Ascend

Ascend
by Amanda Hocking

Book: Trylle #3
Publisher: St. martins Griffin
Pub Date: April 24 2012
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Source: Bought
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Wendy Everly is facing an impossible choice. The only way to save the Trylle from their deadliest enemy is by sacrificing herself.  If she doesn’t surrender to the Vittra, her people will be thrust into a brutal war against an unbeatable foe.  But how can Wendy leave all her friends behind…even if it’s the only way to save them?

The stakes have never been higher, because her kingdom isn’t the only thing she stands to lose. After falling for both Finn and Loki, she’s about to make the ultimate choice…who to love forever. One guy has finally proven to be the love of her life—and now all their lives might be coming to an end. 

Everything has been leading to this moment.  The future of her entire world rests in her hands—if she’s ready to fight for it.


My Review:  OMG!! This is the final book of the trilogy and it's the best! I know I say that about a LOT of books and series, but come on, it's just so goooood. So I'm going to say it anyway, this book was better than the last, and this is just an amazing set of books. Amanda really knows how to write.

So into the book we go! Well last time we left with Wendy having to get married. An arranged marriage to Trove. Now, she isn't thrilled about being married to a random person or to someone she doesn't love. However since she knows Trove and trusts him and all that she agrees to it, but mostly for the sake of being the princess. To make it harder, there is a secret about Trove....he doesn't like the ladies! Yup, he is gay but can't be found out. That would be bad, since his mother is Aurora, its just harder because of the way she is.  

So at this point Wendy has decided to take on her Princess role and do what she has to do. It's not so much yelling to leave that world behind anymore. Plus, with Matt staying there, it's not so bad. Though I wonder why Wendy's Aunt isn't mentioned anymore. Could have maybe had a little scene where they call her or something. Idk that's just me. 

So onto the book. It's wedding day for Wendy and Trove, they are both nervous about this and hopefully they will do good. I think they work good together, just not in the couple sense, but hey, gotta do what a princess's gotta do. The wedding goes on smoothly until the King decided to crash the wedding. He isn't exactly welcomed, and there is some bickering before things get back on their way.

Now it's the day after the wedding and some unfortunate news has arrived. Another town of trolls were attacked by the Viittra. The village was already a small amount of trolls living there and tons were killed. Maybe a handful of the Vittra were killed. The hobgoblins that killed them seem to be very strong. So Wendy decided on sending out people on a rescue mission. During the meeting about all this, people weren't exactly kind to Wendy, but are they ever? Some people don't like her and think she will ruin the whole existence of them all. Though Wendy is doing her best and does have some people behind her to support her and make sure everyone knows their place. 

So now with the rescue team sent out, Wendy and her crew get to work on cleaning the guest rooms for anyone who comes. Then after a long day she goes to rest, and is then disturbed by some really bad news. The rescue team has been hit! Finn is hurt and a member died! Wendy goes to check on them and has Finn sent to go rest once he is seen.  It's then they have to start figuring out a way to stop these hobgoblins and keep everyone safe.

But what plan can they come up with? Is there even a way to stop them and bring peace? Will its on heck of a story I'll tell you, but you already read how I thought of the book earlier.

My Rating:

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Torn

Torn
by Amanda Hocking

Book: Trylle 2
Publisher: St. Martins Press
Pub Date: Feb 28 2012
Genre: Magic, Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Source: Bought
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When Wendy Everly first discovers the truth about herself—that she’s a changeling switched at birth—she knows her life will never be the same. Now she’s about to learn that there’s more to the story…


She shares a closer connection to her Vittra rivals than she ever imagined—and they’ll stop at nothing to lure her to their side. With the threat of war looming, her only hope of saving the Trylle is to master her magical powers—and marry an equally powerful royal. But that means walking away from Finn, her handsome bodyguard who’s strictly off limits…and Loki, a Vittra prince with whom she shares a growing attraction.

Torn between her heart and her people, between love and duty, Wendy must decide her fate. If she makes the wrong choice, she could lose everything, and everybody, she’s ever wanted…in both worlds.

As a special gift to readers, this book contains a new, never-before-published bonus story, “One Day, Three Ways,” set in the magical world of the Trylle.



My Review: Well well well.... one beautifully written book. Scratch that, its PERFECT! It's only book two, but omg one of the bests! Most books after the first one just talk until it finally picks up from book two. Now Torn went on like Switched never ended. 

We are in Wendy's home again and is just explains to Matt how Rhys is his actual brother. Matt of course is as lost as any Manks could be. So its time to just sleep it off. Though night one at home didn't work out to well. Mainly for the fact that Wendy didn't even get to sleep in her bed! Finn jumps through her window and tries to get her to go home. Wendy won't go and so Finn just waits for her new tracker to come. Once he arrives, he isn't very good at getting Wendy to leave either. To make her night even more annoying, the Vittra show up and take Wendy, Matt and Rhys to their castle. 
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So now Wendy is out of the cell and taken to Sara, King Oren's wife. The king isn't to bad, he just casually talks to Wendy. Explaining that eventually Wendy will have to pick which Kingdom to rule. Confused? Well dont be, Oren is just Wendy's dad, you know, no biggie.  When you read about him explaining about Wendy's mother and his experience with him, you will just see Elora as a BITCH. At least I found her to be one, though I couldn't like her much in book one. So if you do like Elora, you might question that once you read this book. 
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So I'm just going to skip into the book more, so that I can give you all more detail of the book. Plus it'll help with me ranting on about one part of the book and ignoring the rest. Some how I've been doing that and forget to tell you all more about the book.
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Now back into the story. So after Finn and some boys show up at the palace, Wendy and the boys all escape. Well they just walked through the front door. So maybe escape isn't the right word, but it fits. Since they weren't technically supposed to leave...anywho they all head back the Elora's palace. Matt and Rhys go to their rooms and Wendy storms to Elora's room. Boy is she mad! Wensy yells so much and Elora is just so UGHHHHHHHHHHH! I can't exactly swear the way I want...Never know what age is reading this. But UGH you will be flipping out. Torn is unbelievably perfect! You will put yourself in this book and fight/yell along with these characters! 

What made me laugh in this book, was Wendy, Rhys and Matt are in the kitchen getting food.  Willa comes into the room and things get entertaining. So she is rich and thinks that the world is at her command. Well newsflash miss snob, the world isn't yours. She doesn't like Matt, hates when Wendy calls him her brother, and no one is serving her. You want a water? You know where the fridge is. Ha! Love when a snob gets out in her place! I can't really stand Willa when she gets in that whole snob side of her. Then when she acts normal, she is easy to deal with. Though what's funny is that she and Matt hang out...a little more than you'd think. Hm...interesting. 
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Jumping closer to them end. Wendy finds out the way Finn and all trackers live. She doesn't like the way they live. They deserve better. Finn acts all harsh at Wendy, its all a job to him. Loki got into the palace and Wendy must find out why he's there. When she talks to him, she isn't sure what to think, though she does fight for keeping him alive. 

The ending of the book is so damn good! Wendy is such a strong character. Love love love, strong female characters. Makes me happy, plus I'm finding a lot of books having more strong female characters. Male characters are still out there, but happy to see that the girls are taking over (: I'm so glad I bough the last two books the same day, because I'm going to dive in that book right now!

My Rating:

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Switched

Switched
by Amanda Hocking

Book: Trylle #1
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin 
Pub Date: Jan 3 2012
Genre: Trolls, Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Source: Bought
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When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. Eleven years later, Wendy discovers her mother might have been right. She’s not the person she’s always believed herself to be, and her whole life begins to unravel—all because of Finn Holmes.

Finn is a mysterious guy who always seems to be watching her. Every encounter leaves her deeply shaken…though it has more to do with her fierce attraction to him than she’d ever admit. But it isn’t long before he reveals the truth: Wendy is a changeling who was switched at birth—and he’s come to take her home.

Now Wendy’s about to journey to a magical world she never knew existed, one that’s both beautiful and frightening. And where she must leave her old life behind to discover who she’s meant to become…


My Review: Wendy is a super cool chick, she just doesn't know it. She is at another new school, hoping to do her best. Wendy has changed schools once again, causing her brother and aunt to drop everything and move closer to her new school. For some reason people seem to not like her and cause problems which lead to her being expelled from schools. Now at her new school people don't seem to care that she is new, and this one new kid who is newer than her, seems to have an eye on her. Soon she figures out why all this keeps happening and how she can will people to do things she wants. Finn, the new kid attempts to tell her she is a Trylle a.k.a a Troll. Wendy at first won't believe him, even though what he says has truth behind it, and Wendy knows it. So what does she do? Wendy goes downstairs the following morning and looks through old memories. There are alot of happy photos of her brother Matt and their parents, but when it comes to Wendy the photos weren't as happy. Her mom had this look of annoyed or hate in every picture. One reason was that Wendy was supposed to be a boy, second Wendy according to her mom was evil and didn't want her. As I dive into the story more, I find myself unable to stop. This new world of Trylle is one of the best worlds to read about! When it comes time for Wendy to head back to the community of Trylle, Finee takes her to this massive place which ends up to be her home. Oh and she is a Princess! Though not to thrilled about it, plus her mom the queen isn't the best lady out there. She seems to care more about her duty than anything else. Shows very littler emotion at all, there is just something about her that will make many readers not like her. She is more than emotionless, but I won't go to into it. One guy at the place is called Rhys and he is one cool guy! Wait until you figure out who he is. It is almost a given when you meet him the first few times, but still awesome. Wendy however gets into quite the pickle near the ending. She hates all this stuff she has to do, not that she completely hates being a princess but just the way she has to come about it. It's like she has to be this perfect girl 24/7 within the first day of being there. One thing Wendy knows is that she will change alot of things when she gets the throne. Now the love with her and Finn is toooo cute. They try and act normal, and it takes him leaving for them to finally open up and admit that she wants him there and that he likes her. They share a kiss and it only makes thing worse and better. Better they want each other and are perfect for each other. Bad because of their roles in their world. However things are proven at the night of Wendy's ball. Finn returns and does everything he can for her. Some people fought and some hide in fear. It was mostly the royals who went poof during the attack, while the "second royals" people who are high up, but still under the queen, were the ones fighting back. Even the ones who don't have abilities were doing all they can. Eventually the attack is over, and they don't expect another one to happen anytime soon. The following morning Finn tells Wendy he is leaving, and she just won't have it. This time when he leaves it will be further than before and who knows what will happen. Finn won't let her leave with him though, believing it is best for her to stay. So what does this strong Wendy do? She takes Rhys and runs back home to Matt and Maggie in the middle of the night. So right now I am seconds away from buying the next book because it was just that good.

My Rating:

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