Review: The Case for Jamie (Charlotte Holmes #3) by Brittany Cavallaro
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Series: Charlotte Holmes #3
Author: Brittany Cavallaro
Published March 6th 2018 by Katherine Tegen Books
Goodreads Synopsis
The hotly anticipated and explosive third book in the New York Times bestselling Charlotte Holmes series.
It’s been a year since the shocking death of August Moriarty, and Jamie and Charlotte haven’t spoken.
Jamie is going through the motions at Sherringford, trying to finish his senior year without incident, with a nice girlfriend he can’t seem to fall for.
Charlotte is on the run, from Lucien Moriarty and from her own mistakes. No one has seen her since that fateful night on the lawn in Sussex—and Charlotte wants it that way. She knows she isn’t safe to be around. She knows her Watson can’t forgive her.
Holmes and Watson may not be looking to reconcile, but when strange things start happening, it’s clear that someone wants the team back together. Someone who has been quietly observing them both. Making plans. Biding their time.
Someone who wants to see one of them suffer and the other one dead.
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I have loved each instalment of this series, and The Case for Jamie was no different. After August's death in the previous book, Charlotte is on the run, and Jamie is trying to come to terms with his role in it, and get back to 'normality'. Being at Sherringford without Charlotte is weird, and and his new girlfriend is nice, but something is missing. When things start going wrong, again - because, let's face it, with these two, something was bound to happen - they reunite, and have to work together once more, or else.
I love Charlotte so much, and especially how she is so real in all of these books. She has suffered so much in her young life, from PTSD, to eating disorders, to sexual abuse, and none of that is glossed over. She wants to be better, for Jamie, but for herself too, and in this book I definitely saw that beginning to happen. Jamie too, has not escaped the mental anguish, and being away from Charlotte allowed him time to refocus and reassess his life choices, and whether normality of school was what he wanted or not (spoiler, it's not).
The plot wasn't as nuanced in previous books, but I did still enjoy it, and some of the twists and turns were ones I wasn't expecting. I've really happy that there will be a fourth book, and hope Jamie and Charlotte's relationship is explored more.
Dates Read:
March 18-26, 2018Rating
4 Stars
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