Cassel Sharpe has faced a lot of changes since the first book: he's gone from being the only non-worker in a notorious crime family to possessing one of the rarest and most dangerous cursing talents, and cutting an agreement to work for the FBI. He's also won and lost Lila, the love of his life and heir to the most powerful crime family around. Now the feds are asking him to use his talents for them--to help "take care" of a senator who has overstepped his bounds. And his mother is being help captive by Lila's father, and can only be released if Cassel can find and return something his mother stole. Meanwhile Cassel is approached by a fellow student who claims she's being blackmailed, and needs his help. Cassel suspect's he's being conned (he is, after all, a con artist), but he's not sure by who.
I've been loving this series since the first book, and the conclusion didn't disappoint. I admit there were a lot of times where I couldn't see how Black could salvage a good ending, but I was pretty happy with the way everything worked out. The blackmail subplot was a little out of place (and seemed very minor when compared to the rest of the story), but Black tied it into the ending rather neatly. I admit that most of the appeal of this series is seeing just how Cassel is going to pull off the next big con, and there was plenty of that here to keep me entertained.
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