Cecile is living with her mother and singing in the theater. She has a cold relationship with her mother but she seeks for her aproval. Meanwhile, Tristan is a prisoner below the mountain and is almost dying. Cecile makes a promise to Tristan's father to find Anushka and free the trolls in exchange that they release Tristan a treat him better. Meanwhile, Tristan see that there is much more happening in Trollus that it seems, and tries to amend all the damage that he has done.

This books is told both by Tristan and Cecile's pov (one chapter each). I really liked reading Tristan's pov because he is smart and kind and is really trying his best. But I hated Cecile. I really did. Which sucks, because I liked her in the first book. She was so easy to manipulate, so reckless and blind that it made me mad most of the time. I know this is YA, but just because she is young she doesn't have to be so selfish and childish. Her desitions were awful and you could just tell that it was the wrong thing to do. That made her extremely annoying to read.
The big revelation was so obvious that it was kinda like waiting for the characters to catch up. There are SO many hints and the main characters were so blind that it exasperates me (except for Tristan, who can see it quite quickly but it's already too late).

Spoiler

The fact that her mother wasn't really her mother was kinda a revelation, but it was obvious after his father talked about her big change of mind about him and her relationshiop with her mother. But that she was Anushka was as clear as day since moment one.

But I think the thing that most annoyed me was how both main characters can't comunicate. Or at least they choose not to comunicate with each other. Most of the trouble could have been avoided if they just stoped protecting each other and themselves and just talked. Like, stop lying and keeping things and work things out together. But no, Cecile seems to be incapable of trusting people, and makes whatever desition she sees fit by herself, even if it involves other people. I've seen this type of character before, and it just ruins the whole series.
I would read the next book to see how the story develops, but this was such a dissapointment that I don't expect much anymore.