaped the Emerald City and is being carried to the Wingless Ones' queendom with Ozma by Ollie and Maude. It also seems that after whatever the Order did in the Emerald City, Oz is regaining some of its magic, and Ozma is becoming stronger and more sane. After a run-in with the Lion where Amy uses dark magic to defeat him and steal his courage, she arrives in the queendom. Amy's peace there doesn't last too long when Mombi pops in injured, and tells her that she must seek Polychrome, who resides in Rainbow Falls and may be able to help in finding the rest of the order, and Ozma can lead her there. 
 I didn't find this novel as good as Dorothy Must Die. In the first book, there was a lot more action and gradual build-up of the universe, which I enjoyed. This book is quite short and didn't leave a lot of room for introductions to new characters and places. A lot of the time, I just felt thrown into a situation and I was left confused and having to accept whatever happened. What I did enjoy was that Amy's magic developed a lot, but not necessarily her character. She is still the same old Amy, but for some reason, the dark magic is calling to her, and it's worrying everyone else who thinks that what happened to Dorothy may happen to her. 
 Like I mentioned, I found some things in the book pretty confusing and not well explained, especially the ending. It felt like everything happened all at once in a big wave of confusion, and left me wondering what the hell just happened. (view spoiler)[ I have no idea where Glamora and the others came from, and how the spell worked, and also why would Amy have been able to kill Dorothy even though she wasn't able to in the past? (hide spoiler)] Another thing that had me confused was that (view spoiler)[ Amy wasn't able to kill Dorothy because she didn't have the heart, brain, and courage, but Dorothy also wasn't able to kill Amy. Now we know that those 3 things were for something else, so is that really the reason Amy couldn't kill Dorothy? Also, why wouldn't Dorothy be able to kill Amy? It doesn't make any sense to me. (hide spoiler)] 
 Overall, I thought this sequel was okay but it wasn't anything special. I wish it was longer and had more action and development of characters other than Amy and Ozma/Pete. I will probably read the third book when it comes out, but I won't really be scrambling to get my hands on it once it does. I still think this is worth the read if you enjoyed the first book, though.