Sunday Reviews

Winnie’s Courage (Getting Back to Oz Book 1) by Jess Reece

What if the Wicked Witch were real?

Winifred Jones wakes up barefoot and bruised in a strange dungeon instead of her cozy San Diego apartment, and things just get weirder from there when she stops Dorothy Gale from murdering the Wicked Witch, accidentally releasing a magical tornado trapped inside a golden compass. In the blink of an eye, the three women are torn from the Witch’s castle in Oz and thrust into one fairytale world of Winnie’s childhood after another. Fighting for their lives against man-eating apes, bloodthirsty pirates, and sadistic queens, they share just one common goal: to get back home.

Pick up Getting Back to Oz: Book One Winnie’s Courage today, and join Winnie on her quest as she discovers if she has the courage to return home, or stay lost forever in literary lands both familiar and dangerous..

My Thoughts

This is another series I adore…The author is amazing. Her book Sasorie (Not sure I am spelling that right) was amazing too. This is the first of three. Each is an in depth imagining of Oz and three women there. The adventure of Oz is definitely felt but the character’s are better than what was in the original story. This has Jess Reece’s imagination written all over it. I haven’t read the next two because I couldn’t get them yet. I bought both this weekend past and look forward to letting y’ all know what I think.

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A Demon in Crises (The Endless Series Book 2) by Finn O’Malley

Some choices awaken what should have stayed buried.
Ren has spent millennia suppressing the most dangerous parts of himself. Becoming a Synergy demon wasn’t fate—it was a decision. One that bound him to ancient laws and kept what he truly is contained.
But when magic awakens in the Earth Realm, everything changes.
Ash was never supposed to matter.
Now tethered to her in a way he cannot break, Ren is caught between restraint and something far more volatile: attachment.
Fate doesn’t make mistakes. A devastating chain of events is already in motion, forcing Ren to confront a truth he’s spent centuries burying.
Some connections aren’t meant to survive.
This time… saving her could destroy everything.

My Thoughts

I love this series, this author, and am always wanting more. the book kept me hooked until the end just like every single one of Finn O’MALLEY’S books. it left me mad because I was wanting more. The world is amazing as always and the characters were worth reading. this one is just got me begging for the next one.

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