The Last of August

Ok, fine, so it's not as good as the first book, but it's still 4-stars good! I still love the characters, and I still enjoyed going on this crazy and dangerous ride with them! It wasn't as cozy, or as intimate, and there were more characters introduced in this one, but that's how it is with sequels, the story gets bigger, it has to.In this book, we get to meet the Moriarty family, and specifically August Moriarty, who was assumed dead and who Charlotte used to have a thing with/for, and Jamie fears that she still does. Bringing August back into the picture complicates things from so many different angles. There's the romance angle that Jamie and Charlotte sort of have, with Jamie spending the majority of the book being jealous and trying to one-up August. But then there's the mystery as a whole and the main question, which was can August - being a Morarity - be trusted? Especially when the suspects are his siblings? When Leander Holmes, Charlotte's uncle and Jamie's dad's best friend, disappears without saying a word, and her mom is poisoned, Charlotte immediately sets off on a wild ride to Berlin to figure out who is behind it all. Could it be the Moriartys again?The ending was insane and weird and incomprehensible for me. I'm not sure why Cavallaro decided to do that, but perhaps it is something that will become clear in the next book? I wasn't fond of how things were left off between Jamie and Charlotte, I wasn't fond of how Jamie dealt with the whole situation in general. I did not like his impatience and frustration with Charlotte, given that he knows what she's been through and should be more understanding - not to mention that she is a Holmes, and that alone requires more patience!I'm excited to see how this will end - assuming the next book is the last in the series. I hope that things progress faster, and I hope that we see more maturity within the characters, especially Jamie.

I bought this fabulous book for my daughter and she loved it so much that she finished it in a day. She said that she liked how Brittany Cavallaro continued the same characters as Arthur Conan Doyle did in his Holmes and Watson books - Holmes, Watson and Moriarty. She absolutely adores this book and won’t stop until she has recommended this series to all of her friends.

Really enjoying this series

THE LAST OF AUGUST (Charlotte Holmes #2)••• ⭐️:4,8/5••💬: Jaime and Charlotte want to spend a relaxing winter break after almost getting themselves killed. They go to her family’s Sussex estate and Jaime realize that the Holmes family is not relaxed at all. The intense atmosphere around them becomes even more suffocating while both of them try to understand where they stand with each other, feelings are in the air but Charlotte needs to deal with her traumas first. They are distracted soon enough when her uncle, Leander goes missing from the estate after being secretive about his assignment in a german art forgery ring. Unfortunately, in Jaime’s opinion, they will have to deal with August Moriarty. They will learn alone about their families, themselves and each other.I can't believe I’m going to say what I’m going to say but: I cried a LOT because of an e-mail (the epilogue). I don’t know how to describe the feelings I was having during certain scenes of this story...Charlotte and Jaime were just painfully tragic and awesome at the same time (and as always). Their banter sometimes made me angry with Charlotte because she sometimes can be really insensitive with Jaime, and we see how hurt he keeps getting. But then...the author decides to give us some pages of Charlotte’s PO and that made me have a more deep understanding of how she acts, I know she is there to act like Sherlock Holmes but damn, she is so different! I love the twists and similarities that these characters have with Sherlock and John.I know that I said last time that I love Milo but I’m SUPER MAD WITH HIM NOW. I was so disappointed with him, especially because of the last pages of this book; and the Holmes are so CRAZY. Like, at this point I just want to hug Charlotte and make her go away forever from them. And although the mystery of this book is not that impressively developed, I loved how the case brought some discussions between C and J, how they got to know more about their families and how they got to understand each other better. Also, I love how the author tricked me a lot in this book.

Ich muss es gestehen: Alles, was ich über Sherlock Holmes und Watson weiß, habe ich aus dem Fernsehen...ABER für einen Film - Sherlock Holmes - Fan kann ich sagen, dass ich die Charlotte Holmes Reihe nur wärmstens empfehlen kann. Es ist in beiden Büchern eine gute Geschichte mit spannenden Fällen und einer speziellen Dynamik zwischen Watson und Holmes die zu Sir Doyles Zeiten weder denkbar noch möglich ist.Ich kann nur sagen, dass ich auf den dritten und letzten Teil schon sehr gespannt bin. Das, was mich gestört hat, war, dass ich das Ende am Anfang nicht ganz verstanden habe...hat ein bisschen gedauert. Ansonsten fand ich es wirklich gut. Aber wie gesagt - habe nie die Originalen Holmes Werke gelesen (werde ich noch!) deshalb sicher auch so wenig Kritik. Ein richtiger Sherlock Fan würde die Reihe vielleicht mit einem Schnauben abtun und nicht mehr zur Hand nehmen, aber jemand wie mich, der gerade einen kleinen Zeh ins Wasser gesteckt hat, wird sicher damit zufrieden sein.