Well color me surprised. I thought this book was about Glinda but it’s mostly about Jellia – although she and Glinda spend the book together. So I guess it’s a two-fer.
So far, this is the shortest of the Dorothy Must Die series and two prequel novellas at 67 pages. And to be fair, not a lot happens in this book. Jellia is working in Dorothy’s palace…I realize “working” might be a misnomer, as she really doesn’t have much of a choice at this point, but isn’t that how many of us feel in our jobs? And let’s be real, some of us have bosses who may resemble Dorothy, if not in a fun, fashion sense, then in an evil, heart of darkness way.
And Glinda, running a close second in the race for Worst Boss Ever decides to borrow Jellia from Dorothy for a few months for torture sessions and manicures.
At Glinda’s palace, Jellia feels under utilized as a basic servant but as a result meets brooding bad boy Nox and is introduced to the idea of his stormy expressions and the Order. She gets just a small taste of the Order too, at the end of the book.
And…that’s it. It’s not super memorable, but it provides a little bit of context for how Jellia starts working for the Order. While not much happens, it’s short enough that I’m not annoyed by reading it. But I don’t think I’ve missed anything too important, either. On to the next one.