East of Envy By Nikki St. Crowe
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 Stars: Love)
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️(5/5 Peppers: Extra Spicy)
Tropes: Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers
Genre: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Romance
Tags: Magic, Fairy Tale, Fairy Tale Retelling, Wizard of Oz, Dark, Book Review
Series: The Great and Terrible Land Book 2
Dorothy has been left to die along with the Tin by the Wizard of Oz, Rook. After he used her to kill the Witch of the West and break her heart. The two now are coming together to fight him because the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Only they first need to find someone to help Dorothy with her magic. And the Tin is trying to also get his brother Gabriel back. Will they be able to find what they need, or will Oz be out for their blood?
This is the second book in the Great and Terrible Land. Dorothy is learning more about her connection to Oz and her past. She is being hard on herself while going through her self-discovery. Tin may not have a heart but still feels that he must keep Dorothy alive even if it is just to battle his brother. Rook is so dark, and you want to hate him, and yet there is a side to him that is endearing. The take that the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, and Cowardly Lion are all brothers is brilliant. Oz isn’t anything like the original stories, its dark and has even more magic than you can imagine. The story is fast-paced and kept me turning the page. I loved reading this book and look forward to reading the next book in the series, South of Sin.
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Pages: 320
Read: Digital
From: Kindle+
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“Oz smiles like a fairy tale and bites like a curse. And Dorothy is trapped in its teeth.
Dorothy Gale has been betrayed by the Wizard of Oz; he used her, broke her, and left her stranded in a strange land.
Now she’s forced to team up with the last person she should trust: the Tin Woodman. A heartless mercenary with an axe to grind and nothing left to lose. Because the Wizard didn’t just steal his heart, he took Tin’s little brother, Gabriel, too.
Everything about Tin is dangerous. And the closer Dorothy gets, the harder it is to tell what scares her more—his blade, or the fire he ignites within her.
But defeating the Wizard won’t be easy. His magic hums beneath every brick and coils through every whisper, until you’re walking in circles on the Yellow Brick Road. He has all of Oz under his spell and more power than anyone. Or does he?
Because Dorothy is more than she seems, and the longer she’s in Oz, the more she remembers. Things about her past, about what she is, and about the magic awakening inside her.”
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