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Title: Disappointing new book by a usually decent writer
Review: Revising fairy tales is common fantasy practice, but one wishes that Lackey had written with a bit more wit and punch in this Swan Lake reprise. In her earlier works Lackey wrote some complicated and interesting female characters. THE BLACK SWAN, however, presents us with an evil queen, an enchanted princess, and a young sorceress, none of whom transcend stereotype. The latter two are redeemed by their love for aristocrats, while the former receives her punishment at the hands of (you guessed it!) an evil warlock. The warlock is such a totally nasty guy that it's hard to believe that even his daughter the sorceress could initially believe him to be a decent human being, but that's the premise of the book--she gradually comes to awareness that her father is Not Nice. I waded my way through, but I kept wishing I was reading something else.
