Maxine Kiss
Book Review: Marjorie Liu’s Tiger Eye
Aug
05, 2010 |Filed in:
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Finally, I checked out Tiger Eye, which is partially set in modern day China, but has roots sunk deep within history. I’d have to admit, there was a minor plot line that seemed under developed, but I didn’t care. Not in the face of everything else this book offered. From the discovery of an immortal shapeshifting lover to betayal and murder, Liu makes sure you don’t want to put this book down. I devoured it in two sittings. Keep in mind, this was right before Crested Butte and I had things I was supposed to do. But there was a book calling me….
Would you like a peak inside? I thought so. 🙂 A few weeks ago, Catwoods mentioned making your characters stink. Try Liu’s shapeshifter on for size:
He reached past Dela to pick up the box, and his sudden closeness made her breath catch. She smelled moss, the musk of some forest cat, sharp and hard.
In two sentences, she conveys both Hari’s presence, his shapeshifter’s nature and his sexuality. That’s good writing.
My next review is another one by Liu and as much as I hate to say it: a giveaway. I will send one lucky winner my ARC of Marjorie Liu’s “A Wild Light,” which is the next book in the Hunter Kiss series.