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A study in Charlotte

by Brittany Cavallaro, 2016 · 337 pages

A brisk, puzzle-driven read narrated in Watson's wry, slightly breathless voice, balancing boarding school intrigue with the push and pull of a prickly partnership. The prose is clean and fast-moving, heavier on banter and deduction than on atmosphere, with enough emotional undertow in the central friendship to keep pages turning past the mystery itself.

YA mystery · intriguing · tense · witty

What A study in Charlotte feels like to read

• Page-turner: 75%
• Darkness: 45%
• Emotional intensity: 50%
• Humor: 45%
• Romance: 45%
• Complexity: 35%

Reading age: 13+ (young adult)

Spice: 1 out of 5. kissing only, mostly tension-driven

A study in Charlotte tropes

• dark academia
• modern-day descendants of famous characters
• will-they-won't-they
• amateur sleuths

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