Stolen Songbird
Ratings9
Average rating3.4
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Ratings9
Average rating3.4
Trolls are said to love gold. They are said to live underground and hate humans, perhaps even eat them. They are said to be evil. When Cécile de Troyes is kidnapped and sold to the trolls, she finds out that there is truth in the rumors, but there is also so much more to trolls than she could have imagined. Cécile has only one thing on her mind after she is brought to Trollus, the city she hadn't even known existed under Forsaken Mountain: escape. But the trolls are inhumanly strong. And fast. She will have to bide her time, wait for the perfect opportunity. But something strange happens while she's waiting--she begins to fall in love with the handsome, thoughtful troll prince that she has been bonded and married to. She begins to make friends. And she begins to see that she may be the only hope for the half-bloods--part troll/part human creatures who are slaves to the full-blooded trolls. There is a rebellion brewing. And her prince, Tristan, the future king, is its secret leader.
Series
3 primary books5 released booksThe Malediction Trilogy is a 5-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Danielle L. Jensen.
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Part of me wants to give this a 1-star. Man, I hardly know what to say. Two books – this one and Wintersong – that have similar subject matter (a girl is kidnapped and married/bonded to a goblin/troll in order to fulfill a prophecy, living underground, etc. etc.) ... both are just disappointing. Wintersong was boring, Stolen Songbird is cringe-inducing with the characters. Their love was barely believable, they acted like idiots, on and on it goes. Not going to finish the rest of the series, sorry.
After sitting on it for a night, I realize that I didn't really care about the characters in this book and the world building was not that compelling for me. I was certainly intrigued at first, but I just wasn't all that fascinated with the progression of the plot.
Technically, I wasn't displeased with the characters, but I wasn't invested in them. I couldn't connect with their struggle, I didn't feel the love they had for each other. I still don't get how/when Cecile fell in love with the prince. They barely spent any time together.
Even after the huge cliffhanger it ended with I'm still not all that convinced I want to find out what happens.
This is a fun imaginative story of a girl forced to marry a Troll. It sounds rather typical but there are a lot of twists and turns to make the story interesting. There's some subtle discussion of class and prejudices that make it somewhat enlightening as well.
This book is impossible to put down once the story starts moving. I picked it up thinking it'd be a nice fantasy read. IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN THAT. It has everything I love in a story: a good political drama, solid world-building, lovable characters, development, gradual romance, nice interaction, and clever twists. It's definitely not what I expected, but the story just pulls you in and refuses to let go until you're done.
...and when I'm done, the book left me crying and screaming in my mind because of how it ended.
WHY.
The second book is coming out next year in June. I'll be weeping until then.
