I received this book at BEA and even got to meet the author and have her sign my book. I was so excited about this and couldn’t wait to read it. I love a good story about Holmes and Watson. This book was just amazing. I LOVED the characters and the story was so engrossing that I read the entire book in a day.
John Watson is an army brat, he moves from place to place but his mom is finally on permenant leave and they settled down in NYC. The apartment they live in has an unusual girl that lives upstairs. John doesn’t know what to make of her but winds up hanging out with her while she sort of shows him around town. When Holmes gets a new case to solve regarding a lost dog, it’s up to her and Watson to find out who did it.
I honestly loved Shelby, her sarcastic comments and ability to super sleuth was so fun and amazing. She was just such a fun characters. The story is told in John’s POV but I couldn’t help but love him to. The poor kid was so confused half the time and always trying to figure out who did it which really helped keep the reader confused. I really enjoyed how the mystery was solved and all the clues Shelby had figured out. This really was a fun book to read.
I can’t recommend this book enough, I honestly want a lot more of Shelby and John. They are amazing characters and the story was so involved but so fun. This is a great book for MG, YA and adults. I can’t love this book enough and so very happy I got that chance to read it and to meet the author at BEA. This is what I am, kind of hoping, is the start of a fun series.
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Aw that sounds really cute! And like they’re great characters 😀 How fun you got to meet the author!
Yay!! So glad this one is a good one as I have it too! 🙂
This sounds so good! I’m sad this series wasn’t around when my younger daughter was a kid. She would have loved it!
Yay! I thought this one looked super cute, I’m glad it delivered. This last Saturday came too quick for me, so my review is going to have to go up with next week’s voting. I’m enjoying my book though 🙂
Glad to hear you enjoyed this one :). It really sounds like a fun story. I’ve only read one sort of retelling where the characters were descendants from famous detective,s but it was fun. I have this one on my wishlist, I requested it on netgalley but they declined my request sadly :(. I definitely want to read it now after reading your review of this one. The characters sound fun and the mystery well done. i also think it’s interesting the story is told from the sidekick his point of view.
This looks so cute and so glad you enjoyed it!
Yey so glad you enjoyed it Michelle!