by Brittany Cavallaro
This is a Young Adult story that reboots the Holmes and Watson story with the great great grandchildren of the original Holmes and Watson: Charlotte Holmes and James (don’t call me Jamie) Watson. They find themselves at the same Vermont boarding school. Watson is an American, raised in London for mo...
I wasn’t that interested while reading the first half of the book. I wasn’t really connecting with the characters and mostly I was annoyed by Charlotte. But when we got closer to the end, I was starting to enjoy it more, the plot was picking up and Charlotte was turning into her own character.I did ...
I wasn’t that interested while reading the first half of the book. I wasn’t really connecting with the characters and mostly I was annoyed by Charlotte. But when we got closer to the end, I was starting to enjoy it more, the plot was picking up and Charlotte was turning into her own character.I did ...
Modern-day take on Holmes and Watson which engages a lot with the implications of being descendants of the most famous Holmes and Watson. I appreciated it without necessarily loving it.
Some parts were really good and other parts were 'meh'.I was so excited to read this book as a fan of anything that screams 'mystery' and 'Sherlock Holmes'. I'm also talking about a MODERN DAY escapade of Sherlock and Watson, what could go wrong, right? Everything, not everything. I have nothing aga...
SPOILERS AHEAD The lack of lesbians is very disappointing (there are two girls who go to a dance together, but THAT'S IT). Also the story is very white. The idea that Sherlock Holmes and John Watson were real people and the ancestors of Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson doesn't work for me. Char...