43. Brilliance Of The Moon, by Lian Hearn.

(Whoops - I forgot to do this one when I read the book, so I'm popping it in here)

Brilliance Of The Moon is the third book in the Tales of the Otori series. It deals with Takeo's and Kaede's battles with, and eventual triumph over, their varied enemies.

This was a really good conclusion to the trilogy, very climactic and exciting to see how things were managed. It does have a somewhat saved-by-God feel to it - I could never really bring myself to doubt the happy ending - but it's satisfying, in line with the other books through plot style and motivations, and is hefty without being weighty.