A conflict is brewing between curse workers and the rest of society. Cassel Sharpe finds himself caught in the middle. His two brothers, parents, and grandfather are all curse workers, given the power to change emotion, memory, luck, or even to kill just by the touch of a finger. For centuries Curse Workers have had to deal with prejudices including constantly wearing gloves, curse work being a crime, and a proposition is about to be voted on that requires all citizens to be tested and recorded if they are curse workers. Curse workers are left to make a living being con artist and mobsters. Cassel is not a curse worker and has never shared that bond with his family. Cassel has always been the outsider the straight kid in a corrupt family, but is he really? Will Cassel put family first like his mother always said and help his family in a life of crime or try to hold onto his honesty and lead a normal teenage life?
My Opinion
I have been looking forward to reading this new series by Holly Black. She delivers with an original and refreshing new series! Cassel Sharpe is a complicated character but as much as he brags about his irresistible charm and wit I was not falling for it. I was hoping to be in awe or at least a victim of his cons or uncontrollable lies. But sadly I wasn’t! Black may be writing Cassel’s character this way on purpose so he seems much more normal and mediocre then he is because that is actually how Cassel feels being the only non-curse worker in his family. Black does create an amazing refreshing new story with this series! I love the new world she creates that has touches of crime, mobsters, and fantasy. What a great combo! I felt the story lagging a little between the two climaxes but the fact that this book has TWO Climaxes in the plot is what makes this novel so exciting. Twist and turns will keep you reading!
Curse Workers Series
White Cat
Red Glove- Release Date 04/05/2011
I checked out White Cat at Lafayette Public Library
