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APRIL 13, 2012
Factotum by D.M. Cornish
This is book 3 in the "Monster Blood Tattoo" series, bringing to conclusion Rossamund's tale beginning as an orphan at Madam Opera's Estimable Marine Society for Foundling Boys and Girls, his training as a lamplighter, and ending with his journey as factotum for the fulgar Europe, a duchess-in-waiting, who slays monsters. Sympathetic to monsters, Rossamund has been called out by Swill, the conniving and sinister Master-of-Clerks, who makes an argument that he is, well . . . a rossamund. Which is to say, he's accused of being a monster in man's form, and is forced to give his blood to make a tattoo which would prove it. Rescued from his accusers by the always impressive Europe, the pair travel the Half-Continent slaying monsters. Rumors of what he is plague and follow the two, however, and both Rossamund and Europe discover that there are forces aligned against them that will stop at nothing to get what they want. What these villains do not count on, however, is that an angry Europe is far more deadly than a pack of slavering monsters. As with the other two books in the series, a well-stocked glossary is included at the back of the books, and detailed maps and character illustrations are scattered throughout. Both are essential to the story. While the story wraps up nicely (one that seems to be as much about Europe as Rossamund in this book), I'm not convinced that another series might not be in the works for Rossamund. This is recommended for readers of fantasy grades 9 through adult.


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