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Cassel is the lone member of his family who doesn't have a curse. His mother is an emotion worker. His brothers are a physical and a luck worker. His grandfather is a death worker. All of them use their curses on the black market, working for crime families or on crimes, in order to get by. They all have secrets. Unfortunately for Cassel, many of them revolve around him. Can he figure out what they are keeping from him before it is too late? Holly Black does an excellent job of detailing the different motivations of all the characters in this fracas, impressive because she maintains Cassel as the viewpoint character throughout. No-one is entirely who they seem, but Cassel has to quickly determine who he can trust and who he will have to fool. It is a complicated scheme, but Black is up to the challenge. An involving and disturbing heist novel. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Red Glove.

2022-11-14 17:57