Black Heart
Ratings13
Average rating3.8
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Ratings13
Average rating3.8
Cassel Sharpe knows he's been used as an assassin, but he's trying to put all that behind him. He's trying to be good, even though he grew up in a family of con artists and cheating comes as easily as breathing to him. He's trying to do the right thing, even though the girl he loves is inextricably connected with crime. And he's trying to convince himself that working for the Feds is smart, even though he's been raised to believe the government is the enemy. But with a mother on the lam, the girl he loves about to take her place in the Mob, and new secrets coming to light, the line between what's right and what's wrong becomes increasingly blurred. When the Feds ask Cassel to do the one thing he said he would never do again, he needs to sort out what's a con and what's truth. In a dangerous game and with his life on the line, Cassel may have to make his biggest gamble yet - this time on love.
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I was so excited about this audiobook that I both officially requested that my library buy it and also I actually paid money for it when the library's order didn't arrive in time for my recent travels. Worth it! Jesse Eisenberg is the perfect voice of Cassel. PERFECT I SAY.
I felt like too long had passed since I listened to Red Glove and there were some things Cassel alluded to where I was like wait, what? But I basically pieced everything together in my brain and the book definitely did not disappoint. Very savvy and surprising contemporary fantasy. Hurrah!
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Still enjoyed this on re-read, maybe more because I'd listened to the previous 2 more recently than when I read it the first time. It's definitely not a perfectly tidy ending but I liked that. Cassel's been in some STICKY SITUATIONS, they can't all get resolved, but I like that there's at leasta sense of potential happiness for him and Lila if not a fully happy ending.
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3 primary booksCurse Workers is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Holly Black.
