Publisher: Berkley
Published: October 18, 2016
ISBN: 978-0425281406
Genre: Mystery
Format: Ebook
Obtained via: Publisher
TWO-1/2 HEARTS
Charlotte Holmes has never quite fit in with the demands and
expectations of society. Deciding she
simply is not going to conform she engages in some rather risqué acts—all of
which do not please her mother. When
three people known to the Holmes family are found dead, suspicion is quickly
placed on her sister and father. With the real Sherlock Holmes out of touch,
Charlotte takes on his identity to find the real killer.
When I saw Sherry Thomas’s A STUDY IN SCARLET WOMEN and its
different take on Sherlock Holmes, I couldn’t resist picking it up. I set my expectations too high. I hadn’t read Thomas before, but had heard
what a fabulous writer of romance she is.
I found the writing in A STUDY IN SCARLET to be unemotional and
not a clever Holmes style story. I was
bored from almost the beginning, but kept on plugging on in the hopes the spark
I’d heard Thomas has would show. For me
it never did.
She does write young adult and this book is a good choice for a
pre-teen introduction to the Holmes milieu and mystery. For me, the story just didn’t work.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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