Switched (The Trylle Trilogy, 1)

The media could not be loaded.  Very nice book.cant wait to read my new book..no damages inside..tq for Amazon.

Very nyc buk bt I would suggest this to be bought with whole trilogy cuz the story doesn't end here

I haven't expected much from this book that's why it crossed my expectation and i liked it. Its a simple fantasy without adding much complication to the story

Wow....such an awsme book it is.... i like the torn more dn dis...still vry intrstn....overall m totally satisfied...dis deserves 5 star

Uff!! OMG !! awsome book ... Luv amanda hocking for writing this ... I dont have words to express my happiness :D

Awesome story but terrible paper quality

I was charged much in excess. The book cover says Introductory offer of Rs 199 and Amazon charged Rs 275 after Rs 75 discount in original price of Rs 350.The book print and paper quality is cheap and poor. Seems a local reprint and not original edition print.

Very Good

I really enjoyed this book. It reminded me of [book:Lark|17226481], which is also a fantastic book. If you really liked Lark then you would most likely love this book too.It was a book that kept me wanting to read more, the type of book that I just couldn't put down. I've already downloaded [book:Torn|9716824] and I can't wait to get started.Wendy is growing up and had a few problems with her mother from a very young age and therefore lived with her brother and her Aunt. She never seemed to fit into anywhere, was fussy with food, she hated wearing shoes and her hair never seemed to go how she wanted it too. She noticed that a boy at school kept staring at her and she talked to him one day to find out why he was always staring her and following her around. One day Finn knocked onto her bedroom window and explained to her that she was Trille, which is basically a troll and that she was a princess and needed to move away with him as she was a changeling and basically switched at birth as most Trille are. She refused to go with him and had trouble sleeping one morning so she went for a walk. During this walk she had trouble with people trying to capture her and take her away so Finn Saved her and took her somewhere safe.This is when her life changed, she had to learn the ways of the Trille, get to know other people, and had a big ball where she was to have her christening ceremony and other Trille where to meet her. During the ball problems arose which caused her and the other Trille to fight for their lives.I wasn't too keen on the end, I didn't like that it ended like that and I felt that more could have been done. It just ended rather abruptly for my liking.Overall a fantastic book and I can't wait to read more.

(I was given this book for free on a read-to-review basis.)17-year-old Wendy lives with her brother and aunt. Her dad is dead, and her mother is in a mental care facility after trying to kill Wendy when she was six.Wendy has been to her fair share of schools and has been expelled multiple times. She's just decided to settle down and try to graduate when a new boy at school - Finn, captures her attention.Finn tells Wendy that she is a changeling. She was swapped at birth and left with a human family when she is really a troll! (Sounds glamorous huh?) Strangely enough the reason that Wendy's mom tried to kill her was because she didn't believe that Wendy was really her child, so as it turns out she was actually correct.Finn takes Wendy to a place called Forening, where the group of trolls, or Trylle, that she comes from live. More surprises are in store though when Wendy finds out that she's not just a Trylle, she's also the Trylle princess!Wendy has never been one for rules and restrictions though, and it turns out that being a princess is far too limiting for Wendy, especially when she's told that she's not allowed to be with Finn because she's the princess and he is below her. Can Wendy change her mother's ideas about what is proper though? Or is the title of Princess really a prison sentence?I enjoyed this book and got through it really quickly. I liked Wendy although at times she did act like a spoilt little madam, and I actually felt a bit sorry for her mum. I think I'd be pretty miffed if I knew that my child had been swapped for another and nobody believed me. Especially seeing as Wendy was a particularly difficult child, and less than grateful for the life she had.I liked Finn and I thought it was unfair that he and Wendy weren't allowed to be together, although I kind-of expected this as soon as it was discovered that Wendy was a princess.Wendy's real mother, the queen, Elora was a total cow to be honest. She had no respect for anyone, and treated Wendy like dirt. To be honest I was expecting Wendy to turn right around and leave pretty much as soon as she met her mother, I know that I wanted her to!I liked that Wendy got to meet the boy she had been switched with (Rhys), and that she wasn't quite sure what he was to her (her brother's brother?). I also liked the idea that the Trylle had powers such as telekinesis, weather control, and seeing the future, and I'm interested to see how these abilities are developed in the next book (which I'm now looking forward to!)8 out of 10.(Book length: 3536 kindle locations)

Oh, how I slogged through 'Switched' ! Amanda Hocking clearly has some very good ideas and I really wanted to love this book, but over 300+ pages only about twenty have anything containing something happening.It took me over four months to complete reading this book. I wanted to know what would happen, but only because I had invested time in it in the first place.Once Wendy ends up in Forening, the story derails entirely. The next ten to fifteen chapters deal with 'am I a Princess / don't want to be a princess /I want to go home / I want Finn to be madly in love with me'...it's aset of themes that has the heroine torn, but not in a good way.How this story has stretched to three books, when perhaps one would suffice,is beyond me. But I think the story has been killed because of the want tomake it into three books. There is not enough story to warrant this, so itmust be some cold marketing ploy to get you to buy the others in the set.Switched contains no characters you will care about, in a setting that isbelievable enough but you again, won't care about it.Most annoying is the Finn / Wendy love story. It's the sort of twee nonsensethat saturates what could be a good story.Amanda, you can do better than this!

So... I'll whole heartedly admit that this is another case of the book cover being too good to walk away from; seriously this book has haunted me for months because of how pretty the book cover is. And when I found it in a charity shop for £2.50 and it looked like it had never even been read I couldn't resist.Wendy Everly is 17 years old and a bit of an outcast. She's never really fit in anywhere, not even her own family. And let me tell you before I write this review that I actually liked the book. I liked it even though I know I shouldn't, but this review is mainly going to air my bad opinions of it.So if, before you even grow up and hit puberty, your dad kills himself and then your mum tries to kill you and you're basically raised by your over protective big brother and your too shiny happy aunt you think you would end up a bit messed up. But Wendy just comes across as a normal teenager. She feels like she doesn't really fit in and yadayadayada but there's no real signs of any trauma in her life except for when she goes to visit her `mum' in the mental hospital and even then it's only for a little bit.The next thing is that Finn, the love interest, obviously starts of as this really boring stalker dude who creeps her out, and then the next minute she feels this really intense connection and wishes she had chosen to run away with him and what not. WHAT? Yeah that totally made sense.Then when she does leave she doesn't even give that much of a crap about the family she did leave behind, she only care at like 2 different points. And if she had so much trauma about her other mother you think she would try and make an effort with her new one even though her new one is a bit of a bitch, but no she's happy for her real mum not to give a s***.I think the bits I liked were when she was away with the Trylle, because at least that was interesting, but I think I was more interested in their society and in their powers then any of the actual characters. In fact my favourite characters were the only two character's with any personality Ryan I think that was his name, but I don't really remember) and Tove. Tove because he was manic and Ryan because he was fun.Everyone else you are told what their personality is like but you don't really experience. And of course Finn is the typical love interest. Very wooden, has no life other than protecting Wendy.I think I will read the series still because I'm interested in seeing how these characters develop, if they develop, but mainly what happens to the world and everything, because that's the part I found most interesting

Back at the start of the year, I kept seeing posters for this on the Tube. I thought that they were quite intriguing, but with my ever-growing `To Read' pile, I just stuck it on my wishlist to remind me later and didn't think any more of it.Strangely, I then read Hollowland without making the connection that it was by the same author.I ended up buying it when it was just 69p from Amazon - and it was more than worth every penny :D Although I didn't originally buy it with my (now) 13 year old daughter in mind, it became clear from the start that she would enjoy it. I mean, what young girl doesn't secretly harbour the dream that their parents aren't REALLY their parents, and that some day they will turn up, ready to whisk them away to a better life - preferably one where they are rich...or even better, a princess!This is the basis for Switched - it's a proper modern day fairytale.Wendy Everly has always felt that she doesn't quite fit in. Not just at school, but also with her family - nothing bringing that feeling to her more than when her mother tried to kill her when she was just six years old, claiming that she had been switched at birth and was no child of hers.When her mother is put into a mental institution, Wendy and her ever-protective brother end up living with their aunt. We join her as a moody teen - never quite able to cope with High School, so she has been thrown out of a few of them. She has a bit of a temper problem, and is rather disconcerted that occasionally people seem to do what she `wills' them to.And then cute, mysterious Finn turns up at school, and her whole world is turned upside-down. He informs her that although hard to believe, she isn't even actually human. She isa changeling. A troll. No, she doesn't have green skin or anything, but they are both from a race called Trylle, and she isn't just any Trylle, she is heir to the throne. And it is time for her to come home.This series seems to divide readers - and if I wasn't easily swayed by a pretty cover (go on - judge me!), I may not have actually read it for myself.However, I am so glad I did. If you suspend disbelief (this is a fairytale!!) and read it with an open mind, it's a lovely, easy-to-read story. And is full of hidden morals of being true to yourself, not changing for anyone and trusting your instincts. It is a perfect YA book, and I reckon my girl will love it.It's like a `lighter' side of Twilight, without all the sullen, gothy teenagers. There's still a bit of `first romance' angst, but nothing like the awful Bella / Edward stuff!It's not the best written book in the world, but the characters are believable enough, and it is a very quick read. Real escapism - if that's your thing! I immediately bought the next book!