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A review by mojoshivers
The Beekeeper's Apprentice: Or, on the Segregation of the Queen by Laurie R. King
5.0
I consider this book an excellent start to the series. Not only is Mary Russell every bit as intelligent and fascinating a creature as Holmes himself, but she also seems to have sprung fully-formed and well-rounded as any character I have come across.
I don’t know—the idea of Sherlock taking on a female apprentice/partner sounds gimmicky at the outset, but the manner in which is handled just seems so natural. Of course he takes her on. With her gifts for insight and deduction nurtured on by her own tragic backstory, how could he not?
And then to present the pair of them with a mystery as tantalizing as the one in this book was a stroke of genius. It is every bit in Holmes’ canon as anything Doyle ever wrote. Not only that, but it also manages to strike out in a direction not envisioned by the old stories. It remains a wonderful installment for both updating its hero and paying tribute to his past.
I don’t know—the idea of Sherlock taking on a female apprentice/partner sounds gimmicky at the outset, but the manner in which is handled just seems so natural. Of course he takes her on. With her gifts for insight and deduction nurtured on by her own tragic backstory, how could he not?
And then to present the pair of them with a mystery as tantalizing as the one in this book was a stroke of genius. It is every bit in Holmes’ canon as anything Doyle ever wrote. Not only that, but it also manages to strike out in a direction not envisioned by the old stories. It remains a wonderful installment for both updating its hero and paying tribute to his past.