Shelly Crane Giveaway

Shelly Crane the author of the Significance series and Collide Series will be randomly giving away signed copies of Collide, Uprising and Catalyst when her Facebook page reaches 3001 likes! She will also release a sneak peak of her new novel Wide Awake! Hurry up and Like-away!

Review: Tiger's Voyage by Colleen Houck

 
The Tiger's Curse series is an unstoppable force of nature! A definite page turner! In this epic adventure dragons have crash landed into the pages and into the action. The goal is to find the goddess Durga's black pearl neckalce as well as Ren's amnesia that is killing poor Kelsey's heart!

The battle for Kelsey's affection is more heated than ever and Kelsey is being torn apart! Kishan or Ren? I don't think eenie meenie miny mo is going to cut it. This love triangle is definitly going to make your head spin. First I was loyal to Ren and then I had doubts and it was Kishan , Ren, Kishan, Hurricane, Gaaaah!

I still prefer Ren.
 

And now I found out there will be a Tiger's Curse movie and it will be written by the co-creator of the CW's The Vampire Diaries !!! It just keeps getting better and better!
I won't be able to breathe until Tiger's Destiny comes out!

Overall
/5
Can you see the pattern going here?

 Tiger's Voyage. 2012. Photograph. Goodreads. Goodreads Inc, 2012. Web. 3 Aug. 2012. <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7849341-tiger-s-voyage>

Review: Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck

 

This book was an enthralling follow up to Tiger's Curse! At first, I was depressed like Kelsey was because Ren was gone. I  sympathized, but simultaneously I wanted to bash her in the head for leaving him out of lack of self confidence! But where Kells is strong, she is also as stubborn as a mule, so if she thought she wasn't good enough for Ren and had to leave, then she left. By then I was aching for Ren to make an appearance...

Kelsey's voice was as tough as nails as well as in the first book, which really persuades me to read more. So many authors use this one standard voice for the protagonist, and while the story can still be good, the best books have a character with a distinct voice that makes them unique, like Kelsey.

The adventures continued to break the curse, with barriers that make your hair curl! The romance is indeed...romancy and I don't want to say any more than that because I will give it away! Well, I will say the pages will flip themselves in a whirlwind with the tension that keeps you enamored!

Who is your favorite? Ren, the heart stopping, sweet, charming fierce white tiger who is very protective? Or Kishan, the depressed, courageous, arrogant, black tiger with bloodlust as well as a warm, patient heart filled with kindness.

I'm betting on Ren.

Overall

/5
Bibliography:Tiger's Quest. 2011. Photograph. Goodreads. Goodreads Inc, 2011. Web. 3 Aug. 2012. <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9662386-tiger-s-quest>

Tiger's Voyage Giveaway!

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Review: Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck

Ok, so let me start off saying that this came out in 2011, and that I am behind on reading it. By a year. And after reading it, I can say "Bad Girl!" because I was really missing out.


 My Excerpt:
Age Range: 12 and up
Pages:448
Sequel: Check
Kelsey Hayes has a quiet life. She has dealt with her parents death years ago and has moved on. She has a nice foster family, but she still covets a deeper love. When her new job involves a circus, a tiger names Ren, and a 300 year old Indian curse, what could possibly go wrong?
Forced to deal with impossible forces,booby traps, and all of it in another country, will her feelings dominate all of the dangers she has to face?

 Review:
  Kelsey is a very intricately written protagonist. She is strong, weak, sensitive, cold...she is a normal human being! She likes her socks color coded ,hates the jungle and likes to dress up. She is alive and leaps off the page! When she has a revelation, she doesn't simply accept it nor does she scream bloody murder and run for it.

    The problem is the curse. The curse causes the danger, calls forth the evil monkeys, and takes you do deep dark caves that are completely inhospitable. There is magic as well as realistic barriers that prevent them from breaking the curse. You definitely get a heap of adventure in this book.

    *Spoilers*
   Ren is one of the best YA guys out there! He is sweet and considerate, but when Kelsey decides to boycott him, his arrogance shines like the sun and rays down on Kelsey so confident that she can hardly resist! I sincerely hope this doesn't end up being a love triangle between Ren and Kishan! Ren all the way!

/5

Bibliography:Tiger's Curse. 2011. Photograph. Goodreads. Goodreads Inc, 2011. Web. 27 July 2012. <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9284655-tiger-s-curse>.

The Lux Series, Onyx Preview!

Is anyone else desperately in need of a sip of the next book in the Lux Series, Onyx by Jennifer Armentrout? I know I was idiotically shrieking at my computer yesterday in want of it! Visit Jennifer Armentrout's website:
 jenniferarmentrout.com
 And there you will find your lifeline!
-The First Two Chapters of Onyx
- A Deleted Scene from Obsidian on her blog

Review :Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols

I had high expectations the moment I glimpsed the cover and read the summary..... and they were completely fulfilled! Such a Rush is a beautifully written page turner of friendship,romance, and just learning how to come out of hard times! Leah is a unique protagonist that has such a well acted display that no one can truly guess how hard things are in the core. She is a strong girl and definitely not a flimsy protagonist! Her passion for flying is a unique aspect as well as enticing and (as far as I know of) new to the YA collection.  It was indeed a love triangle (Grayson vs.Alec), which I have to admit , the love triangles I like have to taste a certain way, and this one fortunately did! Grayson (who I rooted for from the start) was sweet, but also grumpy (which is understandable and makes him lifelike) due to dealing with his own problems.Alec was more the football-jock-with-the-cheerleader-girlfriend type, but also had his moments that make you just think, "Awwww." The mystery of (sorry,can't tell you that, now can I?) was not predictable and kept me guessing, which throws my complements to Ms.Echols, for I haven't read many that  are actually a mystery to the reader. The suspense dug through my brain like a worm, not like a faint "hmm" and then an immediate "Oh, I know!" Don't pass this brilliant novel up!

Overall....
/5



Picture Bibliography-Such A Rush. 2012. Photograph. Goodreads.com. Goodreads Inc, 2012. Web. 26 July 2012. <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12989112-such-a-rush>.