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The Prince and the Troll

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The Prince and the Troll

By: Rainbow Rowell
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
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A charming everyman and a mysterious something-under-the-bridge cross paths in a short fairy tale by the number one New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor & Park and the Simon Snow series.

It’s fate when a man accidentally drops his phone off the bridge. It’s fortune when it’s retrieved by a friendly shape sloshing in the muck underneath. From that day forward, as they share a coffee every morning, an unlikely friendship blooms. Considering the reality for the man above, where life seems perfect, and that of the sharp-witted creature below, how forever after can a happy ending be?

The Prince and the Troll is part of Faraway, a collection of retold fairy tales that take the happily-ever-after in daring new directions. Whether read or listened to in one sitting, prepare to be charmed, moved, enlightened, and frightened all over again.

©2020 Rainbow Rowell (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Fiction Short Stories Magic Feel-Good
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Easy on the ear. Makes you think about the hidden message. Enjoyed a lot.

Makes you think

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Loved this story..... it had me hooked until the end. The narration was absolutely perfect, I can't wait to listen to the other stories in this series. Highly recommend!

A Fairy Story for Adults

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First, I was under the impression that I am downloading a kids' story. No.
Second, I just found the story really confusing.. it felt like the author was engaged at the beginning but at the end just really wanted to wrap up the whole story as soon as possible.
Weird. The type that I don't want to think about because it will give me nightmares 😅

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Lovely story, I was so keen to find out what happened in the end. Just right for bed time.

Well done.

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Every time I thought it was going somewhere it didn’t. There are a lot of mentions of Starbucks, I feel like I know a quarter of the American menu. I genuinely do not know if this was even about a troll, but it wasn’t about a prince. If a story of loose ends is what you’re looking for, and no point this is it.

I don’t understand so much of what I read, so many questions, so few answers. I guess some of it was about climate change but who knows really? There are also new iPhones, “the road”, a dark wizard and crows mentioned nearly as much as any other point...

I hate giving 1 star reviews but even as a short story this was more like a fever dream than an actual published piece of penmanship.

The narration was fine but I felt that the story itself really made it difficult to get invested into the content.

Narrator is fine but the plot goes nowhere

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