Tiger’s Curse
By: Colleen Houck
402 Pages
Sterling Publishing
Release Date: January 11, 2011

 “A fantastic and delicious read” Me

SUMMARY: The last thing teenager Kelsey Hayes thought she’d be doing over the summer was meeting Ren, a mysterious white tiger and cursed Indian prince When she learns she alone can break the Tiger’s curse, Kelsey’s life is turned upside-down. The unlikely duo journeys halfway around the world to piece together an Indian prophecy, find a way to free the man trapped by a centuries-old spell, and discover the path to their true destiny.
MY REVIEW (Spoilery): I loved loved loved Tiger’s Curse and I couldn’t put it away. It’s a fantastic and delicious read. I was obsessed with the book. It’s full of magic and romance and adventure. I hadn’t come across a were-Tiger book before, and I must say Colleen Houck did an amazing and awesome job. A key reason I really loved this book, is the adventure and the romance. Tigers, Indiana Jones and Twilight all rolled up into one fantastic tale. The book takes a huge dive into the Indian culture, which is unique and refreshing as a reader. The story involves the main character Kelsey, who began working at a traveling circus taking care of a white tiger that she later learns, is also a cursed, unaging, handsome Indian prince named Ren. He is perfectly gentle and sweet and in their adventure she falls deeper and deeper in love with Ren. Ren is cursed to spend most of his time in the form of the tiger. Kelsey and Ren set off across India to end the Tiger’s Curse with the help of Mr. Kadam. Mr. Kadam, who is Ren’s princely advisor/mentor has continuously been seeking to free Ren from this Tiger’s curse for all these many many years. They travel to temples, through many test and battling things like the kappa vampire monkeys as they progress in their adventure solving Ren’s curse. She soon comes across Ren’s, distant, fellow cursed, and similarly handsome prince brother, Kishan. Kishan tends to complicate things for Ren, and makes the book more intense and more delicious.
Characters: Kelsey is a fairly normal person, until she encounters the magical white tiger and her life changed. She falls in love with the cursed Prince Ren/ White Tiger. Ren is the delicious factor of the book, he’s sweet and gentle, protective and loves Kelsey. Every once in awhile, Ren recites and just purrs sweet poetry and pet names for Kelsey in his native tongue, that is overwhelmingly precious and just send chills up your back at the sweet words.
Writing: Colleen Houck is very amazing writer, with complex and diverse writing style. She has such a wonderful and precise writing language, and beautiful poetry usage. Not many author’s can or attempt to approach unfamiliar culture or territory, which just shows that Colleen put a lot of work into research, to ingrain this Indian culture, and it all resulted in a very creative and astonishing tale.

 Rating
5 Out Of 5 Stars

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