Yet the rest of this world just feels … unencumbered by complexity. Very cool-I see what you did there, Jensen, and that alone is almost enough to make me want to read the next book to see if you take it anywhere! Almost. There’s a moment about 2/3 through the book where Tristan reveals some very juicy hints about the true origins and nature of the trolls. When it comes to throwing them into a believable, interesting, captivating world with conflicts? I don’t know. Jensen has a handle on how to write dynamic, interesting heroes and villains and all the side characters in between. That’s the frustrating thing about this book: the plotting is madcap (we’re going to get to that) but the characterization isn’t bad. They bicker and they work together they agree and disagree at different points. She makes the interactions between Cécile and Tristan believable in terms of their nuance. That being said, Jensen seems to be aware of the problematic elements and wants to avert them. It doesn’t matter whether or not he eventually reciprocates: there is a power dynamic there that neither of them can fix, and that makes for an unhealthy relationship. I’m not a fan of "girl falls in love with her captor," and no matter how you slice it, that’s what Tristan is.
Can she escape Trollus and return to her old life? Does she even want that when her hubby Tristan is the hottest troll and the best at magic and also really kind and cool in a thorny bad-boy way? You’ll have to read the book!įrom the get-go, the obvious romance between Cécile and Tristan grated on me because it is so forced. Forced to wed the Prince of Trollus in the belief that this will help to break that curse, Cécile finds herself trapped in a city with precious few allies or options. She ends up in Trollus (ugh), the city of the trolls, who are magically confined there.
One wrinkle: Cécile gets kidnapped and sold to trolls! Yes, trolls. Cécile has reached the age where she is expected to move to the city to begin her formal training.
Born and raised in a backwater village to an undistinguished farmer, Cécile’s mother is a singer from the big city. Jensen caused such tumultuous emotions? Read on to find out!Ĭécile has been groomed her whole life to be a singer. I liked it enough that I almost want to read the sequel, yet I kind of never want to read anything else in this world again. Stolen Songbird is a hot mess of paradox: the plot is straightforward but also convoluted the romance is broken but also kind of believable the main character is annoying but also grew on me. This is one of those books where you kind of like it but also kind of don’t like it, and you're low-key impressed you don’t actively hate it? Yeah, I think that's what this is.
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