Tiger's Destiny (Tiger's Curse Series #4)

by Colleen Houck

Overview

With three of the goddess Durgas quests behind them, only one prophecy now stands in the way of Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan breaking the tigers curse. But the trios greatest challenge awaits them: A life-endangering pursuit in search of Durgas final gift, the Rope of Fire, on the Adaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.   Its a race against time--and the evil sorcerer Lokesh--in this eagerly anticipated fourth volume of the bestselling Tigers Curse series, which pits good against evil, tests the bonds of love and loyalty, and finally reveals the tigers true destiny once and for all. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402798443
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	09/04/2012
Series:	Tiger's Curse Series , #4
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	870 KB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

A resident of Salem, Oregon, Colleen Houcks first two YA novels, Tigers Curse and Tigers Quest, were New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestsellers. Colleen lives with her husband and a life-sized white stuffed tiger. For more information visit: tigerscursebook.com.

Editorial Reviews

"Ablaze with fiery passions—and sheets of actual fire, too—this conclusion to the Tiger's Curse quartet brings Oregon teenager Kelsey and the two Indian were-tiger princes who have divided her heart through a climactic battle to a final, bittersweet mate selection. . . . [readers] are sure to be left throbbing and misty-eyed." — Kirkus Reviews





"The Tiger's Curse Series has everything my heart could desire in a fantasy: exotic locations, two dashing princes, good vs. evil, the promise of danger and adventure lurking around every corner-and did I mention the two dashing princes?  Warning: these books may cause you to forget anything else exists until you've turned the last enthralling page. And then you'll want to start all over again!" —Bree Despain, author of the Dark Divine trilogy
 
PRAISE FOR Tiger's Voyage:
“Epic, grand adventure rolled into a sweeping love story . . .” —Sophie Jordan, author of Firelight
“An epic love triangle that kept me eagerly turning the pages!” —Alexandra Monir, author of Timeless
 
PRAISE FOR Tiger's Quest:
“. . . shocking, heart-rending, soul-tearing. . .” —Kirkus Reviews
 
PRAISE FOR Tiger's Curse:
“Tiger's Curse is magical!” —Becca Fitzpatrick, New York Times bestselling author of Hush, Hush
 “Action, history, poetry, romance, magic—everything you could ever want.” —RT Book Reviews
“Houck''s debut YA fantasy, which she self-published in 2009, is richly imagined…” —Publishers Weekly
“Houck…is adept at including details that allow readers to understand the story's setting…Twilight fans will appreciate the supernatural, star-crossed romance.” —School Library Journal

From the Publisher

Ablaze with fiery passions--and sheets of actual fire, too--this conclusion to the Tiger's Curse quartet brings Oregon teenager Kelsey and the two Indian were-tiger princes who have divided her heart through a climactic battle to a final, bittersweet mate selection. Her chiseled suitors, Ren and Kishan, must first rescue her from a forced marriage to archenemy Lokesh ("I watched vile ecstasy overtake him as he kissed my palm and licked the red droplets from his lips"). Kelsey then accompanies the sultry siblings on an arduous quest beneath an active volcano for a Rope of Fire that will convey the trio to a decisive face-off with the demonic sorcerer thousands of years in the past. Having privately settled in a previous episode on Kishan as the more rational choice but still gobsmacked by Ren, her "dark Poseidon," her "warrior angel," Kelsey nevertheless still rattles between the brothers. They continue to ply her with verses from Shakespeare, Tennyson and other poets as part of a rival courtship impregnated (so to speak) with manly sensitivity. After battling her way past a teeming array of minor deities, vampiric Rakshasas and like creatures from Hindu and other mythologies, Kelsey at last fulfills her destiny as savior of India. Then, in fulfilling their own destinies, one brother dies (temporarily), and to clear the way for a wedding described in protracted, luxuriant detail, the other makes the ultimate sacrifice by going off with another woman (albeit a goddess in the making). The end is a long time coming, but readers sufficiently hardened by the preceding adventures' florid prose to survive lines like "After a few seconds of delicious fantasy, I mentally rebuffed myself," and "[t]ingling bubbles of power coursed lazily between us," are sure to be left throbbing and misty-eyed. (Paranormal romance. 13 & up)

Kirkus Reviews