Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Mercedes phoned this in

Before anyone gets mad at me, just know that I've been a fan for a very long time and reread many of her books over and over again.This book was poorly written, with bad character development, and just plain awful. Even having familiar beloved characters didn't help the story.Don't buy it and don't read it. I bought Joust at the same time, and was pleasantly surprised by it, so if you need a new series by Mercedes Lackey, go to Joust.