The Curious Case of Miss Amelia Vernet

A Fangborn Story, Book 2

By: Dana Cameron

Narrated by: Heather Wilds

From the award-winning author of Seven Kinds of Hell comes an intriguing new tale that brings the supernatural thrills of the Fangborn world to Sherlock Holmes's nineteenth-century London.

On the surface, Amelia Vernet appears to be the great detective's quiet sixteen-year-old cousin. But her innocent exterior conceals an important fact: Amelia is a member of the Fangborn, a secret family of werewolves, vampires, and oracles sworn to protect Ordinary humans, and she uses her Fangborn werewolf gifts to help Holmes solve the curious cases that cross the doorstep of 221B Baker Street.

When the Baker Street Irregulars show up at Holmes's residence with an unconscious boy in tow and reports of a kidnapping, the detective and Amelia spring into action - but the case quickly proves to be most perplexing indeed. And when they realize their new enemy's terrible intentions, the pair must fight back with all their wits and strength before their lives - and those of all Fangborn - are destroyed forever.

©2014 Dana Cameron (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Interesting

Nice take one Mr. Homes. I would love to see more of these type of characters. Maybe in one combine book.

Convinced me to avoid the Fangborn series

This badly reimagines Sherlock Holmes in the Fangdom world of vampires, werewolves, and oracles. Holmes is a vampire that needs sunlight, Watson is a human unaware of the monsters in his midst, and Amelia is a teenage werewolf. Why? I’m not entirely sure. The story was shallow and sometimes just plain silly, with awkward writing like having Amelia randomly stumble upon the bad guys so she could overhear them explain their entire evil plan- as if. From the cover art, I thought this might be grittier, but this is cartoonish and without any true sense of menace or danger. I wouldn’t even call this YA; it’s more of a tween novella.

Near as I can tell, the actual series has no Sherlock Holmes connection. But, even excluding that, the writing was so clunky and “elementary” 😉 that I have no desire to put myself through a full length book in this world.