Jenna Zarzycki's Reviews > The Hollow Kingdom

Although I may have liked this book in my youth, as an adult I found it rather repellent.

A young woman is coerced into marrying the Goblin King, Lord of the Hollow Kingdom.

This book is unfortunately one of those cases where the two main characters start off hating one another (or rather, the young woman starts off hating the male protagonist), but eventually fall in love. What probably incensed me more than anything is that the male character virtually slings the female character over his shoulder and takes her underground where she is to live - FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. No choice, no hope of ever leaving. What really kills me is that the main character loves stargazing - a passion that gets utterly taken away from her when she is forced underground.

What I'm trying to get across is that this is another example of a story where a young woman gets virtually everything taken away from her - her passions, her freedom, everything - but (through Stockholm Syndrome or sheer stupidity, I'm not sure) she forgives it all in the name of love and becomes a supremely contented Stepford Wife. Argh.