I’ll get you my pretty and your little dog too! Eh Horse I mean.

As Toto is a horse and Dorothy Gale is Theodore Gale. The Scarecrow is Anne Raggedy, the Lion is Leonora and she is a demihuman part Lion Part Human, the Tin Man is a Cyborg and there is a Wiked Warlock of the West.

I loved this retelling of the Wizard of Oz. Having read Alister in Wonderland I knew it would be a genderbending retelling of the Fairtyale but the characters are plucky and funny and whilst its not a bonkbuster there is a good bit of sex in it.

I enjoyed this I am going to read some of the authors other works, and I am going to finally get around to reading the Wizard of Oz.

This book was a wild ride and I enjoyed every minute of this. This author is so creative and I'm so here for it. I'm living for the imagination and creativity of this author.

Here I am again, with another genderbent fairytale retelling by KuroKoneko Kamen! THANK YOU to BooksGoSocial via NetGalley for providing me the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Which of course, this will be.

actual rating: 3.5/5

"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."

Unfortunately, this retelling didn't capture me as much as I was hoping it would do. Comparing it to the last four I have read. I still had a good time, a few laughs, interesting sexy times, and a couple really awkward moments. And as this is an ARC copy, I won't hold the grammatical errors against this tale.

As with the previous four retellings, Kamen keeps us on our toes with diving right into the gendered stereotypes that society places onto us.

Through the story of Theo, we travel into the to land of Oz, and meet several of its inhabitants along Theo's journey to meet the Sultry Sorceress, Ozlyn. Now, I am not going to go into too much detail of what happens on his journey. But, suffice to say, we do come across Anne Raggedy, the enchanted Scarecrow Doll who is a badass. The Cowardly Lioness, Leona, a demihuman with special abilities. And Tina Woodcutter, a female cyborg assassin. Who may not be a friend at all ... And we cannot forget the Wicked Warlock of the West, Jadyn, also known as "The King of Monsters." Who has secrets of his own.

Theo is your stereotypical 25 year old playboy cowboy, with a loyal heart. Even if he has a hard time keeping it in his pants. and I love that Kamen upends this hypocritical gender bias. Males being playboys, while females are dubbed as sluts. Or how even fro m a female perspective, to emotionally manipulate to get what you want, even if the other wants it too, still isn't an honest or ethical thing to do. And consent! I still love that consent plays a HUGE role in these retellings. The one thing that really grinds my gears is the LACK OF PROTECTION used during sex!!! Especially since Theo is our playboy, and is actively sexual with more than one person in this story.

As Theo journeys to the Emerald City along the yellow brick road, he ends up liberating the Toy Village where Anne is from, and the Demihuman Village where Leona is from, and Tina was created. Through all these trials to get to the Sultry Sorceress, we learn along the way that it is our choices that we make which determines our character. Not our gender, race, or even social class. That the bonds of love and friendship are more than just those complex parts. And how someone you thought was good, can also end up truly evil, and a monster, in the end.

Kamen's injects some wicked wit in the dialogue, as always, and is on point with so many pop culture references throughout the story. And makes it obvious in that particular scene, why that reference is relevant. If you love the overall premise of what Kamen is trying to do, I would definitely give this book, and all the others, a go.

And although I didn't enjoy this retelling as much as the others, I still had a good time on this journey, and plan to read book six, hopefully, next month.

I love a good fractured fairy tale, so I thought this would be an interesting book to read.

Sometimes it's nice to read a fluffy-fast read book, unfortunately this was just not good.
I did not enjoy the writing, the story, the ending. It was painful.

Not a fan.

This is the first twisted classic fairytale that I have read. It's my normal cup of tea, but I was hooked. This will not be my last. Between goblins to walking talking formerly humans now toys to the demi-humans.
I was not sure what to expect as I read this book, but I loved it! It is a page turner for sure with enough of it's own story to not be "another remake." I was entertained reading Theo's adventures in Oz. It definitely has similarities to the Wizard of Oz, but it is it's own book. If you are a fan of the Wizard of Oz, then read this book! Keep up the good work!
Warning: There are adult scenes and scenarios.

Theodore Gale is a lover not a killer, he finds himself transported to the strange land of Oz where people think he is the foretold saviour of Oz. He’s not so sure about that, but his barn did land on the wicked Wizard of the East, the infamous Dr Doppelganger, resulting in him acquiring a ruby gauntlet with anti-magic powers. His past experience of bar brawls seems to be ideal experience in navigating past enemies and saving enslaved denizens. Gale’s friendly and easy-going nature is what sets him apart as he refuses to be manipulated into doing others dirty work for them, resulting in him making friends with those he rescued along the way. I loved the tropes running through the story, there are echoes of the original story threaded through with novel, interesting and amusing ideas. All described in KuroKoneko Kamen’s colourful and detailed style. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this story. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I received my copy of this from NetGalley because I accidentally clicked on the 'Read' button instead of the X in the corner of the browser.

That's ok. It wasn't a total loss; just a majority loss. The formatting of the file made the text almost unreadable on Kindle. All the apostrophes are quotation marks, and every time italics are used the space before the next word is dropped. One of the chapters has line breaks in all the wrong places. Made me wish the file was corrupted instead.

This is a fun book if you're into this sort of thing. It is also sure to make you stupider upon reading it. (I had to be careful here because I'm already so stupid that I don't know if I can afford to be <i>even stupider</i>. Or maybe I can't get any stupider!) Anyway, the author uses a sensationalist, more-is-more approach to style in nearly every sentence, and it doesn't always work. In fact, it rarely works. But so long as you're not offended by amateurish writing (and I most certainly am not!), then you'll adore wasting your time on this delicious trash. It's a fabulous fuckfest of stupidity. I'm glad I was here for it.

This book would have received a better rating from me, but I'll only give it two stars because every chapter ends with "to be continued in chapter [next chapter number]..." I'm sorry but that's the stupidest thing I've ever read and I've read both of Ulillillia's books.