A review by etkahler
Snake Bite by Andy Lane

4.0

If the last book upset me because of the bit of a cliffhanger, this book upset me so much that I wanted to cry.

Throughout the whole series, I've been absolutely sure that
Spoiler Sherlock and Virginia would not end up together.
Anybody who has read the canon Sherlock Holmes knows it's going to end up like that. However, this whole time, I figured that
Spoiler Virginia would die and that would cause Sherlock the suffering that causes him to condemn himself to bachelorhood for the rest of his life. For some reason, it never ever occurred to me that she would choose to marry somebody else! I mean, it probably should have been obvious when Sherlock was off to China for a year or more. Virginia couldn't even be sure he was still alive and if the opportunity to move on presented itself, I can't blame her for taking it. But still the pain!


That being said, the story line itself was great. The only thing that threw me was that we didn't even get into the meat of the mystery till over halfway through the book. The filler in the first half was still interesting, such as
Spoiler Wu Chung teaching Sherlock the foundations for his knowledge of martial arts.
But I found myself constantly asking, ok, when is a murder going to happen already.

All around though, a great addition to the series, despite it ripping out my heart.