Teaser Tuesday: White Cat by Holly Black

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
To play along just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!   

White Cat by Holly Black.

White Cat - Margaret K. McElderry

I have no memory of climbing the stairs up to the roof. I don't even know how to get where I am, which is a problem since I'm going to have to get down, ideally in a way that doesn't involve dying.

-- page 1

"I have to spring a cat out of the Rummelt Animal Shelter. Think of it as a prison break."
It does the trick. He laughs. "Whose cat?"
"My cat. What do you think? That I break out the cats of strangers?"

-- page 135


Two longer teasers from book one of the Curse Workers series by Holly Black this week. White Cat is a first person narration and the narrator is male. I have to admit, I don't get that too often. It's quite refreshing. Especially, as seventeen-year-old Cassel Sharpe is witty, secretive, clever and a natural born con artist. Also, he has a good heart and tries to do the right thing (in a subjective kind of way).
As with most novels I read, there is a love story and even as I have finished this book (and the second, Red Glove; they ARE addictive, you know), I'm not sure if it's going to be a happy or a tragic one. I tend towards tragic. Everyone needs a little drama in their lives. Except Cassel, I suppose. ;)

What are you reading? Tease us in the comments.