Dorothy Must Die Stories Volume 3 audiobook

This might be my favorite set of novellas - they did add more backstory to the official books, and it was more interesting to see the character development of people we didn't get to see much of in the main books.

*****You can read my entire review for Dorothy Must Die: Stories Vol. 3 at Darling & Co.***** Order of the Wicked Order of the Wicked tells the story of Lanadel and how she came to the Order and then ended up in Ev. Because Lanadel isn't a huge part of the DMD series, and is only briefly in The End of Oz, her story was just sort of filler for me.Rating: 6/10 Dark Side of the Rainbow Dark Side of the Rainbow is told from my beloved Polychrome's point of view, just as Dorothy returned to Oz. It also tells the story of Poly and Brite, which I just loved them as a couple.Rating: 10/10 The Queen of Oz The Queen of Oz is the story of Pete and Mombi living isolated in the mountains. Pete annoys me. I haven't like him since he sold out Amy to Glinda in the first book. I know that Mombi was purposely cold towards him because she knew his true identity, but all he does is bitch and moan. However, Pete does fall in love, or at least lust, for the first time in this story.Rating: 5/10My most favorite volume has always been Dorothy Must Die: Stories that told the stories of what the Lion, Scarecrow, and Tinman did in the months/years between Dorothy leaving and returning, but I like learning about the lives of the other characters that we meet, not only throughout the DMD series, but also L Frank Baum Oz's series.

I still like the second set best, but this one was pretty good too. I liked Dark Side of The Rainbow the best. It was pretty cool getting to see Polychrome change in such a short story, and her "Unicorn" was absolutely adorable. I do think reading these before the main story may spoil somethings, but not many. If you like the series, grab these up!

This last volume of stories is my favorite. Polychrome's story is the one I like the most. The Ruler of Oz was good to read but left me wanting to read more. The Order of the Wicked is good too but the character is new and I guess will me mention in the last book of the series. I recommend to read this series before book 4 of the series.

Review in my Wrap Up Vloghttps://youtu.be/mAkPSjN_8eU

The first set of prequels was quite interesting, dealing with Dorothy, the Wizard, and the immediate aftermath of their actions in the Wizard of Oz books/movie. The second set, about the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man were good if a little repetitive. By focusing on other supporting characters in a way that creates dramatically different plots, this series is fresh and wonderful.

Great bundle of the final three novellas in the Dorothy Must Die series.Sad to be ending this series as it is one of my favorites. I think I read the first novel 3 times by now!These books provide one final look into the lives of the recurring characters of the series. Great job!

By far the best out of all 9 novellas in this series!

I think I put off finishing this book because I was sad to finally leave the merry old land of Oz. What an incredible series and set of novellas and stories to accompany it! The novellas filled in so many holes left by the stories and added so much more to the characters!

This is probably my favorite out of all the novella collections. Well, actually I really like the 1-3 collection, too. The Queen of Oz was really interesting as it gave us some background info on Mombi and Pete. I really wish Danielle Paige would write a few more novellas about the other members of the Order, like Glamora, Gert, and especially Nox. We only hear about snippets of his life from the point of view of other characters' stories but I'd like to read something directly about him. But these are the last novellas in the series so.. Who knows, Paige might decide to write something else. After all, we all thought this was gonna be a trilogy and then boom, there was a fourth book lol.

It's rare for me to listen to audio books, and it says a lot about the quality of this series of short stories that not only was I willing to *listen* to them (as this was the only consumption method available to me for getting my hands on this quickly and for free), but also that I listened to the final two novella collections in one sitting. I got this via one of my e-libraries and listened to all three while working on puzzles. Now, I loved all three collections (the first collection is my favorite because I was really into Jellia's story in particular, and Dorothy was more interesting in her short story than she was in any of her POVs in The End of Oz), but as this is a review section, I will be focusing on this final collection in particular. But I do want it to be known that all three collections were equally enjoyable. I would recommend reading the entirety of the Dorothy Must Die main series before diving into these novellas because some of what comes up in these are meant to be huge reveals to the characters involved in the main story. And knowing them in advance would have really lessened their impact if I had come across them before reading Amy's story.Of these final three, my favorite story is probably Dark Side of the Rainbow. Polychrome and Bright (who is a reference to the Oz character Button Bright) were characters from the Oz series that I wasn't surprised to see mentioned in DMD, but was really excited to see *appear* in one of the books. And while I am heartbroken that Paige actually killed of Polychrome in the main story, it was a treat to see her in the days just after Dorothy's takeover. We also get some time to really hang out in Rainbow Falls, which given the speed of the battle in Rainbow Falls in the main story of DMD, was something I feel readers could really enjoy here. Not sure how I feel about them giving Bright a "surfer dude" voice, but I was willing to go with it here.Lanadel's story was apparently released before The End of Oz, and is one I'm glad I never discovered beforehand. Her enmity toward Nox in EoO was a cool little side mystery to work through with Amy, and it would have killed a good 30 pages of angsty investigation from the final DMD book if I had read this first. But I was really intrigued to read about Lanadel having feelings for someone and her indignation at being sent to Ev on what she knows to be a suicide mission. As much as I love Nox, I could see where her enmity in the final DMD book was coming from; when she knew him before, he really did seem more witch than man and he sent their mutual friend into a deadly situation and then sent Lanadel herself into one. He (and the rest of the Order of the Wicked) was asking them to sacrifice their lives in a way they never were asked to do. Interesting back story, but only contains emotional wallop if you've read EoO first.The story I was less interested in was Mombi and Pete's story. While Mombi originally being Glinda's pupil was interesting, it quickly devolved into just explaining how Ozma became Pete and Pete having a crush on a Munchkin. It's not that it's boring (because it isn't), but I feel that Pete was put to better use in Hex's story in the first short story collection. We already knew Pete was gay and that he wanted to be his own man before he was forced to turn back into Ozma, and so we don't really learn anything new in the final second and third parts of this final novella. It would have been more interesting if we just went more in-depth on Mombi's training to be a witch.

** spoiler alert ** I love this whole damn series !! What a fun modernized twist on oz. Pollychrome is one of my fave characters i love her hippie attitude and haha smoking rainbow husks. Bright sounds hot as well. Jellia is another fave of mine and it was a treat to read her backstory and how she came to working for the order. And dorothy is a tryant. Ms. Paige did such a good job describing all the characters that you can imagine them as real life ppl such as ur next door neighbor, waitress or crush. Dorothy reminds me of this spoiled girl i know. As a matter of fact this character fits her down to a t lol. Her dramatic temper tantrums and how she viewz herself as superior to everyone amd thinks the world is supposed to wait on her and her alone. Thats what makes a book fun to read. The only thing i am bummed about was that it wasnt explained why nox owes mombi, maybe i missed it but that i dont understand. I also would have liked to read about how lanadel's capture by the nome king and her change into princess langwidere. I also hope danielle p writes an oz prequel about the beginning of it, lurline and how glinda became so evil.

Another interesting book of three more short stories. In the first story you got to hear Lanadel's story and how she found the order and why she wanted to stay with the witches and learn how to fight. The second story was interesting. It was about Polychrome, the daughter of the rainbow. "Evil" Dorothy is in her story and you find out what she tried to do to Poly. The third story was a little confusing I thought it was going to be about Ozma, but at first it starts out with Mombi. She wants to learn how to use magic but no one will teach her. Then once Mombi has a dream of Lurline the story switches and gets a little interesting and you learn how Ozma grew up as a child. She eventually runs away and finds out who she really is and becomes Queen. The reason I say its confusing is because if you read the Scarecrows story you found out how Ozma became Queen and this ending was a little bit different... Same person got her to the thrown, but it seemed like it happened differently. Other than that it was another great short stories book.

Order of the Wicked4.5/5 starsAfter Lanadel's family is slaughtered by Dorothy's army she sets out to find the Order of the Wicked to fight back and avenge her family. Once she finds them she realizes how hard training to fight against Dorothy is going to be. Features all the main members of the order and Nox and well as Melindra. Dark side of the rainbow5/5 starsFollows Polychrome and Rainbow Falls, how she meets Bright and figures out Dorothy is evil. Really enjoyed this one. Answers some questions about why Rainbow Falls is such a mysterious place and why Poly seems to have her head in the clouds. Queen of Oz3/5 starsFollows Mombi as the main character for the first part and then describes how Pete comes to be then the 2and part is kind of some back story on him. It was kind of boring.

Here’s what this book is about:”Before Amy Gumm lands in Oz in Dorothy Must Die, Dorothy Gale rules a twisted land where the Good have become truly Wicked—and it’s up to the Wicked to stop her reign. Follow your favorite witches from Dorothy Must Die as they form an elusive, secretive group known as the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked and begin training their own army to defeat Dorothy. If the Order wants to save Oz, they’ll need every recruit they can find. But who has what it takes to join the cause?”I listened to this on Scribd. I really enjoyed this short story collection. I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the series.