

It turns out the trolls do not intend to dine on Cécile but rather wed her to their prince, Tristan. Before they reach their destination, Cécile and Luc are nearly eaten by one of the giant slug-like creatures that live in the tunnels, but their survival is small comfort to Cécile, who has heard tales of humans eaten by trolls. The trolls want Cécile and offered to pay him her weight in gold in return for delivering her to them.

He brings her under the mountain, claiming that he has discovered the lost city of Trollus. Unfortunately, their plans are not meant to be and Cécile is captured by Luc, a man from her village, on the way to her going away party. At that point, she would accompany her mother to begin her own career as a singer, and Genevieve promised her, “When you stand on stage and sing, the whole world will love you” (pp. After discovering her daughter also had talent, Genevieve decided to provide singing lessons from tutors of her choice until Cécile turned seventeen.

A few years ago, Genevieve made a rare visit to the village and requested that Cécile sing for her. On her seventeenth birthday, Cécile is preparing to leave her father’s farm behind to join her mother Genevieve, a famous singer, in the city. This is a great relief since Stolen Songbird is a wonderful story, and it would be terrible not to be able to read the rest of the series! The next book, Hidden Huntress, was scheduled for release in March 2015, but since its publisher was recently discontinued that date may no longer apply-although the author has stated that the sequel will be published one way or another. Jensen’s debut and the first book in The Malediction Trilogy. Stolen Songbird, a young adult fantasy, is Danielle L.
