Competence

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Call Number: Fantasy / Carriger, Gail, Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Carriger, Gail
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fantasy / Carriger, Gail	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Carriger, Gail	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"A novel of peculiar incidents and unruly dissidents."--Cover.
Accidentally abandoned! All alone in Singapore, proper Miss Primrose Tunstell must steal helium to save her airship, the Spotted Custard, in a scheme involving a lovesick werecat and a fake fish tail. When she uncovers rumors of a new kind of vampire, Prim and the Custard crew embark on a mission to Peru. There, they encounter airship pirates and strange atmospheric phenomena, and are mistaken for representatives of the Spanish Inquisition. Forced into extreme subterfuge (and some rather ridiculous outfits) Prim must also answer three of life's most challenging questions: Can the perfect book club give a man back his soul? Will her brother ever stop wearing his idiotic velvet fez? And can the amount of lard in Christmas pudding save an entire species?

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Custard # 3 submitted by KathyD on July 24, 2018, 8:53pm I enjoyed this book, which takes the adventurers to South America through the barely mapped aether over the Pacific. We get to know Primrose and Percy much better which is good, although I missed the prior emphasis on Rue and Quesnel.

Still delightful submitted by Princess Cimorene on July 23, 2021, 6:33pm The crew of the Spotted Custard is one of my all time favorite groups of characters. This one features a really beautiful coming out story amidst the usual humor and chaos. It's so good.