So Liesl is a plain girl living in the shadow of her beautiful sister, Kathe and her talented brother, Josef. I’m tired of living up to your expectations.

“I’ve given you everything you’ve ever wanted. I marked them all with my cute little sticky notes and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t clap after placing each one down on a page. I also have to mention how incredibly giddy it made me when I read a sentence that was taken straight out of the movie Labyrinth but used in a different way that fit this adaptation. I admit, it was a bit slow going in the beginning… but then… but THEN… So anyway, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the story. So like any rational person on the face of the Earth, I bought it and had it rush delivered to my house. So… when I heard about this one, I ran to my local bookstore. I also pick up every single book I can find that claims to be a retelling of such or even just one that is inspired by the film. I will wait as long as you remember.Īnd the little girl laughed as she danced with the Goblin King, the little boy who was always just a little older, a little out of reach. Oh, she replied, but I am too young to marry. “Will you marry me, Elisabeth? the little boy asked, and the little girl did not wonder at how he knew her name. And with time and the old laws working against her, Liesl must discover who she truly is before her fate is sealed. Drawn to the strange, captivating world she finds-and the mysterious man who rules it-she soon faces an impossible decision. Now eighteen and helping to run her family’s inn, Liesl can’t help but feel that her musical dreams and childhood fantasies are slipping away.īut when her own sister is taken by the Goblin King, Liesl has no choice but to journey to the Underground to save her. They’ve enraptured her mind, her spirit, and inspired her musical compositions. Now the days of winter begin and the Goblin King rides abroad, searching for his bride…Īll her life, Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, dangerous Goblin King.

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