Reserved For the Cat
core novel 2007 The Elemental Masters
Record
| First published | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (7,691 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 328 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756403621 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
A dismissed Parisian ballet dancer, Ninette, encounters a mysterious talking cat who offers her a highly unusual proposition: travel to Blackpool, England, and impersonate a renowned but reclusive Russian ballerina at a struggling music hall. Ninette accepts out of desperation, unaware that the cat is in fact an Elemental Spirit secretly shielding her from a dark supernatural threat connected to her own hidden heritage. As she settles into her new identity and the demanding world of English music-hall performance, Ninette must contend with rivalries within the theater and the growing danger the cat has been quietly working to keep at bay, all while uncovering truths about her own past that complicate the deception she is living.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Elemental Masters
- Series: The Elemental Masters core; position 6 of 21 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
Notes
- From the series record (The Elemental Masters): Loosely connected fairy-tale retellings unified by a shared elemental-magic system rather than a continuous cast.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Elemental Masters: position 6 of 21: previous The Wizard of London (2005) · next Unnatural Issue (2011)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Lackey
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/298351/reserved-for-the-cat-by-mercedes-lackey/
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