August Group Read - Tiger's Curse

[Ally]

Passion. Fate. Loyalty.

Would you risk it all to change your destiny?

The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought she’d be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world. But that’s exactly what happened. Face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever.

Tiger’s Curse is the exciting first volume in an epic fantasy-romance that will leave you breathless and yearning for more.

Who's ready for August's group read? :D

[Grace Meredith]

Ooooo, I've been wanting to read this for a while now. I'll try and join you for this one!

[Ally]

Great! I plan on starting it in a few days.

[Alexa]

EEEEP! I've actually read this whole series already and I adore it. It's lovely. Like my favorite. I've been looking for an excuse to reread this book! :)

[Ally]

Well, I started it last night and got a few chapters in. The prologue definitely roped me in!

I think I know where the Dhiren/Tiger thing is going, but I'm curious to see how that's going to play out.

So far, I like it. The writing isn't amazing, granted; there's way too much detail. And the story's very slow to get going. But still, I think I'll end up enjoying this one.

[Alexa]

Yeah, I realized that when I went back to reread it, about the detail. The writing could definitely be better. But I adore the characters and the plot and ASDFGHJKL it's just adorable! :D <3
I really hope you do! Can't wait to discuss it. :)
And don't let my fangirling stop you from being honest in the discussion if you don't like it, lol. To each fangirl her own opinion. :)

[Ally]

Haha, yes.

I love the characters too! I'm little over halfway through it now, and I have to stand by what I said about the writing. It's soooo slowwww. There's just a lot of...irrelevant scenes.

But I'm not saying I haven't enjoyed it so far. I have. I'm just hoping for more action. I'm interested to see what happens!

(Side note: Kelsy + Ren = SO adorable).

[Alexa]

(YES AREN'T THEY THOUGH?????)

Yeah, it picks up in later books, but there are definitely some slower sections.

Okay, so halfway through... what just happened?

[Ally]

Okay, so I finished, and it ended up a with a 2.5 rating from me. I enjoyed reading it, but there was just nothing really that stood out to me. I liked the romance(except when Kelsey started to freak out about it all of a sudden) but I feel like the author relied too heavily on that aspect. It's been described as an epic fantasy, but I don't really think it is.

But I'm still invested in the characters, and I think I'll continue the series to see what happens. Really, it was a fun read! It could have been a lot shorter, though... Ah, well. :)

[Alexa]

Yeah, it annoyed me when she freaked out about it too!

Really? Cuz I felt like it didn't rely on the romance as much as most other YA books do. Then again, I haven't finished rereading it (that's what happens when you're reading 3 books at once :p) and I first read it a few years ago, so maybe my opinion on that will change.

But I definitely feel like the later books (which I've reread more recently) focus more on the action than the romance. I mean, the romance is certainly still /there/, but there is a lot more of the epic fantasy part going on.

[Ally]

Well, maybe I should rephrase how I said that... it wasn't exactly heavy on the romance, but I still feel like the author fell back into the romance when she could have used other plot devices that would have furthered the story better. And I say romance, but maybe "relationship" would be a better term. For half the book really, all there was between them was friendship. (view spoiler)[But then Ren became a man and WHOAH. (hide spoiler)] I didn't necessarily want less focus on the relationship, I just wanted more substance to go alongside it. I'm glad to hear there's more action later on, because like I said, I'm interested in continuing the series!

[Alexa]

Ah, okay. I can understand that. I'm not positive I agree because I haven't finished rereading the book yet. But I can understand that. :)

Cool! Can't wait to hear what you think of the rest of them! And there are definitely periods where she reverts back to the romance, but, like I said, seemed to me like there was more action in the later books. Even though there was still a lot of relationship stuff going on, I think they kept their eyes on the prize overall.