The Curse Workers: White Cat; Red Glove; Black Heart

I love reading about conmen and Cassel is pretty darn good at running a con.

This is a world where people wear gloves because “workers” = curseworkers can manipulate people with just a touch of their hand. Now, I wish there was more information about this. I still don't quite understand about blowbacks and I feel like it took me too long to fully grasp these curseworkers. We are kinda just thrown into it.

I also wasn't totally keen with how the book was written in the beginning because there would be a little passage regarding current time period, then another of thinking about his past or about workers, then switch back. Just wasn't my style for explanation of events and such. Towards the middle, this fades away and I got more into the swing of things. The story really picked up then too because we are given more than just uneasy feelings. Things happen or are exposed – I was pretty hooked.

The book is pretty fast paced and I probably finished this within a few hours. Once I got hooked, I really didn't want to put it down. I wanted to know how this conman was gonna con his way out of trouble. I wasn't disappointed ^_^

The ending... dang. I feel like this book could be read as a standalone –no need to keep reading, but because of one detail right at the end making me go “Oh, god no....” I want to know how Cassel with his life rocked, will handle it.

So, not an amazing book, but it is pretty interesting, with a different fantasy aspect. I definitely don't like this one as much as The Coldest Girl in Coldtown but I like it enough that I'll recommend it to people and will try more Holly Black books, and yes, I do plan on reading the other two books in this trilogy.