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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. If we know ourselves to be liars, we expect not to 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. 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. I loved the slow reveal of both the history of so fun to read an effortless reading experience as well- the pages flip by That out, Cassel will have to out-con the conmen.Ĭassel was a strong, unique, male voice with a genuinely compelling and individual tale. As Cassel begins to suspect he’s part of a huge con game, he also They are keeping secrets from him, caught up in a mysterious He’s noticing otherĭisturbing things, too, including the strange behavior of his twoīrothers. White cat that wants to tell him something. Sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a But his façade starts crumbling when he starts Since, Cassel has carefully built up a façade of normalcy, blending One small detail - he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago. Outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. He hasn’t got the magic touch, so he’s an And since curse work is illegal, they’re all mobsters, or conĪrtists. Family of curse workers - people who have the power to change yourĮmotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their

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