A trilogy

The Trylle Trilogy By Amanda Hocking

The Trylle trilogy follows a 17 year old girl named Wendy when she discovers that her family are in fact not her family. Instead they are a host family that her biological mother left her with in place of their own child when she was born. Not only is Wendy not related to her family, she is also not human either. She is a troll. The three books follow Wendy coming to terms with who she really is while also going through some pretty crazy stuff. 

Wendy had a rocky relationship with her biological mother in the first two books. This is what caused most of the conflict in Wendy's life while she was trying to come to terms with being a princess. Elora was a very closed-off person that rarely let someone into her life from the fear of losing them. Elora keeps Wendy at arm's length through the majority of the trilogy but in the last book the powers that Elora has finally kill her. Before dying though her and Wendy share some sweet moments. On Wendy's 18th birthday they eat breakfast together and discuss Wendy's birth and the problems that came with Wendy being born. They also share a moment the night before Elora's death when she tells Wendy how much she really does love her and how she regrets the things she did in her life, especially the things that have happened since Wendy's return. This for me was an amazing way for things to end between the pair. They had mended their rocky relationship and become a mother and daughter who loved each other and were no longer afraid to share it. 

A large part of the trilogy follows Wendy falling in love. The main love interest in the trilogy is her tracker, Finn. Finn and Wendy know that they can never be together but Wendy wants to be with Finn no matter what it costs her. Finn however, won't let Wendy give up her life to be with him. This relationship angered me. Wendy was willing to do anything to be with Finn while Finn would not fight for her. Eventually Wendy gave up waiting for Finn to fight for her and told him that she couldn't wait around for him anymore because she knew that whatever she did, he would find a way to not be with her. Their ending was very bittersweet however. Wendy and Finn still care deeply for each other but know by the end of the last book that they are not right for each other. They are both married with children in the final part of Ascend and are very happy for each other and the way their lives have turned out but neither of them expected their lives to end up the way that they did.

Wendy also has another love interest. This love interest was from an enemy clan, kidnapped her, then let her go and then continually came after her again and again until finally he gave up and decided to stay with her people instead of his own because he could not see her get hurt. His name is Loki. I love Loki for Wendy. He wouldn't give up on wanting to be with her and made it clear that this was his intention. He always made sure that she was safe but also wouldn't stand in her way when she had set her mind to something. He loved her as much as was possible and she felt the same way for him. I was so glad that these two ended up together. I felt that their love was genuine and their son was the light of their life. 

While Wendy was falling in love with Loki and ending things with Finn though, she was married to her friend, Tove. This was an arranged marriage and they both went into it knowing that they didn't love each other romantically. They also never would love each other romantically because Tove in gay. They got their marriage annulled when Tove saw how in love Loki and Wendy were and he wanted to have a chance to be in love with someone. 

Overall I found the story of the whole trilogy very entertaining and a good read but I felt that the dialogue and some of the writing was too formal. The story was supposed to be told from a 17-18 year old who had just found out that she was a troll princess. I thought that it could have been written less formally and the story would still would have been as good. Wendy afterall was supposed to be a bit of a rebel princess...