In a desperate ploy to make extra cash, she follows up on an old offer to write a feature magazine article - on the art of cheating at cards. But when she meets the perfect subject for her article, what begins as a journalistic gamble brings into question everything Natalie thinks she knows about her talent and herself.
Natalie is dazzled by the poker cheat’s sleight of hand and soon finds herself facing a proposition that could radically alter her fortune - to help pull off a $1.5 million magic trick that, if done successfully, no one will ever even suspect happened.
Natalie is a magician struggling to make ends meet, who doesn't have a lot of ambition, drive or friends. After an unfortunate incident at one of her shows, she needs to make some quick cash so decides to write an article exposing cheating at cards. This leads her to meet Ellen, a card cheat, who becomes her friends and offers her the chance to learn how to cheat at cards, get into a high stakes poker game and walk away with 20% of $1.5 million for participating. How can Natalie say no?
The premise sounded interesting but I wasn't crazy about this story. I found the writing style a slow and draggy ... the flashbacks were more detailed than they had to be. It's written in first person perspective in Natalie's voice. I thought Natalie was boring and not overly likeable so didn't really care what happened to her. Though I find magic interesting, I don't know anything about poker and found the references to both over my head. The ending was ridiculous and farfetched and I wasn't buying it. Just not my kind of book, I guess. As a head's up, there is swearing.
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