 Reserved for the Cat (Elemental Masters Book 06) by Mercedes Lackey |
Description: In 1910, in an alternate London, a penniless young dancer is visited by a cat who communicates with her mind to mind. Though she is certain she must be going mad, she is desperate enough to follow the cat’s advice and impersonates a famous Russian ballerina. The cat, it turns out, is actually an Elemental Earth Spirit, and leads her to minor stardom. Meanwhile, the real Russian ballerina has fallen victim to an evil troll who takes over her body and kills her patrons, drinking their life essences in order to strengthen his powers. And soon, the troll focuses his dark attentions on the young dancer… Buy From:
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This is the 6th book in the Elemental Masters series by Mercedes Lackey and this was the second time I reread the book. Lackey is one of my favorite authors and I really like this series. It takes the world of early 1900’s and injects a bit of fantasy into it so that magic is real in that world. This book follows the life of Ninette Dupond who is a young dancer without any prospects and is in danger of starving to death when she is rescued by a talking cat who was charged by her father, an elemental mage to protect her.
The cat (Thomas) brings her over to England and helps her get in touch with a group of Elemental mages who have a Music house they are trying to revive with a new sort of performance. The storyline is quite simple and Lackey shows her skill in bringing the world of music dancers and ballet to life. One part I didn’t like was that the book seems to break continuity from the other books in the series. For example, in one of the scenes Jonathon fumes about how there is no way to communicate with other masters where there is an emergency and how it was impossible to get masters to work together on any issue that didn’t have global implications. Which is something that is already established in the other books. It could be possible that this book is set in an earlier time period but the reference to the ‘Old Lion’ puts in the same time frame as the other books. Other than these small issues the book was a fun read and I can’t wait for the next book in the series to be released. Final recommendation: A must read book, not as good as the other books in the series but still fun.