Tiger's Curse (Tiger's Curse Series #1)

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The last thing teenager Kelsey Hayes thought shed be doing over the summer was meeting Ren, a mysterious white tiger and cursed Indian prince! When she learns she alone can break the Tigers curse, Kelseys 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.

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ISBN-13:	9781402784859
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	01/11/2011
Series:	Tiger's Curse Series , #1
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
Lexile:	800L (what's this?)
File size:	941 KB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

COLLEEN HOUCK has already received literary praise and digital success for TIGERS CURSE. This is her first book. Colleen lives in SALEM, OREGON, with her husband, dog, and a life-sized white stuffed tiger. For more information visit: www.colleenhouck.com

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Gr 9 Up—Many years ago, two Indian princes fell in love with the same woman. Her sorcerer father took advantage of the brothers' rivalry to gain control of the magical amulets they possessed. The girl was killed, and the brothers were transformed into tigers. More than 300 years later, Kelsey, an American orphan who has just graduated from high school, takes a temporary job working with a circus. There, she develops an inexplicable bond with a white tiger named Ren, and she is asked to accompany him to a wildlife preserve in India. There he transforms into a handsome young man and reveals that only Kelsey can help break the curse he is under. She must embark upon a journey where she is in danger of losing her heart, her life, or both. Houck has clearly done a great deal of research on Indian culture, and she is adept at including details that allow readers to understand the story's setting. Unfortunately, that detail is too elaborate in many places and bogs down the Indiana Jones-esque action. Also, the characters are flat, with little nuanced behavior or dialogue; for example, Ren is a 300-year-old prince, and yet based on his behavior he is indistinguishable from a modern American teenager. Kelsey's redeeming character component is that she is self-aware and reluctant to succumb completely to Ren's eager romantic advances. Twilight (Little, Brown, 2005) fans will appreciate the supernatural, star-crossed romance.—Heather M. Campbell, formerly at Philip S. Miller Library, Castle Rock, CO

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PRAISE FOR TIGER'S CURSE:
“…a sweet romance and heart-pounding adventure. I found myself cheering, squealing and biting my nails-all within a few pages. In short, Tiger's Curse is magical!” -Becca Fitzpatrick, New York Times bestselling author of Hush, Hush

"High adventure ensues. As in Tiger's Curse and Tiger's Quest, this story is part action-adventure and part romance…The novel will satisfy the saga's fans, who will be delighted by the prospect of a fourth volume.” —Booklist

“Houck cranks the love-o-stat up another notch…Hypersteamy romance...'hot, melty, smoldering' (but still chaste) make-out sessions…” —Kirkus Reviews

“Forget vampires and werewolves, tigers are the new hottest thing…a guaranteed page turner with a huge twist at the end that will leave you breathless.” —RT Book Reviews

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A circus job isn’t ideal, but Kelsey enjoys spending time with the white tiger. Eventually, the simplicity of her attachment to the tiger is spoiled by a revelation: He’s actually a handsome Indian prince who was cursed to tiger-hood centuries ago. The prologue, read by Sanjiv Jhaveri, introduces the curse to listeners. Annika Boras narrates the bulk of the novel, giving Kelsey an unassuming American-as-blue-jeans voice that matches her stubborn streak, attitude, and moments of self-doubt. Boras gives Prince Ren cultured diction that accentuates his seductive qualities, as does her proclivity for drawing out the romantic tension with breathy hesitation. This romance hangs on a scaffolding of Indiana Jones-type adventures as Kelsey and Ren trek through India seeking an end to the curse. A.M.P. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

SEPTEMBER 2011 - AudioFile

An Oregon teenager falls in love with a shape-shifting tiger who turns out to be a hunky Indian prince afflicted with an ancient curse. A job as a temp worker at a local circus turns more challenging for Kelsey when she's hired to accompany Dhiren, a white tiger with whom she has developed a strangely close mutual affinity, back to India. Once there her journey becomes a quest (thanks to the requisite obscure prophecy) through magical realms for four Gifts that will not only break the centuries-old curse that keeps Dhiren in tiger form—except for a few minutes each day, during which he reverts to a sultry lothario "like James Bond, Antonio Banderas, and Brad Pitt all rolled into one"—but may well have broader implications. This entails not only treks through dusty temples and battles with vampire monkeys but frequent aggressive flirting, chaste but passionate snogging and emotional tempests fueled by his tigerlike pride and her artificially low self-esteem. Twilight fans ready for a not-too-radical change of pace are the natural audience for this steamy opener.(Paranormal romance. 13 & up)

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