Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Waiting on Wednesday


Title - White Cat (Curse Workers 1)
Author - Holly Black
Description
Cassel comes from a family of curse workers -- people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they're all mobsters, or con artists. Except for Cassel. He hasn't got the magic touch, so he's an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detail -- he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago.
Ever since, Cassel has carefully built up a façade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his façade starts crumbling when he starts sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something. He's noticing other disturbing things, too, including the strange behavior of his two brothers. They are keeping secrets from him, caught up in a mysterious plot. As Cassel begins to suspect he's part of a huge con game, he also wonders what really happened to Lila. Could she still be alive? To find that out, Cassel will have to out-con the conmen.


Thoughts: I love Holly Black and I can not wait to read this one!

3 Comments:

  1. YA Book Queen said...
    I still haven't read Holly Blacks books, but this one sounds incredible. Nice pick! ;)
    Shooting Stars Mag said...
    I have yet to read Holly's books but I really want this one. Sounds great and has an awesome cover. Basically ditto was Lea said. haah

    -Lauren
    Ky said...
    OMG! She has a new book coming out?! AWESOME! I can't wait! Whoo whoo!

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