Reserved for the Cat
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Based loosely on the tale of Puss in Boots, Reserved for the Cat takes place in 1910 in an alternate London. A young dancer, penniless and desperate, is sure she is going mad when a cat begins talking to her mind-to-mind. But her feline guide, actually an Elemental Earth Spirit, helps her to impersonate a famous Russian ballerina and achieve the success she's been dreaming of. Unfortunately she also attracts the attention of another Elemental Spirit—a far more threatening one—and the young dancer must once again turn to her mysteriously powerful four-legged furry friend.
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14 primary books19 released booksElemental Masters
Elemental Masters is a 19-book series with 15 primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Mercedes Lackey.
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Reserved for the Cat is the sixth stand-alone novel in Mercedes Lackey???s ELEMENTAL MASTERS series of fairytale retellings. As the title might suggest, Reserved for the Cat is a ???Puss in Boots??? story and it???s actually recognizable as such (unlike some of Lackey???s other retellings that go too far afield from their sources).
Ninette, our heroine, is an orphaned ballet dancer who has lots of talent but is fired from her gig with a famous Parisian ballet company after inadvertently evoking the jealousy of the company???s reigning diva. Unable to get more work in Paris, she is about to prostitute herself when a talking cat appears and promises to make her a superstar. The cat leads her to a seaside town in England where she impersonates a famous Russian dancer and joins a local troupe of entertainers. Things go well until... Read More: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/reserved-for-the-cat/
