365 Days of Books

White Cat seems aimed at a younger audience than Holly Black's Ironside books but there is still a darkness to the book. Cassel Sharpe is a teenager in a world where magic is a crime but prevalent. He thinks he is unmagical (and therefore a disappointment to his family). His family are magical con-men and women. They use and misuse him. He cannot trust those he loves the most or even his own memories. Is he more like his family than he'd like to think? Is he an abusive user of people? Will he do whatever he needs to in order to make things feel right? It's not a clear path.