Son of a Witch is the sequel to Wicked and was published ten years later. Maguire dedicated the novel to the cast of the musical 'Wicked', although the title character, Liir, had been written out of the musical. I found it to be a very inconsistant book. It alternated between fascinating and dull, fast-paced and slow. It never establishes itself as a continuation of Wicked or a story in it's own right. Even the style seems to alternate between mature and juvenile. It's no surprise that the growth and maturity of Liir's character is anticlimactic being that he is such an apathetic character- and never really grows out of it.
I continued on with this series because of my interest in how Oz is being handled, and Son of a Witch is a much quicker and easier read than Wicked. The first chapter of the third book, A Lion Among Men
, is in of itself more entertaining than all of Son of a Witch put together. I can only really recommend the second book to committed fans of Oz and the Wicked novels.
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