Terri's Reviews > Foundling

Rossamund, a boy abandoned as a baby, is raised as a foundling in an orphanaged. When he gets older, he is recruited to be trained as a Lamplighter. But the boy gets on the wrong ship and the adventures start.

This is the first book in a series and felt very incomplete to me. I realize they are setting the stage for many future adventures and introducing characters (some of which are very interesting like Europe, the monster killer, and Fouracres) But this book really failed to excite me.

Rossamund was very naive and I really didnt understand why the ship captain (evil Monster smuggler) lured Rossamund to his ship and kept him in the first place. Nor when he ran into him again. This seemed rather weak.

Now there are interesting questions about his birth that are to be answered later. And his "enemy" at the foundling home is certain to reappear again in a future book. I think I will give the second book a chance before I decide more on this series