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Torn

(Trylle #2)

Amanda Hocking (Goodreads Author)

4.03 · Rating details · 67,450 ratings · 3,304 reviews

Torn - the second book of the Trylle Trilogy...

Wendy thought she finally understood who she was and what she wanted, but everything changes when the rival Vittra come after her.

She's caught between two worlds, torn between love and duty, and she must decide what life she is meant to lead. ...more

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May 25, 2015 Pearl Angeli rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, 2015-reads, fangirling, owned-physical-copy

What happens when everything changes?

Switched may not be the great introduction to this series, but Torn made it all up. There were a lot of developments here in this book thanks to my new favorite character-- ladies and gentlemen, Loki Staad!

I have to make a special highlight to this awesome character because he deserves it. Loki is one spectacular character. I admired his realness and the way he treated Wendy in this book. He may be a Vittra but he wasn't considered a villain. To be hones ...more

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Jul 05, 2017 Jeff rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Amazing.
My heart is still torn between Loki and Finn.
(Hehe get the pun?? Torn?? Like the title?)

*laughter slowly dies off..*

my sincere apologies for the intro

My praise for Amanda Hocking:
Thank you for making me die throughout the story.
Thank you for making me cry.
Thank you for granting me two deadly, hot, sexy guys.

I couldn’t have made it through the story without them. ;)

(Guys, I hope that part that you just read about two sexy guys will make you instantly pull out some money from our seeming ...more

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Jun 26, 2016 Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 21th-century, romance, paranormal, fantasy

Torn (Trylle #2), Amanda Hocking
Torn is the second book of the young adult paranormal literature series the Trylle Trilogy. It picks up the story of Wendy Everly and the Trylle that began in Switched. The start of the book begins almost exactly where the end of Switched left off, with Wendy and Rhys running away from the palace in the Trylle's Förening. The two arrive at the home and Wendy attempts to explain to her "host brother" Matt that Rhys is his brother. He reacts with disbelief yet she t ...more

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Apr 04, 2011 Annie rated it did not like it

Recommends it for: Preteens

Shelves: crap, ya, paranormal

What the hell IS this? Did Amanda Hocking miss out on the sixth grade English when they taught the basic outline of a story? There needs to be a beginning ... a middle ... a CLIMAX ... and an end. This wasn’t even a story, it was just a random bunch of non - events.

The most annoying part of this “book” was the complete lack of progress or pacing. The beginning actually wasn’t bad; Wendy was kidnapped by the Vittra and I actually thought the whole book was going to be like this, but no. Once Wen What the hell IS this? Did Amanda Hocking miss out on the sixth grade English when they taught the basic outline of a story? There needs to be a beginning ... a middle ... a CLIMAX ... and an end. This wasn’t even a story, it was just a random bunch of non - events.

The most annoying part of this “book” was the complete lack of progress or pacing. The beginning actually wasn’t bad; Wendy was kidnapped by the Vittra and I actually thought the whole book was going to be like this, but no. Once Wendy gets back home, nothing happens at all. There are endless conversations in this book that lead nowhere, talking about what they could do, what they should do, what they want to do, what they plan to do but there is NO ACTION AT ALL. Every time the plot could have gone somewhere, it backed out – the Chancellor suggests an attack, but they say no, they research ways to loophole out of the Vitrra peace agreement, but they don’t find anything. If you aren’t planning on going anywhere with something, then don’t bring it up! Don’t just have pointless, repetitive conversations just to make it novel length!

Speaking of pointless, repetitive conversations, the info dumps annoyed the hell out of me. There would be whole chapters devoted to back story. And for some reason, after every conversation or event, Wendy would feel the need to repeat exactly what happened over again, once again, to what, add page length?

~~This is the first and last time I ever try an indie author. There’s a reason this “writer” isn’t published except apparently, because of her success, she IS getting published now.~~ (Upon reflection, swearing off all indie authors because of one author is a ridiculous statement to make. Not being traditionally published doesn't really mean you can't write). I don’t know how she became so popular, as everything about her screams “amateur.” I read the epilogue of the final book (I couldn’t bear to read another book of this) just to see how it ends. And ...

(SPOILER OF FINAL BOOK)

... she doesn’t end up with Finn? Because he didn’t fight for her? Wha? I thought it was clear that Wendy understood what had to be done for the sake of the kingdom, and that she could NOT be with him. She explains all the reasons why they can’t be together over and over and over to the reader, yet she still gets pissed? At the beginning of the first book, I actually kind of like Wendy because she was so refreshing. She was very independent, snarky and she actually punched a girl in the face. Not what I’m used to in heroines. But, as usual, she turned out like all the rest being clingy, selfish, whiny and above all, STUPID.
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Feb 19, 2016 Rebekah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, 2016, ya-addiction, fantasy, favorites

Review found at: www.awesomebooknut.com

Wow…. so many thoughts and feelings. My biggest one, is WHY DIDN’T I READ THIS SOONER! sheesh! so good…

In this one we are introduced to new and exciting characters, things that were kept from Wendy are revealed, some awesome and major character developments happen in this one. It’s just great.

I enjoyed more of Matt, Wendy’s brother and his role in this, I so enjoyed the tension between Wendy and Finn…. *sigh*

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Feb 06, 2012 Giselle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, own

In this second installment of the Trylle trilogy, we reunite with Wendy inside this strange new world she's still digesting. It's an honorable sequel with a lot of world building, plenty of characterization, and enough twists to keep you enchanted until the end.

Let's start with the world building. In Switched, we're introduced to this new race of Trylle. We meet the queen, we visit the kingdom and we learn where Wendy fits in all of this. Now, in Torn, we go deeper. We learn a lot more about the In this second installment of the Trylle trilogy, we reunite with Wendy inside this strange new world she's still digesting. It's an honorable sequel with a lot of world building, plenty of characterization, and enough twists to keep you enchanted until the end.

Let's start with the world building. In Switched, we're introduced to this new race of Trylle. We meet the queen, we visit the kingdom and we learn where Wendy fits in all of this. Now, in Torn, we go deeper. We learn a lot more about the politics of the Trylle as well as of the Vittra. We get a bigger look at what the future will have in store, not only for Wendy, but for the whole Trylle race. It's clear that this world was made with great effort. Everything is very complex with careful forethought. The story itself, which starts off thick on the action, quickly dwindles down to a smoother course where we concentrate more on plot development. Even though it's not constantly intense or heart pounding, there is enough going on throughout the book to make it easy to fly through it.

We meet again with the wonderful characters from Switched, accompanied by some new faces who are equally endearing. We've had Finn, the sweet, selfless one. Now comes Loki, the willful, irresistible bad boy. He is a great addition to the cast who is quickly becoming my favorite of the male characters. As for our protagonist, Wendy, she has grown from the previous novel. She's more feisty, and has finally started putting her foot down - particularly when it comes to her mother. She also has her brother, Matt, by her side this time. He's a great cornerstone for Wendy and can always be counted on to stand by her. She definitely needs this rock in her life, especially now with Finn acting so cold and moody - which I was a bit disappointed by; I was hoping the passion from Switched would remain, but Torn doesn't hold an abundance of romance. However, there is a new "flirtation" developing that is quite intriguing! It has a forbidden fruit temptation that always gets me enamored.

A delightful sequel- Torn brings us deeper into this world full of trolls and battles; romance and controversies. I strongly suggest you get St. Martin's published copy of this, if not for the beautiful cover, then for the never before published short stories at the end. These takes us into the minds of three of the well loved male characters. And I can assure you, they are well worth it!

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Dec 07, 2012 Elise ✘ a.k.a Ryder's Pet ✘ rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, paranomal-general, fantasy, read-in-2018, royalty, reviewed, pn-romance, read-more-than-once, 2-stars, read-in-2015

⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱*Not working for me anymore*⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱
This review is purely for me and might contain spoilers and facts from the book to keep myself in the known at all time. It's also very long and somewhat detailed.

Second re-read: 03.06.2018
We're back with Wendy Luella Everly (17) who, just weeks ago, found out she's a changeling switched at birth. The time schedule from first book to now is about a month; in book one, it was four months until Wendy turns 18, now it's three. The the timeline i ...more

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May 23, 2018 Sarah rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: almost-gothic-in-a-natural-way, as-it-began, because-magic, beware-of-marty-stu, because-marriage, because-princesses, because-rich-people, but-the-cover-was-pretty, young-adult, brown-eyed-hero

Torn picks up right where Switched left off. Wendy Everly has just found out that she is the heir to the throne of Förening, a Trylle (troll) enclave in Minnesota, hidden from human eyes unless those humans are taken there, or invited in.

Angry with her mother, cold Queen Elora, for imposing tough restrictions on her—including driving away Finn, her bodyguard/boyfriend of a few days—Wendy runs away, as seventeen-year-olds often do. She brings along Rhys, the human boy with whom she was switched a ...more

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Mar 04, 2012 Mimi Valentine rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Mimi by: Kaylee Magic

Shelves: reviewed, gorgeous-covers, boys-i-wish-were-real, pure-awesomeness, best-of-2012, adorable-favourites

Rating: 4.5 beautiful stars!

You know you have an amazing sequel when you love it more than the first book — and that's exactly the case with Torn! I wasn't expecting to be as blown away as I was but I ended up loving it from the beautiful cover to the heartbreaking end.

From the very first page, I already knew I was going to lose sleep reading this book! It still gives enough information to remind you of what happened in Switched, but the recap isn't boring or overwhelming. We also get to learn ...more

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Feb 15, 2016 Azbaqiyah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, favourite

There's a lot of politics and romances, I mean big major POLITICS AND ROMANCES...and Tove.....I don't know what to say...thank God you're damn foxy! ...more

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Feb 26, 2013 Mizuki rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-books, mary-sue-warning, no-hell-no, supernatural-stuff

Review for book 1: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Torn, book 2 of Amanda Hocking's Trylle trilogy, is a very easy book to read and it wouldn't charge you too much time and effort, but the writing is so plain that it lacks tone, style, tension, foreshadowing and grace---Okay, just about everything which would make the book interesting.

Instead we are once again stuck with the uninteresting Wendy's first person POV throughout the entire book, and her narration is becoming counter-productiv ...more

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Aug 14, 2016 Prabhjot Kaur rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, romance, paranormal, ya

Torn started out pretty good and I thought now we have something here and as soon as I thought that things started to get nowhere. There was a whole lot of whining continuing from the first book and a whole lot of not much else. I think this trilogy could've been a duology, had the author not given us well whatever we were given in this book.

I continue to love Matt and Finn and didn't mind Duncan as a side character either. Even though Finn became moody and jealous but I think that Amanda Hocki ...more

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Feb 12, 2018 Kayla rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

An amazing sequel and LOKI my love!

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Mar 03, 2012 Kaede rated it it was ok

Shelves: books-i-own, expected-more, the-shelf-of-okays, no-no-no-just-no, i-love-a-guy-in-this-book, thanks-for-nothing, series-gone-wrong, never-will-read-again, whiny-unlikable-heroines, paranormal

Unfortunately, Torn is even worse than the first, lacking in many of the things Switched had to offer.

It's really hard to get into a book when the main character insists and refuses to do anything in any way but her own. And the similarities to Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series? Maybe Amanda Hocking didn't mean for that to happen, or for anyone to be aware of it, but I tend to pick up on the littlest of things.

We'll start off with the whole "I love my mentor but he won't love me b ...more

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Jul 07, 2015 Darren Hagan-Loveridge rated it really liked it · review of another edition

**No spoilers**

What a difference a book makes!!

Torn is such a better book than Switched, holy guacamole?! The only things I didn't like we're Finn (his entire character - grr), and the ending was a bit anticlimactic in my opinion.

Wendy was so much more tolerable in this book. She was a lot more selfless and friendly, and she is actually shaping up to be a good queen. But I swear if she ends up with Finn.....sh*t will hit the fan!! Seriously, Loki is actual bae right now. He is AMAZING! I don't h ...more

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Sep 18, 2014 Alyssa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***

Torn by Amanda Hocking
Book Two of the Trylle series
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date: February 28, 2012
Rating: 4 stars
Source: Review copy sent by the publisher

Summary (from Goodreads):

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 tha ...more

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Mar 11, 2012 Kristin Edwards rated it liked it · review of another edition

My main issue with Amanda Hocking is that she has no sense of rise and fall. She doesn't know how to bring the story to a high point and then leave you heaving with suspense in the conclusion. She made an improvement from the first book by giving you reason to believe that the series will continue. She left Wendy's relationship with her father, the Vittra King, open for us to find out later. We still don't have much of a handle on who Wendy is and what she wants. We know she thinks that she's pr My main issue with Amanda Hocking is that she has no sense of rise and fall. She doesn't know how to bring the story to a high point and then leave you heaving with suspense in the conclusion. She made an improvement from the first book by giving you reason to believe that the series will continue. She left Wendy's relationship with her father, the Vittra King, open for us to find out later. We still don't have much of a handle on who Wendy is and what she wants. We know she thinks that she's pretty, she is very powerful, and she wants to marry for love. We don't know who she loves because she adds male candidates up in her mind at random. She is constantly admiring the good looks of the men around her and then deciding that they aren't for her. She won't even settle on liking Loki for sure. And now she's noncommittal about her feelings for Finn. We know she doesn't love Tove and now she's doing everything for the kingdom's sake with no consideration to herself. She starts putting her own thoughts aside, which were few to begin with, to work hard on harnessing the power that we hear about over and over again. Wendy did develop as a strong female character who is kind and cares about people. But that's about it. She has no complexity. She is forgettable and not worthy of being the main character. Even supporting female, Willa, had a stronger personality. She is very clear about what she wants and when she wants it. You know what her definite interests are and you know how she thinks her life should be. That kind of characterization should be applied to our heroine. It would make her significantly more interesting.

I also don't like that Hocking followed along the love triangle route. I understand that it's really "in" right now, but that is exactly why she should have done something different. The idea that a lot of men would be attracted to royalty isn't a stretch, but Finn doesn't want her because she's royalty and Loki couldn't care less. Tove is forced to be with her because of their bloodline and he isn't interested in slightest. I like the way that Hocking makes it so you aren't sure what side Loki is on. She might have given away too much vulnerability in Loki, but you still have to wonder what his motivation is. It is hard to believe that he's fallen in love with her already (because let's face it, none of the readers are really in love with her and we know a lot more about her) but he seems to really hate the Vittra King. So I have high hopes for Loki. Finn is too honor-bound to love Wendy the way she loves him. Everytime he slips and reveals his feelings to her, he gets horribly angry and then makes her feel bad about herself. He has abusive relationship written all over him. His rounds of jealousy are kind of sweet but also very childish. So I'm team Loki on this one. He can go on my list with Jacob and Gale. I don't have good luck on picking the team that actually wins...so she'll probably end up with Finn. Sigh.

This novel had improvements from the first novel but also so glaring problems. She is very repetitive and makes most of her characters one-dimensional. Elora is the most complex character in the whole book and that isn't saying a whole lot. I've developed attachments to a lot of characters but unfortunately not the main ones. It is a sad day in literature when I'm continuing to read more to find out what happens to Tove and Loki. But that's good enough for me. I'll be looking for the third installment and hoping the Hocking continues to takes steps forward in her writing style. Great story teller, just needs polish. ...more

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Apr 01, 2015 Katerina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal

Loki <3 Loki <3 Loki <3
The time for swooning has finally arrived!!I love him,I love him so much <3

We left Wendy returning to her old home and her brother Matt,with Rhys by her side after using persuasion on him.It was really obvious that this was a very,very bad choice,one she would regret.But!on the bright side,we came to know why the Vittra wanted her so badly (their king is such a huge as*hole and the queen merely a puppet) and yes,praise the Lord,Loki came into our lives.A sassy but surpsis ...more

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Mar 28, 2018 Meital rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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Mar 09, 2011 Reading Vacation rated it it was amazing

REVIEW

I read these three books back-to-back-to-back on my Kindle. The story had me so engaged, that I could not put it down. I was reading in the car, at school, on my bed, at the dinner table, and in the media room. You could call it an obsession.

In this paranormal tale, Wendy learns at the age of seventeen that she is a troll. Oh, but she isn’t just ANY troll, her past is filled with mystery, deceit, and some unexpected ancestors. Amanda Hocking carefully twisted this plot with all sorts of su ...more

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May 16, 2013 MischaS_ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: best-men-ever, kill-that-girl, series-finished, e-book, favorites, english

So difficult to choose if I like Tove or Loki more. They both are so sweet and likeable. Anyway Finn was even worse then in the first book. Matt and Rhys were completly useless.

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Feb 19, 2012 Aiysha rated it really liked it

‘Torn’ starts from exactly where Switched is left off. Wendy after getting fed up with the life she has at the palace persuades Rys into taking her back to Matt, her host brother’s house.

‘Torn’ is more exciting as it introduces many more characters some more surprising than others but I would’nt want to give it away! More dangers are to come as the Vittra are aware where Wendy is and that she has reached the age and is capable of becoming queen. After complications, which consequence in Finn to ...more

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Aug 04, 2016 Meags rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, magic, mf, royalty-and-nobility, young-adult, romance, borrowbox, audiobook, paranormal

3.5 Stars

That was a hell of a lot more enjoyable than book one (Switched). I'm now solidly immersed within the world of the Trylle and eager to witness Wendy's humble rise to Queendom.

With the exception of my disdain for all the "adults" in this story, and my hair pulling frustration at the gutless wonder that is Finn (this guy...ARGGGHHH!!!), I truly grew to love most of the characters in this story. I loved that Matt (Wendy's brother from her human host family) returned to play a much more su ...more

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Nov 11, 2010 Vicki Keire rated it it was amazing

I've been thinking about boundaries and edges a lot lately since picking up Amanda Hocking's newest release Torn, which she was kind enough to let me review early. The title alone suggests such things: Edges. Boundaries. Thresholds. Wendy Everly and nearly everyone she cares about stands at one of these in Hocking's second installment of her acclaimed Trylle trilogy. Friends, family, enemies, and Wendy herself remain caught in cross-currents of political and class struggles, navigating complex p ...more

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Mar 18, 2017 Carol (StarAngel's Reviews) Allen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, 4-or-more-stars, cliffhanger, magic

I think this is the best book in the series even though Wendy does annoy me at times with how fast she switches between guys.

The series does keep getting better and better and you can tell how the author's writing is maturing in the fantasy genre. ...more

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May 31, 2019 Lexy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I thought this book was interesting the character was torn in between 1 kingdom and the other

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Jun 08, 2012 Arooj rated it liked it · review of another edition

Plot wise? A pretty good sequel.
Character wise? No. Especially how Wendy acted.

The Good
- There was a lot more plot development than the last book. The first book, Switched, consisted mainly of Wendy just learning to be a Princess, and it got a little boring. However, this wasn't entirely like that.

- I enjoyed learning more about the history between the Trylle and the Vittra. I now understand why they're enemies and how serious the situation is. I also see the Vittra in a new light now. They're ...more

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Dec 17, 2014 Norah Una Sumner rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: fantasy lovers,people who read switched

Shelves: fantasy, adventure, love, read-in-serbian-bos-cro, humor, great-female-characters, young-adult, super-nice-authors, covergasm, great-male-characters

Okay,I admit - this one was way better than the first part.
Even Elora is more likeable and approachable.We basically get more information about Wendy's family and the constant war between the Vitrra and Trylle.
Summary of the characters:
-Finn is being a huge freaking jackass.(but because he cares,duh!...I swear,I was praying through the whole book that Wendy will just forget about him.)
-Villa and Matt are spending more time together.
-Rhys is pretty much forgotten.
-Tove is being awesome as always. ...more

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Sep 10, 2016 Dilushani Jayalath rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I love the fact I waited almost more than two years to read the second book after reading the first one.

First of all, it's because when i finished the first one I had thoroughly fallen in love with Finn. So I couldn't bear to have another guy jump in between their romance at all. I read some reviews before hand and saw that some new "Loki" was going to disrupt everything and thus stopped reading. Recently while going through my shelves I saw this again and also saw that I purchased the first two ...more

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Amanda Hocking

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AMANDA HOCKING is the author of over twenty young adult novels, including the New York Times bestselling Trylle Trilogy and Kanin Chronicles. Her love of pop culture and all things paranormal influence her writing. She spends her time in Minnesota, taking care of her menagerie of pets and working on her next book.

Several of her books have made the New York Times Bestsellers list. Her zombie series ...more