Tiger's Curse Blog Stop!

A HUGE thank you to Sterling Publishing, Colleen Houck, Jean Book Nerd for putting this together!

Also a VERY Happy Birthday to Ellen and James :)

Tour Stops: * Jean Vallesteros: http://www.jeanbooknerd.com/ 

* Katie Bartow: http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/ 

* Tiffany Borka: http://www.wix.com/paranormalreads/paranormalreads 

* Anne Brewer: http://anniebrewer.blogspot.com/ 

* Shelley Brunell: http://tsktskwhattoread2.blogspot.com/ 

* Stacey Clifford: http://sassybooklovers.blogspot.com/ 

* Bella Colella: http://paranormal-bookclub.com/ 

* Jenna DeTrapani http://mtgreviews.wordpress.com/ 

* Sabrina Ford: http://paranormalreadsreviews.blogspot.com/ 

* Melissa Marie http://beneaththecover-beneaththecover.blogspot.com/ 

* Tammy Middleton: http://lissalynnsreviews.blogspot.com/ 

* Jenny Needham: http://madsheepno1.blogspot.co.uk/ 

* Rose Pryimak: http://rosesbookcorner.blogspot.ca/ 

* Alice Priday: http://bestbooks1.blogspot.co.nz/ 

* Kelly Simmon: http://thetigerseries.com/ 

* Ellen Trieu: http://shadowmundane.blogspot.com/ 

* Jamie & Patricia http://www.twochicksonbooks.com/

Colleen Houck’s New York Times bestselling Tiger’s Curse series has received national praise with the fourth book, Tiger’s Destiny, debuting September 2012. Colleen is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include action, adventure, science fiction, and romance. Formerly a student at the University of Arizona, she has worked as a nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter for seventeen years. Colleen lives in Salem, Oregon, with her husband and a huge assortment of plush tigers.

Links: 

Website: http://www.colleenhouck.com 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tigerscurse 

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ColleenHouck 

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3097905.Colleen_Houck

Guest Post :  “What fiction most influenced your childhood, and what effect did those stories have on the Tiger’s Saga?”


I’ve always loved books with animals. The Black Stallion, Big Red, and Watership Down are all beloved books that introduced me to wonderful animal characters. Ren and Kishan as tigers and Fanindra the golden cobra would not have been nearly as interesting without my love of animals.

Mythology plays a big part in my series and my fascination with it began in middle school when an English teacher filled every space of her white walls with beautiful posters of the Greek gods. I read voraciously when I was younger and loved discovering the myths of every culture.

The first series my mom gave me was The Little House on the Prairie and my favorite book in that series was when Laura was introduced to her future husband, Almonzo Wilder. The love of romance bloomed in me and I just can’t get enough happily-ever-afters. In fact, I love romance so much that I highly doubt I’d ever write a book without having some form of it.

My passion for reading is what spurred me into writing. I’d just fallen in love with the Twilight series and was desperately seeking another series to sink into when the thought occurred to me to try writing one of my own. I was inspired by the personal stories of J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer. I’d always believed that a person needed to have a fancy college degree to be able to write and these stay-at-home moms brought home the idea that anyone with a love of storytelling can write a book.

There are pieces of everything I love in the Tiger series. References to Star Wars, Star Trek, and Indiana Jones pepper the pages. Magical creatures from Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Pirates of the Caribbean, and Eragon have breathed life into my own hodgepodge of frightening and fascinating beings. Every author I’ve ever read—John Steinbeck, Orson Scott Card, Madeleine L’Engle, John Grisham, H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, Michael Crichton, and many more have unwittingly contributed to the workings of my mind.

Sometimes I like to imagine that their stories are catalogued in the creative part of my brain and that, once in a while, I break off pieces of them. Then I twist, shape, and play with an idea until I fashion it into something new and, yet, at the same time, reminiscent of things past. Or, it could even be possible, that their ghosts stand behind me, looking over my shoulder. Unseen, they fill my mind with whisperings as together we form a tale that has never been—one built upon a foundation of the great stories of the past.

Sypnosis

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.


Review : This book can be summed up by WOW! Knock your freakin' socks off, I love this series, and I recommend it to anyone and everyone and I think this book will be taking the number one spot!

The drama the author brings into this is so real, it feels like you as the reader are Kelsey but just not really there to make the RIGHT decisions! I don't know how many of us talked about this and some cried, screamed, laughed and thought it will work out in the end, or will it?! I about died when I got to the ending of this book as I am sure many of us did! What will happen?

This book is a roller coaster of emotions, and you are just there along for the ride feeling it all. You feel for all the characters and not just the main one. Kelsey is frustrating, smart, stupid, funny, outgoing, shy and most of all loyal to a T! We all know the roller coaster of emotions she feels because we as readers feel the same way! She is going through a whole lot in a little amount of time, is she making some dumb decisions, do I really need to ask? But through it all you just want to snuggle her up and keep her safe from herself, the two boys she loves, and Lokesh.

Then there are our 2 favorite princes, so many words to describe them, sexy, hot as hell, frustrating, stubborn, cute, loving and also loyal to a T to Kelsey and somewhat to each other. History is repeating itself as we all know, and they just keep letting it. I don't know how much more stubborn these two can get, but I am thinking AWKWARD and HIGH TENSION will be there!

Overall this is my favorite book so far, even though I died a million different times it just proves how amazing the author is, the characters and the plot! This book will never let you down, it will make you laugh, cry, scream, punch your pillow and just about rip out your hair but not once will you want to set this series down to do anything but finish it and see what will happen next! I know I am dying for book 5 and the last 2 chapters of this book!

Enjoy this stop, series, author and my amazing friends blog stops!

Where you can purchase YOUR copy :

Amazon
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Book Depository

Hardcover:
http://www.bookdepository.com/Tigers-Destiny-4-Tigers-Curse-Series-Colleen-Houck/9781402798436/?a_aid=jeanbooknerd

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