The Case for Jamie – Book Review

Title: The Case for Jamie

Author: Brittany Cavallaro

Number of Pages: 394 pages

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Publication Date: March 6, 2018

Purchase: Thriftbooks//Amazon//Book Depository

My Rating: 4/5 stars

Synopsis from Goodreads:

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.

My Thoughts:

I was very worried about ready this one after the disappointment that was The Last of August, but this was amazing. It is a year later and these two are doing their own thing, trying to figure out what they want to do and basically trying to put their lives back together.

It felt very right in separating the two for a book because Jamie was able to shine a little more and Charlotte was able to work through some of her problems that she put on the back burner. This felt necessary because since Jamie came into her life, she never knew how to act nor did she ever have to really work through the trauma she had suffered.

I loved the chapters jumping back and forth between Jamie and Charlotte. Neither of them really knew what the other was up to but were always worried about the other. It was fun watching Jamie trying to piece together a case without Charlotte’s help and he was doing very well. I was excited to see Charlotte’s POV because it was limited to one or two chapters. I love her mind and it was fascinating to see how it works.

I really recommend this series. I’m happy this turned out better than the second one.

Have you read this? If so, what were your thoughts?

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