Holly Black
Hardcover | Pages: 310 pages Rating: 3.8 | 38623 Users | 4589 Reviews
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| Title | : | White Cat (Curse Workers #1) |
| Author | : | Holly Black |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 310 pages |
| Published | : | May 4th 2010 by Margaret K. McElderry Books |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Magic |
Ilustration In Pursuance Of Books White Cat (Curse Workers #1)
The extraordinary new adult fantasy of magic in our world and the price we pay for it by the author of THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES.Cassel is cursed. Cursed by the memory of the fourteen year old girl he murdered. Life at school is a constant trial. Life at home even worse. No-one at home is ever going to forget that Cassel is a killer. No-one at home is ever going to forget that he isn't a magic worker.
Cassel's family are one of the big five crime families in America. Ever since magic was prohibited in 1929 magic workers have been driven underground and into crime. And while people still need their touch, their curses, their magical killings, their transformations, times have been hard. His granddad has been driven to drink, his mother is in prison and his brothers detest him as the only one of their family who can't do magic.
But there is a secret at the centre of Cassel's family and he's about to inherit it. It's terrfying and that's the truth.
The White Cat is a stunning novel of a world changed by magic. In this world only 1% of the population can work magic but they have the power of nightmares.
Details Books Concering White Cat (Curse Workers #1)
| Original Title: | White Cat |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Curse Workers #1 |
| Characters: | Cassel Sharpe, Sam Yu, Daneca Wasserman, Lila Zacharov, Barron Sharpe, Philip Sharpe |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Book (2011), Andre Norton Award Nominee (2010) |
Rating Epithetical Books White Cat (Curse Workers #1)
Ratings: 3.8 From 38623 Users | 4589 ReviewsJudge Epithetical Books White Cat (Curse Workers #1)
4.5 starsI really, really enjoyed pretty much everything about this book. An exciting mystery, memorable characters and a touch of magic... I can't express how excited I am about reading Red Glove as soon as possible.Holly Black is an author that never really did anything for me before. I gave up on Tithe after reading just one chapter, and her Spiderwick Chronicles weren't bad children's books but they didn't really stand out from the masses either. White Cat was completely different, I was
Final rating: 2/5 stars The thing is that its really hard to stop discrimination when somethings illegal, the girl says. I mean, everybody thinks of workers as being criminals. Like, people use the word worker to meancriminals. And, well, if we work a work, even once, we are criminals. So most of us are, because we had to figure it out somehow and that was usually by making something happen.And there are lots of workers who never do anything bad. They go to weddings and hospitals and give
I dont have a quote because by the time he said something I liked I got myself into a faff trying to get my notebook and then find my pen and then it wouldn't work and it was just too much hassle. Oh and also, I dont really know how Ms Black is spelling all her character names so apologies if theyre wrong. High Points.Curses + Mob Families + Secret Underground World = Um, YES. The whole idea behind this series is absolutely genius and the world that Black creates is just spectacular. I really
I don't even know why I liked this so much. I kind of guessed most of the twists, but it still so damn delicious that I immediately downloaded BOTH of the next two audiobooks as soon as I finished this one.And it was read by Jesse Eisenberg who did a really good job of it. I was sort of surprised that I liked his reading of this thing, but I did.
3 1/2 starsI dont know why I expected this book to be bad. Maybe Ive read enough paranormal YAs to have overload trauma flashbacks whenever the genre comes up. But guess what? This one is actually good! Chalk this one up as another triumph for goodreads recommendations.I find the fantasy world that she builds here to be very compelling and intricate, and since the main character starts out the book very much out of the loop, the details are allowed to assemble and grow slowly and organically
I expected to like this book the same way you like to watch baking shows or cat videos on Youtube. That said, I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. White Cat was absolutely mind-blowing. 5 stars was the only possible way I could rate it because honestly?, I have nothing to complain about (which I know, is so unlike me, but here we are). It took me literally five hours to finish the book, because it was completely impossible for me to put it down. Everything about it was exactly as I
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