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How did it take me this long to get around to reading the latest Bloody Jack book?

Rapture of the Deep: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy is the seventh Bloody Jack book, and this series continues to fill me with joy in my heart despite (or perhaps because of?) the increasingly ridiculous list of Jacky's accomplishments. It helps that L. A. Meyer totally knows how ridiculous it is and wastes no opportunity to point this out.

Let us track Jacky's career progress so far:

Bloody Jack: pickpocket, cross-dressed cabin boy, midshipman, castaway, schoolgirl
Curse of the Blue Tattoo: schoolgirl, maid, actress, singer, musician, artist
Under the Jolly Roger: nanny, lieutenant, merchant sailor, cult star of a popular series of novel romances, naturalist, PIRATE
In the Belly of the Bloodhound: - actually I think Jacky does not pick up any new careers here! On the other hand, she does make out with girls, which I think somewhat balances it out.
Mississippi Jack: showgirl, playwright, owner of a merchant firm, riverboat casino operator
My Bonny Light Horsemen: cavalry officer, BALLERINA SPY
Rapture of the Deep: all of the above (except possibly riverboat casino officer) plus fighting rooster trainer PLUS: DEEP-SEA DIVER

From this alone I think some of you will understand why I love these books. (Also, okay, I am sorry but after my thesis I just have to get this out there, IDENTITY SHIFTS LIMINALITY LACK OF BINARIES okay I am done.)

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