If we think of ourselves as honest, we try harder.” and “The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.”) but it works, it genuinely does.Įverything is not perfect here, despite my overwhelming love for the first in the inventive and fun Curse Worker's series - Holly Black is a talented and humorous storyteller, but her expertise doesn't encompass all there is to White Cat. If we know ourselves to be liars, we expect not to tell the truth. He's a very relatable and often introspective character for a male teen (“We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be.
at the expense of pacing and plotting, I'll take that bargain. "That's why I was yelling 'Heeeelp!' I don't really go in for subtlety.”) If he is occasionally a bit too. (“She says that what you did was a cry for help." "It was," I say. Cassel is easily the highpoint of the entire novel, through all his ups, downs, and quotable moments. He uses a complex system of bets on other people's daily lives to feel as if he has some measure of control, as well as to feel like he has a life of his own. He's quick, and smart but humanly and believably flawed, lonely kid. He exhibits the trademark teenage self-deprecation and hatred, but unlike most teens, Cassel has the unhappy history to back up his darker emotions. This is a lol-worthy novel, largely due to Cassel himself.
I loved the slow reveal of both the history of the 'dab hands' as well as Cassel's own personal evolutionary arc.This isn't a character or a world that you want to leave - both characters and world make an impression and it is a very favorable one.
so fun to read an effortless reading experience as well- the pages flip by without even noticing. After starting and DNFing the first Spiderwick novel early last year, I was nowhere close to expecting the level of reaction that White Cat caused within me - this is one that has rocketed up to be among my favorite YA novels of recent years.Ĭassel was a strong, unique, male voice with a genuinely compelling and individual tale. Fast-moving and nearly unputdownable, this is the book newcomers should try for this author. It's addictive - an all-male POV ya novel that's entirely credible and authentic in its voice, set amid a unique and compelling plotline within a magically-infused world.
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