A Study in Scarlet Women

I enjoyed this book as a feminist twist on the traditional Sherlock stories. The exploration of how different Sherlock's stories would be as a woman in a time when gender inequality was so pronounced is provocative and allows for different plot vehicles. Some of those vehicles are questionable if not a little cutesy for an otherwise gritty story. Other than that tone mismatch, I liked the concept, was engaged in the mystery, and found the characters likable, though not terribly well-developed. I did get frustrated that a romantic plot-line was introduced, wary of it wading into the dollar romance category... but then again, the little tweenie part of my heart kind of enjoyed that, too.

From what I've read, the later books in the series are better and this just lays the groundwork. So I may continue on with it.