I wanted to read White Cat for the simple fact that the premise sounded interesting. It was different. A new spin on working magic that I found intriguing. Plus, con men? Love it! 
 Unfortunately, I had a very hard time getting into this book. I don't know what it is, but I've tried to read a few of Ms. Black's books and could just never connect with them. It happens to all of us that we just can't get into a certain author's writing. I think this is the case with me and Ms. Black's work. Her ideas are wonderful, the execution is just not for me. 
 The thing that bothered me most about this particular book is that the narrator, Cassel Sharpe--a boy--did not sound like a teenage boy. I had to continuously remind myself that he was a he and not a she. The voice was quite feminine in my opinion. This made it very difficult to me to connect to his character. I also found the storyline to be quite predictable. I anticipated what was going on, who worked what curse, and what was going to happen right from the beginning. I don't mind guessing some things ahead of time, but when the whole plot is easy for me to pick out from the first couple of chapters, it doesn't make the read very satisfying for me. 
 I really wanted to like this book. Really, really, really. The idea behind it has so much potential to be awesome. But I'm afraid I just didn't.