A review by mellipscomb
The Tattered Heiress by Debra Hyde

2.0

I liked the idea of this novel more than I did the execution. It's trying to do several things at once, and none of them completely satisfied me or felt truly connected to the others. I love a good Sherlock Holmes pastiche and the idea of cross gender Holmes and Watson is delicious, but other than the names and the most general details of the set-up, the connection to the original canon felt too tenuous to really satisfy on that front. The central mystery felt like it was given short shrift, due in part to so much of the novel being dedicated to flashbacks. And while the sex scenes were undeniably hot, I wish they'd been more integrated into the plot and characterization.