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Every Breath
by Ellie Marney
This was a very fun, yet gritty, Sherlock Holmes re-working, with Holmes and Watson now Mycroft and female Watts, as well as teenagers in Australia. I have only read a few of the original Holmes stories, but I have seen the television shows Sherlock and Elementary, and this book adds another well-done tribute to the line-up.
Mycroft as Holmes is still a troubled-but-brilliant detective, plagued by drugs (in this case, just cigarettes and alcohol) and heartbreak in his history. Watts is a new-to-town country girl, a loner in her past due to rural isolation and now a loner as "new girl." I liked the way this worked out. Watts and Mycroft, two lonely people who otherwise may not have become friends, do so, not out of hero-worship on Watts' part, but because they need each other.
One direction that this book does head in, that the two aforementioned shows do not, is that Mycroft and Watts do become romantically involved. It's sweet and swoony, and yes, I ship them! I ship them all the way to Australia and back! ;)
The mystery was decently complex and I unraveled it slightly more slowly than the two protagonists (which is the way I like it). I liked that the case was personal to Mycroft and Watts, and that it wasn't just some morbid, sociopathic urge on the part of our Holmes-incarnation. Solving Homeless Dave's murder is important, as the pair know that the police will probably not make it a top priority, so they make it their top priority.
However, I didn't love this book as much as I was hoping to and I think it was due to all of the Australian idioms, jargon, and brand names. Now don't misunderstand, I really enjoyed all of the new words and phrases, but I felt that it slowed down my reading and I didn't get swept up into the story the way I was hoping. So mainly this just illustrates the fact that I am a limited reader and I need to read more books from non-American authors and expand my vocabulary. ;)
To end, I am really looking forward to the sequel, Every Word (which isn't being published in the US until 2015! So unfair!), as I'm pretty sure the reading will be easier the second time 'round, and I did really enjoy the story once I got into it. So yes, I highly recommend this one to you mystery-lovers and Sherlockian fans! In fact, I've already loaned my copy out!
Mycroft as Holmes is still a troubled-but-brilliant detective, plagued by drugs (in this case, just cigarettes and alcohol) and heartbreak in his history. Watts is a new-to-town country girl, a loner in her past due to rural isolation and now a loner as "new girl." I liked the way this worked out. Watts and Mycroft, two lonely people who otherwise may not have become friends, do so, not out of hero-worship on Watts' part, but because they need each other.
One direction that this book does head in, that the two aforementioned shows do not, is that Mycroft and Watts do become romantically involved. It's sweet and swoony, and yes, I ship them! I ship them all the way to Australia and back! ;)
The mystery was decently complex and I unraveled it slightly more slowly than the two protagonists (which is the way I like it). I liked that the case was personal to Mycroft and Watts, and that it wasn't just some morbid, sociopathic urge on the part of our Holmes-incarnation. Solving Homeless Dave's murder is important, as the pair know that the police will probably not make it a top priority, so they make it their top priority.
However, I didn't love this book as much as I was hoping to and I think it was due to all of the Australian idioms, jargon, and brand names. Now don't misunderstand, I really enjoyed all of the new words and phrases, but I felt that it slowed down my reading and I didn't get swept up into the story the way I was hoping. So mainly this just illustrates the fact that I am a limited reader and I need to read more books from non-American authors and expand my vocabulary. ;)
To end, I am really looking forward to the sequel, Every Word (which isn't being published in the US until 2015! So unfair!), as I'm pretty sure the reading will be easier the second time 'round, and I did really enjoy the story once I got into it. So yes, I highly recommend this one to you mystery-lovers and Sherlockian fans! In fact, I've already loaned my copy out!