FICTION

Louisa the Poisoner

by Tanith Lee
Wildside. 2005. 80p. ISBN 9781592246007. pap. $12.50. FANTASY
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In this novella that packs a punch, the impoverished yet well-mannered Louisa sets off to make a fortune using her titular skills given to her by a swamp witch. As the body count rises, the noose begins to tighten around our antiheroine. Part Austenian romance and part pitch-dark fantasy, this classic shows off the late Lee's considerable talents and inimitable style of cerebral fantasy.
VERDICT Readers seeking a delightfully immoral protagonist and gleeful vandalism of traditional tropes will savor this delicious tale.
Reviewed by ALA RUSA-CODES Reading List Council Members , May 15, 2016
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