White Cat (Curse Workers, #1) in Vampires, Weres and Fae!

Nov 27, 2011 Aimee rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2011, favorites

Not only was this an absolute amazing story, it was also a brilliant audiobook. I loved listening to Jesse Eisenberg tell this tale. I've never really had any feelings either way for Jesse as an actor, but Jesse as a reader... I highly enjoyed it.

This book has a lot going for it. One, the unique world of curse work. While you have read plenty of other books with mob characters or con artists, I have yet to come across another with anything close to a curse worker. And it's all the better for it. ...more

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Sep 09, 2011 Gertie rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, audiobooks

Mafia meets con artists meets magic.

The world in which the story takes place is speculative... very much like our own world, if there had been curse workers (essentially people with magic/superpowers) present a long time ago up until today.

I wouldn't discourage others from reading this book, although I can't say I really enjoyed this book. What follows in my review is a personal reaction to the story that I don't think the majority of readers will have. As far as you are concerned, pretend thos ...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Dom rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, good-ya

This book is just fantastic. I read it all in one sitting, and loved every minute of it.

I had no idea what to expect from Holly Black. This book has been sitting on my kindle for a looong time. All I knew about it was that it was some sort of urban fantasy. All I knew about Holly Black was that she's pretty buddy-buddy with Cassandra Clare, whose writing is not my cup of tea. I was expecting this series to be a girly paranormal romance, that extremely trendy genre of young adult fiction. I was e ...more

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Mar 14, 2014 Rachel rated it liked it

This book was okay, not great. I find it strange that I should really like some books by an author and then not so much others by the same author.
And what a sad ending for Cassel! I am curious enough to keep going though because I do want to know what happens to him.
So does that fact that her feelings for him are "worked" mean that he will never know if she had real feelings for him, like ever?
Pretty sad that. ...more

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Jul 31, 2017 Melindeeloo rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: x2017-audio-challenge, xpifm-2017-07-jul, pif-kiki, x2022-07-pif-sean

Liked this in audio - read by Jesse eisenberg, he made a good teen. There were a few interesting truths revealed along the way in the story and potential in the supporting cast for the next books

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