Review (Updated) of Tiger's Curse (Tiger Saga #1) by Colleen Houck
Tiger's Curse is the first book in the series The Tiger Saga. I reviewed the first four books at once, but as I am rereading them at the moment, I decided to do them individually.
Kelsey Hayes is an orphan recently graduated from high school. She gets a temporary job at a circus, feeding a tiger for two weeks.
The white tiger is called Ren, and she feels a deep draw to him. Her free time is spent reading him poetry and Shakespeare while she sits on a bay of hale in the barn where his cage is kept. She even begins to pet him through the bars of his cage.
One day an Indian man arrives to purchase Ren and take him to a wildlife preserve in India. He offers to pay Kelsey handsomely if she will accompany Ren to his new home. Not about to turn down a free trip to India, Kelsey agrees.
What follows is an adventure with gods, demons, and two cursed princes.
This is one of my all-time favorite series. The romantic tension is thick, the adventure intense, and the heroine stands beside her tiger as they fight danger, not behind him.
The second prince added to the mix (hello, triangle!) I appreciated, especially opposite the first one. I probably would have liked him better personally, but that's just me.
Kelsey's stupidity when it came to her romantic feelings made me want to knock some sense into her, especially since it stemmed from a lack of confidence, not from reality. I think her thought processes on this subject were a little excessive and might lead young girls into thinking they should be that hard on themselves.
A common thread in books like this is the girl thinks she's not pretty or not smart or not good at something, or simply not good enough. I think this age group could do with some heroines who are more confident in themselves instead of insisting they're not good at whatever it is when they actually are. A common character trait mentioned above is the girl thinking they're ugly when everyone around them is telling them they're pretty or even gorgeous. That's not endearing or attractive. I find it frustrating, and it makes me roll my eyes.
I discovered these books almost a decade ago, and they remain page turners even though I know them inside and out.
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