<blockquote><b><i>"The two of us, we're the best kind of disaster."</i></b></blockquote> This was a light, uncomplicated reading and a very straightfoward mystery, but I was hoping for more. Althought it was interesting to use Conan Doyle's stories as inspirations to the murders, each one representing a different Sherlock Holmes mystery, it was very simplistic and the murders took a backseat for Holmes & Watson's dramas. I couldn't get very interested in it because of that. And to be honest, the characters weren't much captivating. Yes, their dynamic was interesting, especially with the whole 'family legacy' thing going on and the underlying romance tones to the story, but I hated how cliché the main characters were. I mean, despite the genderswap and the modern feel to the story, the personalities of our leads was exactly the same as their famous counterparts in almost every adaptation out there and I think I was hoping for something slightly different, especially after having read "The Daemoniac" last year. Watson even felt kind of washed up and boring to me in this book, idk. I was intrigued with the Moriarty's, though, especially August, and I think he will have a larger role to play in the next book, and his relationship with Charlotte, especially after what she did, is one of the reasons I want to read book 2. Overall,a nice little read, but not what I was expecting. I hope we see a more human part of Charlotte and the romantic tension between the two in the next book.