Tuesday, January 20, 2015

"Torn" by Amanda Hocking

I have finished "Torn" and I am now going to read the third and last book of the series called Ascend. Torn was a great book, I understood the story so much more because of all the description and explanation in it. The book focused mainly on two themes: hierarchy and equality, the book had an amazing ending. Tove (Wendy's best friend who has been helping her use her powers), proposed to Wendy after she had kissed Loki and Finn on the same day. Wendy is starting to feel less attracted to Finn as he keeps leaving her and pushing her away over and over again, but Loki wants to be with her and he feels like a breath of fresh air to her, she is truly starting to fall for him. Finn also told Wendy that Tove is gay, but the reason why Tove proposed to her was that he was the next in line to the throne after her and Wendy had to get married as soon as possible to show unity in the Trylle to the Vittra. Wendy knows that they will never love each other but she is optimistic that they will find some sort of happiness as they are such good friends. Tove gave her a beautiful ring at their engagement party, it had a thick platinum band  designed to look like ivy wrapped around a giant emerald in the centre surrounded by diamonds. Wendy is happy and she knows that this is what is best for the kingdom at this point. As for Finn and Loki, I think that she has a lot more to sort out and she needs make a decision sooner rather then later. I have really enjoyed this book and can't wait to read the next one.

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  1. Royalty, romance, jewelry, intrigue, homosexuality... it looks as though this book has a lot of the ingredients for a compelling plot. I haven't read it, but how would you say it compares to, say Mockingbird?

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    1. It has a great plot and a very interesting love triangle. This book is set in modern times and mockingbird is set in the early nineteen hundreds, so there are quite a few differences.

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