waiting on wednesday: a study in charlotte

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted over at Breaking the Spine!

This week's pick: A Study in Charlotte
by Brittany Cavallaro

release date: March 1

"The last thing sixteen-year-old Jamie Watson–writer and great-great-grandson of the John Watson–wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. But that’s not the only complication: Sherringford is also home to Charlotte Holmes, the famous detective’s enigmatic, fiercely independent great-great-granddaughter, who’s inherited not just his genius but also his vices, volatile temperament, and expertly hidden vulnerability. Charlotte has been the object of his fascination for as long as he can remember–but from the moment they meet, there’s a tense energy between them, and they seem more destined to be rivals than anything else.

Then a Sherringford student dies under suspicious circumstances ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Holmes stories, and Jamie and Charlotte become the prime suspects. Convinced they’re being framed, they must race against the police to conduct their own investigation. As danger mounts, it becomes clear that nowhere is safe and the only people they can trust are each other.

Equal parts tender, thrilling, and hilarious, A Study in Charlotte is the first in a trilogy brimming with wit and edge-of-the-seat suspense."
  


I love Sherlock Holmes. Ever since I saw the Great Mouse Detective when I was, like, five, I was hooked on him. I read some kids versions of the stories, I watched the old black and white movies, I graduated to reading the real stories, I saw the movies with Robert Downey Jr, I am obsessed with the BBC's Sherlock.... etc, etc. It's a story that has always fascinated me, and there is another representation of it in YA (The Secret Letters by Leah Scheier). BUT I am truly SO excited to see a modern telling of the descendants of Holmes and Watson. It is a dream come true for me, and I just hope that this book lives up to my expectations! Fingers crossed.

What are you looking forward to this week?

xx
Sunny