Title:Tiger's Curse (Click title for Synopsis)Source/ Format: Purchased, Paperback
Age Range: YA
Publisher/ Publication Date: Splinter, January 11, 2011
My Thoughts:
I admit that I put off reading Tiger’s Curse, because I’d heard that it was just a love story—and I’ve read my fair-share of those. Some of them I’ve liked, and others, well, not so much. Tiger’s Curse was indeed a love story, but the exotic setting, and Indian mythology made it interesting. Houck did an excellent job of describing all the places, as well as the culture of India. I also loved the way the cover was designed, I felt like it capture the story within. The writing was good, and the story moved at a fast pace.
In Tiger’s Curse, we meet Kelsey Hayes, who was a bit of an annoying character. She had a good nature and was loyal—traits that I saw more of as the book progressed. Her life was normal, thus, she never thought that she’d be "breaking a 300-year-old Indian curse" instead of working the entire summer. If anything, the only issue I really had was that Kelsey agreed to go along with things a little too easily. I felt like she didn't question it enough to make a firm decision on it. There was a bit of an insta-love, but with everything else going on, I hardly noticed it. I also like that Ren wasn’t a werewolf, or a vampire, but a white tiger. The story starts off a little slow, and I was left wondering where it was going. When it finally picked up I was glad that I stuck with the story. I also like that fact that Houck wrote a prologue, which gave me an insight into what happened before the story actually started.
The end was satisfying enough, and I get where Kelsey was coming from when she made the decision she did. For a paranormal romance it was a pretty good book. I might check out the rest of the series.
I like it. I recommend it.
