Book #13

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"Shadowfall (Sherlock Holmes: The Shadows #1)" by Tracy Revels

Rating: ♦ ♦ ♦

I usually prefer my Sherlock Holmes stories without any supernatural twists, but this one had a good premise: Titania takes Watson's soul hostage to force Holmes take her case. And the story itself wasn't bad - it just felt like squandered potential. I hoped the author would use the premise to explore Holmes and Watson's friendship a bit more, and though there were some nice touches here and there, the author focused more on the supernatural element of the story, piling one strange thing onto another, than on the characters. Another thing that disappointed me was, that the theft of Watson's soul had no consequences. Once or twice he mentioned feeling lighter without it but that was all. As if he could have kept on living without it and nothing would've changed till he died. Like I said, squandered potential...