In a world where the slightest brush of a fingertip can bring you the best luck of your life, or kill you instantly, it's best to handle everything with kidd gloves... Literally.
Cassel Sharpe comes from a family of highly talented curse workers. However he's the only one of his family without a talent. His mother can manipulate emotions, his grandfather deals death with the brush of a fingertip, his father, before he died, was a luck worker, as is his brother Barron, and Phillip is a knee-breaker for the head of the curse worker mafia. But Cassel has no talents, and he killed his best friend, the only girl he ever loved, Lila Zacharov, the 'mob' boss's daughter.
A few years later he begins sleepwalking again, almost throwing himself off the roof of his boarding school, where he has gone to escape his crazy family life. When his brother Phillip comes to pick him up and take him back to their childhood home, Cassel begins to notice things he never noticed before about his family. This is when he starts to realize that everything may not be how he remembers it, and maybe he isn't a killer after all.
I really enjoyed this book, although the ending isn't happily ever after, and reminded me of the feelings i got after reading Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely, although much less distressing, I loved the book and hope Holly Black adds another book or two to the series. Cassel was a fun witty character, and i would definately enjoy reading more of his adventures.
~*~ The Maggie~*~
Cassel Sharpe comes from a family of highly talented curse workers. However he's the only one of his family without a talent. His mother can manipulate emotions, his grandfather deals death with the brush of a fingertip, his father, before he died, was a luck worker, as is his brother Barron, and Phillip is a knee-breaker for the head of the curse worker mafia. But Cassel has no talents, and he killed his best friend, the only girl he ever loved, Lila Zacharov, the 'mob' boss's daughter.
A few years later he begins sleepwalking again, almost throwing himself off the roof of his boarding school, where he has gone to escape his crazy family life. When his brother Phillip comes to pick him up and take him back to their childhood home, Cassel begins to notice things he never noticed before about his family. This is when he starts to realize that everything may not be how he remembers it, and maybe he isn't a killer after all.
I really enjoyed this book, although the ending isn't happily ever after, and reminded me of the feelings i got after reading Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely, although much less distressing, I loved the book and hope Holly Black adds another book or two to the series. Cassel was a fun witty character, and i would definately enjoy reading more of his adventures.
~*~ The Maggie~*~
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