Yellow Brick War (Dorothy Must Die, 3)

In this action-packed third book in the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series, new girl from Kansas Amy Gumm is caught between her home—and Oz.

My name is Amy Gumm. Tornadoes must have a thing about girls from Kansas, because—just like Dorothy—I got swept away on one too. I landed in Oz, where Good is Wicked, Wicked is Good, and the Wicked Witches clued me in to my true calling: Assassin.

The only way to stop Dorothy from destroying Oz—and Kansas—is to kill her. But I failed. Others died for my mistakes. Because of me, the portal between the worlds has been opened. And if I don’t find a way to close it?

Dorothy will make sure I never go home again.

Now it’s up to me to: join the Witches, fight for Oz, save Kansas, and stop Dorothy once and for all.

Perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles and Gregory Maguire’s Wicked, Danielle Paige delivers a dark, high-octane reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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Published Mar 14, 2017

304 pages

Average rating: 6.71

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Cyn's Workshop

Aug 20, 2025

6/10 stars

Good but Beginning to Drag | Review of ‘Yellow Brick War’ (Dorothy Must Die #3)

Riveting, fast-paced, full of heart and tension to drive the story forward holding the readers' hostage[...]

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Morgie27

Feb 26, 2026

8/10 stars

There was incredible character development in this book!! I did enjoy the twists and turns. I gave this 8 stars because I felt some of the plot twists were predictable. Additionally, the new plot that is added kinda feels like too much. Towards the back half I felt like things just dragging the story out VS building the already intriguing established plot. At this point I feel like book 3 could have been a good end to the series and that has me hesitant about book 4. This is my least favorite of the series. If the first two weren’t so good I wouldn’t continue on to book 4. But this story has earned my commitment to see it through. 🥰

katietopp

Jan 01, 2025

8/10 stars

Holy hell shes still not dead?!! COME ON ITS THE THIRD BOOK DUDE. But anyway, great, easy read. I will likely read the next one too.

Shahna

Jul 18, 2024

4/10 stars

I like Amy better in Kansas. Although she’s why too trusting. The girl that bullied the crap out of you for years is suddenly your friend?! What?

Dorothy also sucks as a villain. Like just do something already. All she does is yell and complain.

Flo Lau

Mar 23, 2024

6/10 stars

I found this book fairly disappointing compared to the first two. It was very...short. That's the only way I can think of to describe it. It felt like nothing too much happened, even though there were several different events. And I guess she's writing another book in the series? I thought it was just going to be a trilogy, but I guess not. I think this was my least favorite so far though, like she is starting to run out of steam for the series.