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White Cat by Holly Black

Title: White Cat (Curse Workers #1)

Author: Holly Black

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2010

Genre: Fantasy

Pages: 310

Rating: 2/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Fall TBR

The first in a trilogy, this gritty, fast-paced fantasy is rife with the unexpected. Cassel comes from a shady, magical family of con artists and grifters. He doesn’t fit in at home or at school, so he’s used to feeling like an outsider. He’s also used to feeling guilty—he killed his best friend, Lila, years ago.

But when Cassel begins to have strange dreams about a white cat, and people around him are losing their memories, he starts to wonder what really happened to Lila. In his search for answers, he discovers a wicked plot for power that seems certain to succeed. But Cassel has other ideas— and a plan to con the conmen.

After two amazing reads, I was really hoping that this one would land as well. But it didn’t. In fact, I finished this one and really wanted to through it against the wall. Considering that I listened to it on my phone, I restrained myself. What did I like about this book? Nothing really. We get terrible characters, a slow-moving plot, and lots of problematic scenes. Cassel is a total piece of cardboard. I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would want to be around this guy. He’s not anti-hero, he’s just super boring. The plot took way too long to actually get going and by that time, I didn’t care at all. Everything was super obvious and boring. I will definitely not be reading more into this series.

Curse Workers

  • #1 White Cat

  • #2 Red Glove

  • #3 Black Heart

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Next up on the TBR pile:

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tags: Holly Black, Fall TBR List, fantasy, 2 stars
categories: Book Reviews
Wednesday 10.25.23
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Tithe by Holly Black

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Title: Tithe (Modern Tale of Faerie #1)

Author: Holly Black

Publisher: Simon and Schuster 2002

Genre: YA Paranormal (Fey)

Pages: 340

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Ebook; Women Author; 52 Books - W6; Top 100 YA Novels; Read Your Freebies

Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to her childhood home. There, amid the industrial, blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye soon finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms -- a struggle that could very well mean her death.

The entire time I was reading this, I just kept thinking "I've read this before."  I haven't read this actual book, bit I've read so many YA stories just like it that the storyline was just incredibly familiar.  I was pretty bored. I think I could have liked this book, but I've just read too much of this genre.  I was going to include this series in my Seriously Series Reading Challenge.  Since i am nixing this series, I will not include it and substitute a different series for the challenge.

Modern Tale of Faerie (DNFed series)

  • #1 Tithe
  • #2 Valiant
  • #3 Ironside
tags: 3 stars, 52 books in 52 weeks, ebook, fey, Holly Black, Read Your Freebies, Top 100 YA, women authors, young adult
categories: Book Reviews
Tuesday 02.04.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

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