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When Charlotte Holmes (no relationship with Sherlock Holmes) was caught in a compromising situation with a married member of the aristocracy, she only hoped for her behavior to be the means to blackmail her father in funding her education to become an independent woman and not to be subject to the will of any husband. However, her scandalous behavior becomes the latest lewd and juicy gossip of Victorian London precipitating the young woman to leave home to find her fortune. She soon discovers th
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This was really enjoyable, I enjoyed the spin on Sherlock Holmes and Watson, and I liked the suggestion of possible future romance.
I thought the "scarlet women" would be a house of prostitution, but instead it's women who have been "ruined" in the eyes of society by being caught in flagrante delicto, more or less, with another man.
The final big reveal was a lot darker than I expected. CW for child abuse/rape. In a book that's mostly light and fluffy, that really took me by surprise.
I was a bit ...more
I thought the "scarlet women" would be a house of prostitution, but instead it's women who have been "ruined" in the eyes of society by being caught in flagrante delicto, more or less, with another man.
The final big reveal was a lot darker than I expected. CW for child abuse/rape. In a book that's mostly light and fluffy, that really took me by surprise.
I was a bit ...more
This series is a re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes where Sherlock is really a young woman named Charlotte Holmes.
Charlotte is the daughter of a well-off family, and as such she is expected to do one thing - marry. But she has no interest in marrying, she'd much rather go to university and become the headmistress of a school and make enough money to support herself with no husband in sight. After her father breaks a promise to send her to school, Charlotte exacts her revenge by making herself unmar ...more
Charlotte is the daughter of a well-off family, and as such she is expected to do one thing - marry. But she has no interest in marrying, she'd much rather go to university and become the headmistress of a school and make enough money to support herself with no husband in sight. After her father breaks a promise to send her to school, Charlotte exacts her revenge by making herself unmar ...more
3.5*
DNF
I read 60% of the book, I can say I have read enough to decide to stop reading it. There are too many good books out there to waste time reading crap like this.
I read it because it was recommended as Autumnal reading. Probably because Sherlock Holmes is considered very Autumnal, and this is a Sherlock Holmes fan fiction. Now, I was suspicious, because they also recommended The Beekeeper's Apprentice and The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, which also are more or less Sherlock Holmes ...more
I read 60% of the book, I can say I have read enough to decide to stop reading it. There are too many good books out there to waste time reading crap like this.
I read it because it was recommended as Autumnal reading. Probably because Sherlock Holmes is considered very Autumnal, and this is a Sherlock Holmes fan fiction. Now, I was suspicious, because they also recommended The Beekeeper's Apprentice and The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, which also are more or less Sherlock Holmes ...more
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