As seen on The Readventurer

3.5 stars

If you haven’t read White Cat and Red Glove yet and are still contemplating if you should start another series that might take a nosedive half-way through, let me assure you, Curse Workers remains fairly consistent. Just don’t read book synopses and spoilers or the rest of this review and enjoy the ride.

As a trilogy conclusion, Black Heart is satisfying, albeit a little weaker in terms of plotting than its predecessors. Hence, 3.5 stars instead of 4.

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As seen on The Readventurer

3.5 stars

If you haven’t read White Cat and Red Glove yet and are still contemplating if you should start another series that might take a nosedive half-way through, let me assure you, Curse Workers remains fairly consistent. Just don’t read book synopses and spoilers or the rest of this review and enjoy the ride.

As a trilogy conclusion, Black Heart is satisfying, albeit a little weaker in terms of plotting than its predecessors. Hence, 3.5 stars instead of 4.

Cassel’s journey to find his place in a world, where his value as a transformation worker is unprecedented, continues, and it seems he just can’t catch a break. Everyone (Feds, mafia, his family) wants to use him one way or another, through threats, blackmail or shiny promises. But what is the right thing for him to do? Who to join? And what to take a stand against?

I keep repeating myself talking about these books, how much like I like the cons and how entertaining it is to watch Cassel outsmart his much more powerful enemies. And although there is a certain slackness about a couple of story lines in this finale (for instance, the subplot about Cassel’s classmate needing help in a blackmail scheme required a little more development) Black Heart is still sufficiently mysterious and twisty. And the conclusion to Cassel’s and Lila’s story is both tied up and open-ended, just the way I like my endings to be.

Basically, what I’m trying to say is that I stand by this series from the beginning to end. Holly Black created a unique world with unique magic and the characters I’d love to meet again.

And the last thing. I can’t finish reviewing this series without mentioning Jesse Eeisenberg who narrated the audio versions of the novels.

For me, he was a major factor in getting me wildly attached to Cassel Sharpe. He added a layer of nerdy vulnerability and puppy charm to Cassel’s character. What can I say? I have a bit of a thing for Jesse.
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