Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen is everything I wanted in a book. It has Trolls and a headstrong girl who is kidnapped to marry the Troll Prince
like the rape of the Sabine women. Cécile is preparing herself for her journey to the city to join her absent mother as a professional singer and actress, but the night before on her way home to her going away party and shifty guy named Luc meets her and kidnaps her. She finds herself taken under the mountain to a hidden city called Trollus that was long thought to only be a myth. There is is forced to marry the heir to the throne, Tristan, to fulfil a prophecy to free the trolls from the spell of an evil witch that keeps them trapped under the mountain. Of course this doesn't succeed, because if it did there would be no story. Cécile finds herself stuck in Trollus with people whose motives she doesn't understand. She makes friends with her captives and starts to fall in love with Tristan.(I wouldn't necessarily call this Stockholm Syndrome, but more like the Beauty and the Beast effect).
Overall this book was an enjoyable read. If you like
Game of Thrones /
A Song of Ice and Fire this is a good book for you, though the political intrigue is a bit watered down for younger readers as this is a YA (Young Adult) book. It also is a great read if you like anything fae, troll, goblin,
Labyrinth (1986) -esque. I look forward to the rest of this series!
This was a nice look into what Cècile's life was like before she was kidnapped and shows how her relationship with her mother is a complicated affair. It gives some good insight, and it is a free read you can find
here but you don't nessisarily need to read it to continue in the series.
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