Book Synopsis
Beware the goblin men and the wares they sell.
All her life, nineteen-year-old Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, mysterious Goblin King. He is the Lord of Mischief, the Ruler Underground, and the muse around which her music is composed. Yet, as Liesl helps shoulder the burden of running her family’s inn, her dreams of composition and childish fancies about the Goblin King must be set aside in favor of more practical concerns.
But when her sister Käthe is taken by the goblins, Liesl journeys to their realm to rescue her sister and return her to the world above. The Goblin King agrees to let Käthe go—for a price. The life of a maiden must be given to the land, in accordance with the old laws. A life for a life, he says. Without sacrifice, nothing good can grow. Without death, there can be no rebirth. In exchange for her sister’s freedom, Liesl offers her hand in marriage to the Goblin King. He accepts.
Down in the Underground, Liesl discovers that the Goblin King still inspires her—musically, physically, emotionally. Yet even as her talent blossoms, Liesl’s life is slowly fading away, the price she paid for becoming the Goblin King’s bride. As the two of them grow closer, they must learn just what it is they are each willing to sacrifice: her life, her music, or the end of the world.
My Thoughts
Shame the story is not as beautiful as the gorgeous cover itself.
I found character's thoughts inconsistency as we follow Elizabeth's journey from a dull innkeeper's daughter to a wife of the Goblin King.
At first, she's very hesitant toward the Goblin King, because she only agreed to marry him just to save her sister back to the above world. Then in the instant after they are married, she wanted the Goblin King to want her. *insert rolling eyes*
Girl, can you have a bit of backbone here??
The sentences were beautiful and poetic but contrast with Strange the Dreamer, it didn't please me and only made me bored throughout the story. The pace was slow, nothing much ever happened here only to listen to Elizabeth's longing for her brother. I almost forgot the main interest was the Goblin King not her brother, Joseph.
Elizabeth's worry for Joseph was taken much often than thoughts of her husband. Not that I didn't grateful she remembers her family, but it felt like the main direction of this story was shifted from the original purpose.
I just glad when this is over.
My rating 2/5 stars.
Originally posted on my Goodreads page, January 11, 2018
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