The Beekeeper's Apprentice

I'd probably give it 3.5 stars if possible. It's an interesting read if you like that time period (19-teens) and all the banter is witty, but the danger (which is supposed to be a driving force of the book) never felt very immediate to me, maybe because of the narrator's style. Also, she really is quite mean to Watson! I understood her point, but at times it felt unnecessary.

My real issue with the book, though, was the relationship between Mary and Holmes. I'm completely fine with mentor relationships, and mentor-to-romantic relationships, and just romantic relationships in general. The problem was that the narrator said they had a mentor relationship, but then little details would point to romance instead and the conflict was never resolved. It felt like the author couldn't make up her mind, or maybe she really wanted a romance but had decided at the last minute not to write it that way. That indecision made me a bit uncomfortable. Not least because I worried the characters weren't on the same page!