The Last of August

By: Brittany Cavallaro

Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Julia Whelan

In the second brilliant, action-packed book in the Charlotte Holmes series, Jamie Watson and Charlotte Holmes are in a chase across Europe to untangle a web of shocking truths about the Holmes and Moriarty families.

Jamie and Charlotte are looking for a winter break reprieve in Sussex after a fall semester that almost got them killed. But nothing about their time off is proving simple, including Holmes and Watson’s growing feelings for each other.

When Charlotte’s beloved Uncle Leander goes missing from the Holmes estate—after being oddly private about his latest assignment in a German art forgery ring—the game is afoot once again, and Charlotte throws herself into a search for answers.

So begins a dangerous race through the gritty underground scene in Berlin and glittering art houses in Prague, where Holmes and Watson discover that this complicated case might change everything they know about their families, themselves, and each other.

worth listing to.

at first i was wary on listing to the audiobook... i have trouble hearing. have hearing aids for that but i couldn't listen to this with hearing aids and do chores so i use Bluetooth and set my hearing aids aside. even then, i enjoyed it. live the way she writes already, and then the narrator, Graham did a marvelous job. It fit James character perfectly. Charlotte's POV was difficult. i didn't like the narrator as much. but its one of my fav chapters other than that. worth listing to.

riveting, poetic, and complex

A morally ambiguous, psychologically complex, and riveting page-turner that takes, even more so than the first book in the series, the first genuinely unique take on Sherlock Holmes that I have encountered in decades. First rate.

Inhaled this book!

I listened to this book faster than I’m proud of! As good as the first in the series & I loved hearing Charlotte’s voice as well. 10/10.

Like August as a character but not the plot

I just don’t think this book is the compelling continuation of the first that it could have been. I don’t really mind the teenage angst, but the main mystery of the book just isn’t that gripping, and the “twists and turns” either fall flat or are simply confusing. Jamie and Charlotte are still very charming characters though, and I like reading about August.

just as great as the first novel

I'm not going to give you any spoilers, but if you enjoyed the first novel, you will really enjoy this 2nd edition to this book series... But you really have to pay attention to all of the characters, because the ending is very confusing... It's definitely worth a read