Book Review: Son of a Witch

[sarahmichelef]

I finished this a couple of weeks ago (in fact, I'm most of the way through my next book at this point) but haven't gotten around to writing down my impressions until now. General verdict: Not as good as Wicked. Of course, I loved Wicked so much that it'd be hard for anything to live up to it. I think that in part, I'm just not invested enough in Liir. Maybe this is a weakness of Maguire's... creating original main characters. It didn't seem to have the plot drive that Wicked did...

There were some twists that surprised me... Shell as Emperor? Didn't see that one coming. I knew in my heart of hearts that Liir had to be Elphaba's son, so I was gratified when his baby came out greenish. What happened to Nor, though?

Ok, not much of a review... but it's there.