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West of Wicked

by Nikki St. Crowe

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·The Great and Terrible Land #1

Why Read This?

A feral, addictive descent into a morally gray fantasy world that delivers intense angst and dark romance satisfaction.

Synopsis

Dorothy Gale doesn’t know where she came from. She has only the vaguest memory of her life before landing in the dull, gray world of the vast Kansas prairie. Then a cyclone rips through the night and carries her, her dog, and the farmhouse somewhere a lot farther than Dorothy imagined. She’s in a strange land that’s apparently cursed, shrouded in shadow. And to get home, Dorothy needs to seek out a wizard, following a treacherous path and watch out for a never-ending list of forest beasts, witches, a cursed mercenary, and perhaps most dangerous of all, the wizard himself. Nikki St. Crowe vividly reimagines the world of the Wizard of Oz , where the villain gets the girl...and the girl gets the power.

At a Glance

3.92 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

monster romancerescue romancedark romance

Mood

darkmysteriousintenseadventurouseerie

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.92 ★

Page Count

320 pages

Published

2026

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Amy Hall|Connor Crais|Ellie Gossage|Samantha Brentmoor|Sean Masters|Shane East|Stella Hunter

Narrator Count

Multiple

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

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Spice Details 🌶️

animalistic / primal sign in to unlock

deathgorekidnappingtraumaviolencebloodcaptivitydubious consentgriefstalkingwar

World & Setting

portal fantasy sign in to unlock

Reading Context

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