Troll was a fast paced fairly addictive read about a Father searching for his missing daughter - who had been targeted by an online stalker.

I loved some of this book and was a little disappointed by other aspects of it. On the one hand, the parts written from Sophie's point of view as she slowly spirals downwards, her life and head invaded by this troll, who was slowly taking away her life, was absolutely compelling. She had a strong clear voice and elicited sympathy and rage at what was happening to her.

On the other hand Fortune's story was occasionally a little annoying. His personality was all over the place, swinging from selfishness to empathy, I didn't feel he was rounded out in any particular fashion. Whilst it was intriguing watching him hunt down the clues and follow his determination to find Sophie, I never really connected with him as a character. I found myself rushing more through his bits so I could get back to Sophie.

The majority of the plotting was great, it has a strong unpredictable mystery element, with a fascinating premise extremely socially relevant at the moment. Sadly I felt the end lacked the emotional stab to the heart it could have had, due to another plot layer that obviously I can't specify for spoiler reasons.

Overall I enjoyed it and would certainly recommend it for fans of this genre - however I do think that the idea was better than the execution, I wanted that emotive hit at the end and it didn't quite get there.

Excellent book. Great main characters and plot. I would recommend this book.