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When I realized that I would be able to read Dream before it was released, I can't even express my excitement!

Here's the thing... All of us that love the series know that Ren and Kelsey were just meant-to-be from the very beginning. We all know that Kishan, however, was just as amazing and wonderful as Ren... He just needed a different girl. Kelsey was never meant to be his. Poor Kishan.

Dream picks up right after Tiger's Destiny, which ends with Ren and Kelsey happily-ever-after and poor Kishan stuck in the past as the goddess, Durga's, tiger. Or, Anamika's tiger. Seeing as how they are one and the same. You get a sense from the beginning that if Kishan could just let go of his romantic love for Kelsey and move on, Ana would be the perfect match for him. But, you know, these things are never that simple, are they?

I made sure to reread the whole Tiger Saga before I started on Dream. I wanted to make sure it was all fresh for me. Amazingly, even though I've read them all quite a few times already, I still needed the refresher as I would've missed some things from Dream that I had forgotten about.

Ms. Houck has been promising that Dream would be the book to answer all of our questions from the whole of the series. Honestly, though--Dream answers questions that I didn't realize I should've been asking. There are so. many. intricate. details. Things that happen in the rest of the series, that seen from Kishan's point-of-view will change the way I read these books forever. It's like a veil has been lifted. Behind that veil? The genius that is Colleen Houck.

I'm not just saying this to blow smoke. It's true, people. Ms. Houck had all these little things planned from the very beginning and I don't have a clue as to how. How everything just falls into place and makes SO MUCH SENSE now. I felt so good after reading Destiny. Like, I can die happy now because Ren + Kelsey = 4ever and all of that sappiness. Buuuuut, please. Anyone who doesn't also read Dream would be shortchanging themselves. If you're worried it won't be like the others because there's no Ren and Kelsey... Or any of the other characters, rest assured. They are there. Not in the same capacity, of course, as this is Kishan's story--but there were some great moments with some of our favorite characters.

So, do yourself a favor, read Tiger's Dream (after you've read all the others, of course), and then bask in the fact that that is how one writes a book series.

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