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Book Review: The Beekeepers Apprentice by Laurie R. King

Hey everyone!

I finally have a book review for you all. I am super excited to be doing book reviews again. Since I was  in school, I did not have time to sit down and just read. But now that I am out of school I have time to read and make book reviews for you all. So my mom is a librarian and every year we go to this conference in New York called BEA ( Book Expo America). It is where all the different publishers and authors come and you get to meet different authors and talk to publishers, and my favorite part, get free books/ galleys. Galleys are unedited books. So sometimes there are typos in the galleys that you won't see when you find them in bookstores or a characters names might change. So my mom got me a ton of books because I could not go this year and this is one of the books she got for me. It is The Beekeepers Apprentice by Laurie R. King.

So before I give you the summary and my opinion on this book, I want to tell you why I read this book first instead of the 30 other books my mom gave me. So the new Sherlock Holmes season 3 came out on Netflix this month and I watched it and I fell in love with Sherlock Holmes all over again. I will talk more about the show in my June Favorites! But after seeing season 3, I just had to get more Sherlock Holmes and that is where this book came in.

Summary:

This is a tale about Sherlock Holmes and his apprentice, Mary Russell. Now this book is through the eyes of Mary instead of Sherlock Holmes. Now there are about three to five different cases that they solve in this book but one of them connects some of the missing pieces in Sherlock Holmes life. This book shows the journey from Sherlock being retired and not wanting to trust anyone to being back into the detective business relying on Mary Russell to help him solve crimes.

My Opinion:

Since I was already on a Sherlock Homes kick, I was super excited about this book. The moment I started reading this book, I was hooked. I love how Mary Russell leads her readers on this journey with her. It is entertaining, intense, and funny. I highly recommend this book if you like mystery and suspense. Also, you kinda have to like Sherlock Holmes or have some interest in him because the novel is still about his life and his story line. Just letting you know. But I also think this book is really creative because even though it is based on Sherlock Holmes, Laurie R. King changed it up and made it more modern and intriguing. But I liked that she kept the whole concept of Sherlock Holmes. So definitely check out this book. It is definitely different than what I usually read but I truly enjoyed reading this book and I think you all might to.

I hope you all liked this book review. If there are any books you would like me to read, please let me know. I hope you have a wonderful day/night!

Carpe Diem,
Sophia
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