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On the list of things that Jamie Watson wants, moving from London to a New England prep school that takes him closer to his estranged father is pretty low on the list. Despite this, Jamie finds himself at Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school. Unlike most of the students at the school, Jamie is there on a rugby scholarship and does not have the prestige or the money that his fellow classmates do, making him an immediate outsider. Jamie reluctantly begins his school year at Sherringford hoping to fly under the radar, but much to Jamie’s surprise and his chagrin, Charlotte Holmes is also a student at Sherringford. I probably should have mentioned that Jamie is the great great great grandson of Dr. John Watson and Charlotte, the great great great granddaughter of Sherlock Holmes. The decades have not been good to the Watson-Sherlock relationship and the likelihood of a rivalry is much higher than a friendship.
Jamie has heard rumors about Charlotte Holmes, that despite being separated by many generations she has many of Sherlock’s most well known traits such as his intellect and his complexity, but also his volatile behavior and addictive personality. From the beginning, Jamie plans to keep his distance from Charlotte, but Charlotte has an energy that draws you to her, and when another student on campus tries to take advantage of her, Jamie cannot help but stand up for her, despite Charlotte being completely able to take care of herself. This infuriates Charlotte and creates a rift that Jamie tries unsuccessfully to repair. But, when the student they had an issue with ends up dead in an eerily familiar way, their history and a little bit of destiny brings them together. Holmes and Watson end up being framed for murder and have to use their powers of observation and deduction to clear their names. As both the danger and crimes increase, Jamie and Charlotte realize no one can truly be trusted except each other.
A Study in Charlotte is the first book in a witty, mysterious and fun trilogy following the descendants of the most famous crime solving duo of all time. In this world, Sherlock and Watson are real people and it is extremely enjoyable to follow their descendants in such a way that makes you forget that the originals were invented by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The novel is a suspenseful, thrilling twist on a classic, finding a way to both repeat history and still bring us a fresh story about crime solving opposites. It is a story of intrigue and danger, but also a great story of friendship and how people deserve a chance no matter where they came from (Cavallaro, 2015).


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A Study in Charlotte Charlotte Holmes Novel Brittany Cavallaro Books Reviews

This was a fun story and a quick read, with plenty of hat tips to Arthur Conan Doyle's original works (as expected). The basic premise is Doyle's writings were not fictional but (somewhat inflated) biographical. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson actually lived and solved crimes, and James Moriarty actually lived and was a master villain. And now, in modern day America, the direct descendent of Holmes and the direct descendent of Watson (our narrator, James) have met for the first time.

As with their ancestors before them, James Watson has a bit of a starry-eyed awe about Charlotte Holmes and is fiercely loyal to her; Charlotte Holmes has been programmed since youth to be a master detective but is not well-adapted by any stretch of the imagination. This is not to say the characters are totally flat- Charlotte is developed, with a serious drug addiction, trauma, and of course her childhood totally ruining her for normal social interaction. And James has a serious anger problem and holds grudges against everyone except Charlotte. He actually felt the lesser developed of the two, but maybe that's because we the readers are already in his head, trying to figure out Charlotte.

I liked the hat tips to the original stories, especially A Study in Scarlet (no spoilers, but it does make the ending somewhat less twisty). I liked the pacing, and the side characters (whose stories we feel we've just walked in on, and never really get more of). There's still plenty of unresolved issues at the end of the story to keep hungry for. Really, only two things stopped me from loving this book, instead of liking it

The connection between Charlotte and Jamie felt forced (he was just her puppy from the beginning with no reason WHY other than he'd always fantasized that she'd be his best friend), and I'd rather (always) see a really great friendship between two members of the opposite sex, even if one is attracted to the other, than a friends-to-romance thing. I think male/female friendship sans sexual tension is severely underrepresented in media, to our detriment. We need more models of friendship, and fewer of Disneyesque romance.
I felt disconnected from a lot of the conclusions that were drawn, especially by everyman James. At times, the author had just enough for me to see the how he would connect the dots, but other times he just came out with some conclusion out of left field. It left me feeling like the characters had been continuing their adventures offscreen, where I couldn't see, or like I'm a total idiot for not understanding how he drew that conclusion.
Regardless, I may continue with the series, because I do enjoy authors creating stories that are a love letter to their fandom of choice. And this very much is, in a lot of ways.
On the list of things that Jamie Watson wants, moving from London to a New England prep school that takes him closer to his estranged father is pretty low on the list. Despite this, Jamie finds himself at Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school. Unlike most of the students at the school, Jamie is there on a rugby scholarship and does not have the prestige or the money that his fellow classmates do, making him an immediate outsider. Jamie reluctantly begins his school year at Sherringford hoping to fly under the radar, but much to Jamie’s surprise and his chagrin, Charlotte Holmes is also a student at Sherringford. I probably should have mentioned that Jamie is the great great great grandson of Dr. John Watson and Charlotte, the great great great granddaughter of Sherlock Holmes. The decades have not been good to the Watson-Sherlock relationship and the likelihood of a rivalry is much higher than a friendship.
Jamie has heard rumors about Charlotte Holmes, that despite being separated by many generations she has many of Sherlock’s most well known traits such as his intellect and his complexity, but also his volatile behavior and addictive personality. From the beginning, Jamie plans to keep his distance from Charlotte, but Charlotte has an energy that draws you to her, and when another student on campus tries to take advantage of her, Jamie cannot help but stand up for her, despite Charlotte being completely able to take care of herself. This infuriates Charlotte and creates a rift that Jamie tries unsuccessfully to repair. But, when the student they had an issue with ends up dead in an eerily familiar way, their history and a little bit of destiny brings them together. Holmes and Watson end up being framed for murder and have to use their powers of observation and deduction to clear their names. As both the danger and crimes increase, Jamie and Charlotte realize no one can truly be trusted except each other.
A Study in Charlotte is the first book in a witty, mysterious and fun trilogy following the descendants of the most famous crime solving duo of all time. In this world, Sherlock and Watson are real people and it is extremely enjoyable to follow their descendants in such a way that makes you forget that the originals were invented by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The novel is a suspenseful, thrilling twist on a classic, finding a way to both repeat history and still bring us a fresh story about crime solving opposites. It is a story of intrigue and danger, but also a great story of friendship and how people deserve a chance no matter where they came from (Cavallaro, 2015).