Worst books I read this year (1st place) 
 1st place in the Worst-Books-I-read-this-year competition! I didn't even get halfway through! 
 I'm starting to feel guilty about a super scathing review like the ones I did for The Tsarina's Daughter and Sekret, so I'm going to just summarize my feelings with a lot of images, they're worth a thousand words, you know. 
 I dnf this at 29%. The opening couple chapters may have merited 2.5 stars, but the rest certainly didn't. Even in the better part of the book, I had a problem with a good amount of the writing. 
 "And now... the highlight of our programma! He was taken from the harsh, wild giungla, the jungles of India and brought here to America. He is a fierce hunter, a cacciatore bianco who stalks his prey..." 
 You get the idea. The circus owner is 
 only not as cute. 
 Mr. Kadam was a stereotypical rich old guy with a fancy car and all that. 
 "Kelsey" wrote in a choppy style and had to describe everything. 
 Phet? Phet? That's a freaking Indian name???????? 
 And why did Ren have to be a White tiger with Blue eyes? 
 If you thought you'd enjoy this series, I would consider reconsidering. This book had the suspension-of-disbelief of The Curse of the Romanovs, the annoying plot structure of The Tsarina's Daughter, and the unnecessarily-Mary-sue-ified protagonist of Dreaming Anastasia. 
 I never thought I'd be doing this, but if you think you'd like this series, read Dreaming Anastasia. It's stupid, but not as stupid, has about 2% of the racism and if anything, will be less weight in one's bag. Nevertheless, I am still not a fan of the name Etanovich. 
 My general feelings: 
 My one request for The Secret Daughter of the Tsar, which I am reading after setting this down. 
 (No tigers please).