Book 1: "Tiger's Curse"
This book was recommended to me by one of my friend's. I didn't know anything about the book other than the title when she recommended it. Just a quick "Hey, you should read this."
This is a fantasy series about a young adult, Kelsey. She gets a two-week summer job stint working for a small family owned traveling circus and gets pulled into the center of a 300 year old curse. One of her responsibilities is to help care for the tiger, Ren, who turns out to be a 300 hundred year old (yet still young and handsome) Indian prince. The Saga tells the story of how the curse is broken.
I wasn't immediately drawn into this book, but kept reading due to the recommendation from my friend. The writing is a teen level, and at times I felt the story was too fast (not enough details or description. Sometimes jumping ahead to fast) and other times too slow (where lengthy explanations were given for things that seemed obvious). However, I suppose I am biased against the lower level writing style, what with me being a twenty-something doctoral graduate. The story itself is well suited for teen age reading. There is a lot of teenage romance and emotion and the reader can see the characters growing up and developing. The romance reminded me of the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer in that there is a 300 year old teen boy who shows no sense of adult courtship, and an just-out-of-high-school female who has no idea how to deal with the fact that a gorgeous man loves and is loved by her. However, it is obvious that the author has a lot of background in Indian culture as well as general literature through the ages. This is what kept me reading.
Book 2: "Tiger's Quest"
This section of the story throws a huge wrench in the plot by bringing Ren's brother, Kishan, into the love mix. A little background on the brothers' past: The whole tiger curse thing was brought to pass in part, because Kishan got tied up with the girl his older brother was betrothed too. This leaves the reader wondering if there is a tragic flaw in Kishan that he will always fall for (and steal the heart of?) whatever girl is in his brother's romantic possession.
Book 3: "Tiger's Voyage"
The love triangle continues. I am sorry to keep referencing Twilight, but this made me think of the whole team Edward vs. team Jacob battle. It was satisfying to me to see the girl decide on the steady, kind, more normal guy and turn away from the controlling, but passionate, chemistry filled relationship. Though I kept thinking was too good to be true. The whole team continues to battle against the curse, and the villian. They get into sme pretty action-y situations. I didn't always the the writing, but these scenes would make pretty cool movies.
Book 4: "Tiger's Destiny"
Some interesting plot turns, though some were pretty expected truth be told. And of course it ends, as Ms. I would say, with pretty pink ribbons all tied in bows.
Let me know what ya'll think.
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