Ink of Blood

(I received a free copy of this book from Curiosity Quills in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

Although I’ve not read any of the original Sherlock Holmes books, I have seen a couple of different version films and television wise, so I have a bit of passing knowledge about the characters and situations.

I found the idea behind this book to be quite an intriguing one. It was interesting to see characters that I recognised, though Moriarty came across as completely different to how I understand his character to be.

I felt it fit how Holmes seemed to attach himself so quickly to Watson. That seems to be the case in pretty much anything, though in this case, I felt it worked especially well with the setting. I liked their interactions with each other, but at times, I felt that they came across as too adult. Holmes’ arrogance did come across really well, as did the fact that he had no idea about anything to do with emotions, despite being a genius in other areas.

There was enough of a mystery in this to keep me entertained and there were also some amusing moments. I would have liked a bit more explanation as to how Holmes especially was so skilled in certain things, though. It isn’t really made very clear.

The book was fairly well written, though I did notice some mistakes. However, this book did fall into one of the traps I often see with first person narrative – talking about what another character is thinking/feeling, when the POV character isn’t a mind reader. Aside from that, I did find this particularly easy and entertaining to read.

I would definitely be interested in reading more books in this series in the future.