A review by booksandbosox
The Great Shelby Holmes by Elizabeth Eulberg

3.0

A coworker let me borrow the ARC she received at BEA. It's a pretty cute mystery and felt realistic enough. I think the homage to Sherlock in Shelby seems spot-on, though I've never actually read a Sherlock Holmes story. However, I did start to get irritated at this being narrated by the sidekick/assistant/partner - I can think of three other recent youth mystery series that feature this same sort of narration. I don't have a problem with the narrator being the sidekick; I do get annoyed when they focus heavily on how amazing/quirky/inspiring the detective is. Seems like this is open to become a series.