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Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck



When I was at the international book fair few weeks back, I found this interesting book. I was attracted to the book because of the cover. I picked the book and read the back cover and it seemed interesting to me. So I bought this book Tiger’s Curse and the second book of the series Tiger’s Quest. I am glad I bought it.
 
I found it is very hard to put the book back once I started reading. I really love the plot, which blends Indian mythology with romance and adventure.  Houck surely has done a lot of research into the mythology and it reads well and feels so real. I always love to read about myths and this story with the actions and romance…. oh I really love it.
First I didn’t much like the writing of the story. I thought it was very childish, but after reading few chapters and glued to the book, the writing style didn’t matter to me. But I felt like something missing, because Houck was telling the story rather than showing it.
 
The characters of the story seemed ok to me. Kelsey is believable as a teenage girl and romantic, but she also has her feet on the ground. I always felt like Mr. Kadam must be a bad guy, because he is too perfect. But still he is on the side of the noble. Ren was also a fabulous character. He is a passionate, stubborn and a ferocious character. Ren’s brother, Kishan, reminds me of Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries, sarcastic and a pushy guy.
It has been a long while since I’d read such a refreshing and original story like Tiger’s Curse. Colleen Houck has done a great piece as a new writer by creating this enchanting tale with magic, adventure, romance, and myth.
I am reading the second book in the series, Tiger’s Quest, and hope to post my thoughts ASAP once I finished it.

My Rating: 4 out of 5
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  1. Melissa (My World...in words and pages)October 18, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    You know I'm really hearing good things about this one. So glad to see you enjoyed it. :) Thank you! And thank you for stopping by the blog as well.

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  2. Sumudu SiriwardanaOctober 19, 2011 at 8:07 AM

    Thank you very much for stopping by this way. I'm sure you will enjoy it.

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