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Title	:	The Black Swan (Fairy Tales #2)
Author	:	Mercedes Lackey
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 416 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2000 by DAW (first published May 1st 1999)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fairy Tales. Fiction. Romance

The Black Swan (Fairy Tales #2) Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 416 pages

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As the only child of a powerful sorcerer, Odile Von Rothbart has studied the magical arts under her father’s stern tutelage all her life. Yet she feels only fear toward him. For considering his wife’s untimely death the ultimate betrayal, Baron Von Rothbart scours the land in the shape of a great bird of prey. His personal mission is to capture woman who arouse his wrath and inspire his rage for vengeance against all womankind. These poor souls he turns into swans—forcing them to spend their lives as beautiful but powerless animals who only regain their human forms briefly each night by the transitory light of the moon. Yet though Odile is terrified of him, she has learned far more than her father, the baron, intended to teach her—both of the magical arts and of Von Rothbart’s idiosyncratic nature. And both as a woman and the guardian of his swan flock, her heart goes out to each and every young maiden ensorcelled by her vindictive father. And then the noblest of Von Rothbart’s enchanted flock, the Princess Odette, finds the courage to confront her captor, wresting from him a pact which could lead to freedom for herself and all the swan-maidens. Knowing Von Rothbart will use all of his magical cunning to avoid honoring this pact, will Odile have the strength to face him in a final magical confrontation which, if she fails, will lead to her death and the murder of all in her flock?

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Original Title:	The Black Swan
ISBN:	0886778905 (ISBN13: 9780886778903)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Fairy Tales #2

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Excellent retelling of a fairy tale. Highly recommended.

Possibly the best thing about this book, which tells a lovely tale, is the gorgeous cover art by Jody A Lee.In the UK Jon Sullivan did an equally lovely cover, so ...

A retelling of the fairy tale/ballet/whatever it is. This and the non-Disney animated movie are actually the only exposure I've had to Swan Lake, so I probably have a fairly skewed view of the story. Regardless, I always welcome classics told from the perspective of the whore/villain character.

Cw rape and racism.I'm going to keep this short and simple. In the forth chapter, the disgusting chauvinist pig of a prince, who is supposed to be the HERO here, rapes a defenseless Romani girl and then complains because she doesn't live up to the racist stereotypes of Romani women.If you still want to read it, knowing that, wtf is wrong with you?

It was really nice to see a retelling of the Swan Lake story, and with Odile being more of a main character than Odette, no less! The fear Odile had for her father, Rothbart, was tangible and realistically portrayed, as well as her strong desire to please him. The background information about the kindgom was wonderful and well-described, and there were many supporting characters who played pertinent roles. My big complaint about it is Prince Siegfried. He has got to be the most lecherous, nasty

I really enjoyed this version of Swan Lake. Odile is one of my favorite characters and Odette and her relationship with Prince Siegfried was interesting rather than cliche and annoying. Baron Eric von Rothbart was a great villain with the most character I have seen from him in other versions. There was a more adult scene with the Prince, but I believe this actually furthers his character in a monumental way. I loved the character development in this book.

Ahhh, Swan Lake... From what I've heard it's a beautiful ballet. And maybe someday when I don't hate watching ballets so much, I'll go see it.So, from reading the blurb on this thing, you'd think this is a story about Odette (the head swan from aforementioned ballet). Well, it's not. Yeah, she's in the story, but it's mainly told from the point of view of Odile. Odile? Yes, Odile. And, frankly, she seemed much more interesting than the swan chick, so I'm thinking Lackey made the right choice.