Tiger's Curse
Ratings36
Average rating3.7
So I found it while browsing on B&N before the second one even came out. I read the overview and thought “eh I don't have anything else to read. Why not?” I wasn't expecting much because I'd never heard of it before. MIND. BLOWN. This quickly became my favorite book series ever and I love the author's writing style. I hope to be half the author she is if I ever get published. That's way more than I could ever ask for.
I cannot remember how often I've started reading this book, but putting it back down after a chapter or two. I found it boring when I was elementary school, middle school and high school. Now as a college student, I'm not even going to bother reading this book and will do anything to get rid of it after 9 years of having it.
I don't know what it is about this book that makes it so boring and lackluster. Maybe the start is very slow and I for the life of me cannot get past it and into the potentially more interesting part. Maybe the writing is just bland and the main character comes across as Bella Swan 2.0.
The fact that this book uses Indian culture/religion/mythology is great since most books use Greek/Roman/Norse. This could've been a great way for my younger self to get interested in other mythology, but there was this invisible force that prevented me from even getting halfway into the book.
I thought that this book was great. The plotline was a really good one and it definitely got me hooked. The only thing is that it had way too many love issues.
4.5 Stars
This book was utterly fantastic. Between the lore, the myths, the world, and the characters, there were so many different facets to this amazing story. I went into this book not having heard anyone else really comment on the series and I had no expectations whatsoever, but let me just say I was blown away by this book. The detail and the writing were amazing and while there was a lot of information to divulge it was an easy read.
The book also moved at a very comfortable pace with progress constantly being made in the quest to undo the curse on Ren and Kishan. From the little bit we saw of Kishan, I think he is a fascinating character and I cannot wait to learn more about him. However, I do not like that this book set up what I assume is a love triangle between Kelsey and the two brothers. And that set up is the reason I docked half a star. I'm tired of love triangles and I was really hoping this series did not have one, but it looks like there will be. However, hopefully I'm wrong and it will just be a strong friendship between Kelsey and Kishan.
As the first in the series, this book did an excellent job of introducing the adventure and giving us the back-story on the events surrounding the curse. While we did get a lot of information, we were also kept in the dark a lot too, which I actually appreciated. We know the “villain” who enacted the curse is still alive, however we do not know anything about what his current motivations and actions are. I'm sure the next book is going to have a lot more to do with him as the gang gets closer and closer to breaking the curse.
I'm probably rating this one a star higher than I would under normal conditions. Normal conditions being that I'm not all caught up in the emotions of the book, and not sitting here all mopey because I haven't got a hold of the second book yet to see what happens. :)
Definitely the writing of a newcomer, but the story is well told nonetheless. It reminds me of Stephenie Meyer. She's not a fantastic writer, but she could certainly tell a story and that's what Colleen Houck has done. Her descriptions of sites and feelings were perfect, you felt like you could see, smell and hear everything. There were times however, where it felt like she was unnecessarily explaining something. It's hard to describe and it's such a minor thing really. One example was the two times she described how Kelsey boiled water, added it to the dehydrated food and waited for it to become edible. Little things, but they added length to a book that already seemed long enough and it's the first in a ‘multi-book saga'. My other thing is completely a publishing decision, but this book in hardcover was barely over 400 pages but it was by far the heaviest book I've had to hold onto! I highly recommend waiting for paperback!