![]() Jensen builds a fun world for readers to jump into and think about. Though the novel is much longer than it needs to be, Stolen Songbird is a decent addition to the long catalog of YA fantasy novels and offers readers something they may not have seen before. ![]() The promise of court intrigue? The trolls we don’t see very often in YA if we see them at all? The way it sounded like a YA fantasy I might get enthusiastic about? Plus most of the reviews I saw before requesting a copy had good things to say. I can’t remember what it was now, but something about Stolen Songbird called my name for the longest time. She becomes a princess, the hope of a people, and a witch with magic powerful enough to change Trollus forever. And her prince, Tristan, the future king, is its secret leader.Īs Cécile becomes involved in the intricate political games of Trollus, she becomes more than a farmer’s daughter. 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. She will have to bide her time, wait for the perfect opportunity.īut something unexpected happens while she’s waiting – she begins to fall for the enigmatic troll prince to whom she has been bonded and married. Only the trolls are clever, fast, and inhumanly strong. But a prophesy has been spoken of a union with the power to set the trolls free, and when Cécile de Troyes is kidnapped and taken beneath the mountain, she learns there is far more to the myth of the trolls than she could have imagined.Ĭécile has only one thing on her mind after she is brought to Trollus: escape. ![]() ![]() Time enough for their dark and nefarious magic to fade from human memory and into myth. Published by Strange Chemistry on April 1, 2014įor those who have loved Seraphina and Graceling comes another truly fabulous fantasy.įor five centuries, a witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the ruins of Forsaken Mountain. ![]()
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