There is something in this book for nearly everyone. It had everything that I want in a book including romance, danger, mystery, political intrigue, and magic. Cécile faces a hard road of marriage to a young troll who keeps her at arm’s length, a growing uprising that see Cécile as their savior, and a magic she had never known existed.
King Thibault has ordered that a girl based on requirements from the prophecy that remarkably fit Cécile, be brought to Trollus and be wed to his son, the prince and future king, Tristan.
Trollus was a tale told by parents to frighten children into obeying, yet Cécile learns the stories are true and more terrifying than she could have imagined…because she is the key to the curse that has kept the trolls underground for nearly five centuries.Ĭécile learns she has been kidnapped on the behalf of the aristocracy of Trollus. Before she can leave the village, however, she is kidnapped by an acquaintance and dragged to the buried city of Trollus. Cécile, although having a strained relationship with her mother, is excited to start. She is getting ready to leave the village soon to begin training with her mother who is a world renowned vocalist. “Stolen Songbird” is Jensen’s first novel and follows the unlikely romance between a captive human and a troll prince.Ĭécile de Troyes is a seventeen year old living in the small village of Goshawk’s Hollow. It is the also the first book in the Malediction Trilogy. Jensen and is a young adult fantasy novel. She becomes a princess, the hope of a people, and a witch with magic powerful enough to change Trollus forever.“Stolen Songbird” is written by Danielle L.
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. Jensen.įor five centuries, a witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the ruins of Forsaken Mountain. The USA Today Bestselling debut from acclaimed author Danielle L.
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