Review: Tiger's Destiny

Book Four of the Tiger Saga (therefore contains spoilers for the previous books)

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

I had loved reading the first three books of this series, especially the second one. Ren was my favourite in Tiger's Curse and then in Tiger's Quest I fell helplessly in love with Kishan and Ren revealed himself to be the over-protective man (I generally hate over-protective guys). I was looking forward to this book, but also scared of how this will end and who Kelsey will choose in the end.

Throughout the series my respect for Kelsey sank and sank in each book, she slowly becomes a selfish coward who harms everyone who loves her in an attempt to keep herself happy. This book and the way she treats Kishan and Ren completely ruined all the likeness of her and in the end I couldn't help but hate her. I didn't like the ending, and I didn't feel like Kelsey deserved to be happy after all she had done. Her disregard for people's feelings just makes me so annoyed and frustrated that two loving men such as Kishan and Ren would ever fall so completely in love with her.

I don't know what the next book will be about and I'll read it although right now I don't really know how I feel about the series any more. The ending could have ended the whole series here and I have no idea whether the next book will redeem the series or make it worse. This review is short because I don't want to ruin anything for anyone and everything I want to comment on can spoil things for others.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Review: Tiger's Voyage

Book Three of the Tiger Saga (therefore contains spoilers for the previous books)

With the head-to-head battle against the villainous Lokesh behind her, Kelsey confronts a new heartbreak: in the wake of his traumatic experience, her beloved Ren no longer remembers who she is. As the trio continues their quest by challenging five cunning and duplicitous dragons, Ren and Kishan once more vie for her affections--leaving Kelsey more confused than ever. 

From the beginning of this book, I knew I was setting my heart up for breaking. Tiger's Curse was the beautiful start of this series whereupon I fell in love with Ren, Tiger's Quest was the amazing sequel that rocked my world and made me fall head over heels in love with Kishan, Tiger's Voyage is where everybody's love is tested and everyone's heart is made to be broken. By the end, I can safely say that I have not died, but was standing on my tippy toes on the edge of the cliff waiting for a breeze to knock me off.

Kelsey loses a lot of my respect in this book, since it's been ages since I read the last two, I can't remember if I liked her that much in them or if I've always kinda disliked her. She leads and uses her men without thinking of them and at the end, I felt like she didn't deserve to have neither boys' love. Kishan is the patient, loving man at her side and I don't think a book character has ever captured my heart and then crushed it in one go before. Throughout the whole book I loved him, and I hated him for being so real and worthy of love because I knew I was giving my heart to the man who has near no chance of winning this love battle.

Ren... my love for him was non-existent at the end of the last book but this book just made me feel so sorry for him. Kelsey pushed and pressured him to love her, punishing him whenever he didn't do something right, and I hated having to watch him suffer like that. But then I could also say that I hated him for moments in this book, in fear of giving too much away, I'll give one example: Ren likes Kelsey with long hair and when she wants to cut it off shorter because it's easier to manage, Ren threatens anyone (including Kelsey) that wants to cut it and pretty much forbids her from cutting her own hair.

Finally the dragons, I absolutely loved this book because of the wonderful tasks they had to go through with the dragons. My favourite would have to be the Green, Gold or White dragon, I can't quite choose. Houck's writing is still so fun to read and I loved this book. Since I can't remember what really happened in the last two books, I can't say which I like best out of the three books but overall this series is awesome and I'd recommend it to those who love adventures and magic.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars