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Since John was a kid, his favorite movie has always been The Wizard of Oz. As he got older, he and his brother developed an affinity for the horror film genre. Knowing his interests, John was introduced by Nicole to Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige, which he found amazing. Intrigued by characters used from the original stories, John read the original 14 Oz books by L. Frank Baum. After noticing his increased interest in everything Oz related, Nicole, having already published a book, posed an unexpected question. If you could write a book, what would it be about? One immediate idea came to mind: John’s own dark, twisted version of the Wizard of Oz.
John has always enjoyed a good storyline filled with plot twists and surprises so he created a story that would also keep within his idea of a perfect horror story: something dark, twisted, and completely unexpected.
With the twisted story ready to be written, John and Nicole began collaboration to on their first book in a whole new dark Oz series. Out of respect for the original series, and being a huge proponent of keeping true to the originals, John created his ideal story. But as much as he stayed true the original, that didn’t stop him from breaking from the classics to bring is own dark aspects to the story every chance he could. After all, what fun is it to create the ultimate villain if you can’t break a few rules?
Reviewed by Ruffina Oserio for Readers' Favorite
Oz Will Fall: The Royal Marriage by John Malone and Nicole Delgado is a well-imagined and beautifully written fantasy that thrusts the reader into a world of magic, a world with its own rules. Oz was once subjugated to fear and terror by the evil sisters, the Wicked Witches of the East, until Dorothy Gale arrived and changed all of that. She leads the defeat of the evil witches. Now, Oz knows peace and magic is properly regulated under a conscientious Queen. Dorothy is the Princess, but she still needs to complete the cycle of the journey that would make her the kind of princess worthy of Oz —she has to unlock the powers of the ruby slippers. But things take a sudden turn and Oz is faced with a new threat, one that is more devastating than anything Oz has ever known. There is an evil lurking in the dark, bent on destroying everything that signifies the glory of Oz after ripping Dorothy apart. Can she survive this time and can she discover the secret of vanquishing this evil before it destroys her world?
John Malone and Nicole Delgado have crafted a yarn that pulls readers away from their daily life and thrusts them into an exciting world of conflict. The authors have a gift for creating powerful conflicts and characters that inspire a strong sense of empathy in readers. Again, the authors take the primordial conflict of good vs evil and transform it into a force that arouses a lot of interest and excitement in readers as they follow the memorable characters on their journey along a perilous path. The setting, though imaginary, is well-crafted, colorful, and easy to imagine. Oz Will Fall: The Royal Marriage features great writing, a gripping plot, and characters readers will root for. It’s a gem for fans of fantasy.
