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A Study in Charlotte

A Study in Charlotte

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  • Author：Brittany Cavallaro
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Summary

The last thing Jamie Watson wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford， a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father。 But that’s not the only complication: Sherringford is also home to Charlotte Holmes， the famous detective’s great-great-great-granddaughter， who has inherited not only Sherlock’s genius but also his volatile temperament。 From everything Jamie has heard about Charlotte， it seems safer to admire her from afar。

From the moment they meet， there’s a tense energy between them， and they seem more destined to be rivals than anything else。 But when a Sherringford student dies under suspicious circumstances， ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Sherlock Holmes stories， Jamie can no longer afford to keep his distance。 Jamie and Charlotte are being framed for murder， and only Charlotte can clear their names。 But danger is mounting and nowhere is safe—and the only people they can trust are each other。

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Reviews

Addie K ，

I just don't like it and I am 5 chapters in， I can't finish a book that I cant stand。 Sorry to all the people out there who like this book。 I just don't like it and I am 5 chapters in， I can't finish a book that I cant stand。 Sorry to all the people out there who like this book。 。。。more

Sarah Acacia ，

Very intriguing and thrilling。 Cute ending <3

Gaëlle ，

3，75I really enjoyed my reading， it was so much fun！ I am a huge Sherlock fan and I loved every parallel made with the original stories。 I liked the fact that in this universe Sherlock and Watson were real people and not fictional characters。 The only thing that bothered me a bit was the lack of credibility regarding some of the reactions of Jamie and Charlotte。 But it is ya fiction after all and putting that aside， the plot is still very interesting and believable。

camille。andherbooks ，

I think I would have liked it more if there was less of the "romance"。 There was no chemistry whatsoever and I couldn't understand why Jamie was so obsessed with Charlotte right from the start。Content warning for Rape， murder， sexual harassment and drug abuse。 Maybe toxic behavior between "friends/partners"。 I think I would have liked it more if there was less of the "romance"。 There was no chemistry whatsoever and I couldn't understand why Jamie was so obsessed with Charlotte right from the start。Content warning for Rape， murder， sexual harassment and drug abuse。 Maybe toxic behavior between "friends/partners"。 。。。more

Bryce Rocks My Socks ，

i want to be framed for murder with the （pretty） great great great grand daughter of Sherlock freaking Holmes and solves murders and fall in love and have her play violin for me in front of her crime wall。 i would gladly let her pluck out my nose hairs for an experiment are u kidding me？ charlotte holmes can do anything she wants she is god

Marti⁷♡ ，

2。5

tara ，

“And you’re still friends？” I asked。“Yes， of course，” my feather said。 “The two of us， we’re the best kind of disaster。 Apples and oranges。 Well， more like apples and machetes。”

Jaime ，

Highly enjoyable read！ If you're a fan of the original stories this is a delightful book。 Highly enjoyable read！ If you're a fan of the original stories this is a delightful book。 。。。more

Juztin ，

Dnf。 I would probably check this out and read again soon。 It just did not worked for me。

Kim ，

Teen romance version of Sherlock Holmes， good fun but there are drug references。。。

Alex ，

over quarantine， i watched a bunch of Sherlock （if you don’t know what that is， it’s a BBC show about Sherlock Holmes and John Watson， i highly recommend） and i noticed similar characters in A Study in Charlotte， so i made a list of the characters i found similar :）Charlotte Holmes= Sherlock Holmes （obv）James Watson= John Watson （obv）August Moriarty= Jim Moriarty （obv）Detective Shepherd= Greg （i don’t remember his last name）Milo Holmes= Mycroft Holmes （who names their kid Mycroft？？？？）Lena= Ms。 H over quarantine， i watched a bunch of Sherlock （if you don’t know what that is， it’s a BBC show about Sherlock Holmes and John Watson， i highly recommend） and i noticed similar characters in A Study in Charlotte， so i made a list of the characters i found similar :）Charlotte Holmes= Sherlock Holmes （obv）James Watson= John Watson （obv）August Moriarty= Jim Moriarty （obv）Detective Shepherd= Greg （i don’t remember his last name）Milo Holmes= Mycroft Holmes （who names their kid Mycroft？？？？）Lena= Ms。 Hudson （i think？ idk）anyway， i really enjoyed this book， and i recommend！ 。。。more

Berkley ，

I liked the first part， but then I lost interest。 There was a lot of swearing， and I didn't finish it。 I would not recommend。 I liked the first part， but then I lost interest。 There was a lot of swearing， and I didn't finish it。 I would not recommend。 。。。more

shan ，

cute but a star knocked off bc I went into this thinking jamie was a girl so I spent a significant amount of time thinking about how it would have been better if they were gay

Sule Yüksel ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 A sweet Sherlock Holmes-esque story especially for the younger readers。 I liked the characters and their growing relationship and the story was interesting and exiting to read。 I would have liked it a little bit more if there had been a twist in their characters or relationships。 Maybe Watson could have been the detective and Holmes the one who wanted to write etc。 Their characters were just really similar to their originals。 Also while I did like them as a romantic pair I think a platonic frien A sweet Sherlock Holmes-esque story especially for the younger readers。 I liked the characters and their growing relationship and the story was interesting and exiting to read。 I would have liked it a little bit more if there had been a twist in their characters or relationships。 Maybe Watson could have been the detective and Holmes the one who wanted to write etc。 Their characters were just really similar to their originals。 Also while I did like them as a romantic pair I think a platonic friendship would have been as nice given the few examples for platonic relationships between girls and boys。 Overall a nice read。Spoiler alertTW: I’m not sure if it’s of importance but in the story Charlotte Holmes is the victim of rape which is one of the reasons why she ist suspected of the murder。 While the event isn’t described and the reader and other characters only learn of it because she tells the police I thought that there could be people who would like a warning beforehand。 。。。more

Mythical Reads ，

2。5 stars TW: rape， murder， and drug use So at first I picked up this book （from the library） because I was curious enough but not wanting to spend money on it （knowing it wouldn't get a higher rating than 3 stars）。 And yet somehow。。。 here we are with a 2。5 stars。 This book did， in fact， disappoint。 Overall， this book feels like a Sherlock Holmes fanfic。 The characters are just watered down versions of the originals， which given context would make sense， however it completely eliminates the th 2。5 stars TW: rape， murder， and drug use So at first I picked up this book （from the library） because I was curious enough but not wanting to spend money on it （knowing it wouldn't get a higher rating than 3 stars）。 And yet somehow。。。 here we are with a 2。5 stars。 This book did， in fact， disappoint。 Overall， this book feels like a Sherlock Holmes fanfic。 The characters are just watered down versions of the originals， which given context would make sense， however it completely eliminates the things that make Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes and what makes Dr。 Watson Dr。 Watson。 The best way to describe this is that the author grab the three major character traits from the famous Sherlock Holmes stories and made that into every main character's personality trait and nothing else。 The general development of this story is also very choppy。 Scenes would cut and then things would happen without any previous context。 An entire plot line happened without any good foundation， and the things that needed to be discussed never were。 This bothered me a lot because there is a whole thing that happened with Charlotte Holmes and yet no discussion。 Also this book could've been 100 pages shorter。 There is too much time spend doing nothing， and instead of having character development， it's just Watson being jealous and immature。 Which leads me to a big issue that I had this book: The characters sound like they are in middle school。 They are supposed to be 16 years old and they legit sound and feel like they are in 7th or 8th grade （12-13yrs old）。 Also， in the topic of age。。。。 is no one going to talking about the massive gap that was introduced between Moriarty and Holmes？？？？ Like， I don't know why the author made it sound like it was supposed to be cute just because Holmes is more "intelligent and mentally mature" or why she used it as a jealousy plot where the gap makes anything between them ILLEGAL。 Lastly， this author only level of research was on Sherlock Holmes because the fact that she statement things with the whole confidence of a white man， and it was wrong。 Here's correction without context:1。 Sound is vibration 2。 Deduction uses psychology 。。。more

Renée Fontenot ，

Excellent Holmesian Tale Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson find themselves at the same school in Connecticut - the mystery ensues。 A nagging boy dies。。。 A girl swallow a huge gemstone。 Who done it？？？

Shannon ，

DNF this may be one of the first books in YEARS that I did not finish。。。 I read almost half hoping to get into it or start to like or even understand a character or the story but I couldn’t at all。

Becca Koenig ，

A good read， very fun， but I didn’t have too much of an attachment towards the characters。 Will definitely be continuing the series。

Amanda Manasco ，

Mystery is not my genre， but girl power is always on point。 They need to come up with more defined levels of "Young Adult"。 The drug use and sexual content is fine for my actual young adult niece that recommended this to me， but not for my preteen niece。 （My 13yo self would be cringing at my current level of ◼。） Fun read with a wildly implausible storyline。。。which is exactly why I prefer fiction to nonfiction。 Mystery is not my genre， but girl power is always on point。 They need to come up with more defined levels of "Young Adult"。 The drug use and sexual content is fine for my actual young adult niece that recommended this to me， but not for my preteen niece。 （My 13yo self would be cringing at my current level of ◼。） Fun read with a wildly implausible storyline。。。which is exactly why I prefer fiction to nonfiction。 。。。more

Kath ❅ ，

When I was about 40% through this book， I went to go read some reviews because I was having some mixed feelings and I was really surprised to see that so many people were talking about how fun this book was。 I did not have fun with this book。 This whole book was just fine。 The plot was fine， the characters were fine （though I didn't really love Charlotte）。 I am clearly in the minority with this opinion so maybe read some other reviews if you're planning on picking this up。 To start with the plot When I was about 40% through this book， I went to go read some reviews because I was having some mixed feelings and I was really surprised to see that so many people were talking about how fun this book was。 I did not have fun with this book。 This whole book was just fine。 The plot was fine， the characters were fine （though I didn't really love Charlotte）。 I am clearly in the minority with this opinion so maybe read some other reviews if you're planning on picking this up。 To start with the plot， I didn't really feel like the mystery got started until almost the 50% mark。 To be honest， I'm not the biggest fan of Sherlock Holmes style mysteries but I like fun YA mysteries but this was a bit too much like a Sherlock Holmes story for me。 I think Cavallaro is going for a bit of a grittier YA book and I think if that's what you want， she did a pretty good job。 It's just not what I was looking for。 I wanted a fun mystery and instead I got a story about a drug-addicted 16 year old， which is an interesting story， but not really what I was expecting。 The mystery itself was fine but somewhat predictable。 Some things were surprising but there were several points I saw coming。 This isn't a bad mystery， but definitely not mind blowing。 My real issue when it came to my enjoyment was the characters。 Charlotte Holmes is so similar to Sherlock that it was honestly a bit annoying to me。 I tend to chafe against plots that imply that genetics are very valuable so the fact that our characters act just like their ancestors really bothered me。 This book is written from Jamie's perspective and I don't know if it's just his hero worship of Charlotte， but his description of her made it seem like she was going through her "not like other girls" phase。 It's fine by me if you have more unlikable main character， I just want to be curious about them and be engaged by their character and I just wasn't in this book。 I didn't care much for Jamie either。 He just seemed dull for the most part and then suddenly he would go through a fit of anger。 He's not a bad narrator and I didn't hate Charlotte or anything， I just wasn't super engaged with their characters。 This was a fine book and it's clear that a lot of people do like it and would like it。 I wouldn't even necessarily be against reading the next book to see if it gets better for me personally but unfortunately， this one was a bit of a miss for me。 。。。more

Elizabeth ，

I enjoyed the book， but not quite enough to continue on with the series

Kerra Elsberry ，

I got about a fourth of the way through this and could not finish it。 The story is relatively interesting but the characters are both so aggressively annoying。 The Holmes/Sherlock narrative is at the surface level and brings nothing to the story other than to attempt to establish the characters as these amazing detectives。 It was not believable to me even with keeping in mind this is YA。 DNF and I have no plans to read anything from this author in the future。

Charlston Goch ，

Real score 4。0001。 You have to love a female Holmes， but I’m not sure about the love story。 Was fun though。

Jenni ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 TW: rape， drug use/abuseA solid mystery that is very much like the old Sherlock Holmes tales。 This one features Charlotte Holmes， a descendant of Sherlock himself， who happens to like Oxy and cocaine and seems to be autistic （she was referred to a couple of times as a savant in the text， which makes me think of Rainman--I date myself here， I know）。 She is also emotionally unattached to the point of seeming like an automaton and doesn't like to be touched。 Much time was spent on character develop TW: rape， drug use/abuseA solid mystery that is very much like the old Sherlock Holmes tales。 This one features Charlotte Holmes， a descendant of Sherlock himself， who happens to like Oxy and cocaine and seems to be autistic （she was referred to a couple of times as a savant in the text， which makes me think of Rainman--I date myself here， I know）。 She is also emotionally unattached to the point of seeming like an automaton and doesn't like to be touched。 Much time was spent on character development instead of the plot and that was a shame。 I had a couple of students who begged me to read this series and they promise that book 2 is better。 。。。more

Emily Thompson ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Highs: interesting plot， cool family history that plays out in the present day with all the hijinks you’d expect of ACD’s original protagonists， and good writing！ Lows: two-dimensional leading characters， general lack of depth， and unconvincing friendship/romance arc。 I bought this book in November after hearing good things and I was excited to dive into it。 I’m a sucker for a modern retelling and an even bigger sucker for descendants of famous dynamic duos-to-lovers， but I have to say， this boo Highs: interesting plot， cool family history that plays out in the present day with all the hijinks you’d expect of ACD’s original protagonists， and good writing！ Lows: two-dimensional leading characters， general lack of depth， and unconvincing friendship/romance arc。 I bought this book in November after hearing good things and I was excited to dive into it。 I’m a sucker for a modern retelling and an even bigger sucker for descendants of famous dynamic duos-to-lovers， but I have to say， this book didn’t quite live up to expectations。 Now， that could very well be a result of an overactive imagination and high hopes， but even still， it is always disappointing when a book doesn’t live up to the potential you believe a story has。 While the plot was certainly interesting， the characters felt a bit two-dimensional and the bulk of their depth was reliant on the reader wanting a carbon copy of Sherlock/Watson from the original。 I made it about 40% into the book the first time I started reading it， but I never felt really taken by this book and compelled to finish it （mostly because I want to actually meet my reading goal this years）。 This could also be a product of the relative brain fog I’ve had all year， so take my thoughts with a grain of salt！ I wanted desperately to like Charlotte。 She should have been exactly up my alley， but I often found it difficult to humanize her and she came off as more of a manic pixie dream girl for Jamie and at no point did I get the sense that she had been harbouring feelings for him， so the climax and resolution felt a bit forced to me。 In order to get a full sense of the story and characters， I’m going to finish the series before coming to an final judgments。 I’d say this is a solid 3 stars with the potential for the series to get to 4 stars overall。 Let’s hope it’s a slow start that ultimately redeems itself because I want to love these books。 。。。more

The Reading Magpie ，

I enjoyed this one。 I really liked the characters， and I definitely laughed a few times。 I found the mystery more intriguing in the first half， before it got boring and then a little too convoluted。

Kristiane Becktoft ，

3。5/5

navy jellyfish 108 Emma ，

This is an AMAZING book。 I will warn that you have to be focused on the book to fully comprehend what is happening， but it is amazing。 I would recommend for kids in grades 6-8。 Also check out the rest of the Charlotte Holmes series！

Bea DeSilvey ，

meh。 it wasn’t bad at all but i didn’t enjoy the storyline， it was weird and the twists were predictable。 also the writing tended to try to sound more edgy to paint teenagers a certain way。

Sharon ，

I enjoyed this book very much。 It reminded me of Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson which I absolutely loved！ A Study in Charlotte is a wonderful YA take on the classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries set in a modern day boarding school located in Connecticut。 The descendants of Sherlock Holmes， Charlotte Holmes， and Dr。 Watson， Jamie Watson， come together to solve crimes that they are the center of （of course）。 Wonderful read！

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