Misgivings about the book (and a fistful of silver linings). Another thing that made Wendy close-to-interesting is that she is supposedly a Princess – the next ruler of an entire community that she did not even know existed until she was seventeen years of age. Little did people know how right she was in sensing that her ‘real’ child is missing and was ‘switched’ with another creature altogether, a trylle.

What is interesting about Wendy is that her mother tried to kill her when she was only six years old – which led to the mother’s being locked up in a mental institution for the rest of her life. Check out this book trailer and see how ‘trolls’ are portrayed in the book:Īpart from an unruly (yet still attractive) hair, Wendy is depicted to be enchanting and Finn, her tracker resembles our vision of a vampire, more than anything. Click on the image to be taken to the websource.Īpparently, these images could not be further from the truth. She is trylle – another word for ‘troll.’ Now our usual image of a troll would be the following: Click on the image to be taken to the websource. Switched revolves around the story of 17 year old Wendy who was ‘switched’ at birth – a ‘changeling.’ She is not human – or mänsklig as humans are referred to in the novel. I tried not to make those kinds of assumptions. Poster courtesy of our treasured IphigeneĪmanda Hocking, the 26 year old author, has been described as a ‘self-publishing phenomenon’ and a ‘rockstar in the e-publishing world.’ Prior to April 2010 she has never sold a single book in her entire life. Now with such an introduction, we may be tempted to automatically assume either (a) the best or (b) the worst – in her writing style, storyline, character-building and such. I also thought that it would be perfect for our current theme this January/February on carnivale, the circus, and all things paranormal. What piqued my interest is the story behind Switched and its publication – rather than the story of Switched itself. However, I was intrigued by the book cover, and I’ve always taken pride in the fact that I’m pretty open when it comes to exploring new genre and discovering new authors. I had my reservations when I first received the book from Pansing Books – since, among the three of us here in GatheringBooks (Fats, Iphigene, and myself) I usually review picture books and children’s literature. Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC).Literary Voyage Around The World Reading Challenge 2018.#WomenReadWomen2019 (A Year Of Women Reading Women) Reading Progress.#ReadIntl2020 (Year Of International Literature) Reading Progress.#DecolonizeBookshelves2022 Reading Progress.#DecolonizeReading2023 Reading Progress.

Switched by amanda hocking