"exhilarating fantasy romantic suspense"
In Beijing, Dela Reese searches the various booths of the
Cheap Dirt Market until she purchases an ancient looking
riddle box for a ridiculously low price. She takes the
box to her apartment, but is unable to read the
inscription that looks like gibberish to Dela. However,
she manages to "open" the box; in the next nanosecond a
handsome seven foot warrior offers to obey her commands. Dela tells Hari he is free, but he says she cannot release
him because part of the curse is that he must stay near
his owner. He explains that the curse began two
millennium ago when a magi stole his skin and killed his
sister. When an assassin tries to kill Dela with a knife
she made, he intercedes though she never commanded him to
do so. As Hari finds Dela unique and different than any
previous owner, they fall in love, but someone wants her
dead and if they succeed the trouble with Hari is that
they would own him unless Hari can end the curse by
finding his skin. TIGER EYE is an exhilarating fantasy romantic suspense
that enables the audience to glimpse modern day Beijing.
The genie in a non-bottle container rescued by a
courageous heroine is not a new theme. Sherrilyn Kenyon's
did this in FANTASY LOVER. However, Marjorie M. Liu makes
it feel as if she is the first to use this concept because
of the interactions between Dela and Hari. She adapts
perhaps because of her curse to "hear" people's laments
while he struggles to accept her honest efforts to
liberate him without personal gain; together they make for
an exciting tale. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 24, 2005
Look for Book 2: SHADOW TOUCH - in Feb. 2006
SummaryWhen a young psychic acquires a riddle box in present-day
Beijing, she learns she can free the shapeshifter
imprisoned inside, and that he is the beginning of an
adventure--and a love--of a lifetime.
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