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Disclosure: I haven't ever read HP Lovecraft. If I were an HPL fan, maybe my review would be different.

This book is chaotic, nonsensical, messy, and super gross. (I don't think I've ever read a book that features pus so prominently.) Early in the book, Holmes and Watson discuss how mathematicians aren't ever criminals. Yeah...except Moriarty is a mathematician. And he's mentioned several times in this book. I will not read the second one.

Two of my favorite thing collide!! I‘m so excited. 😄😄

This is not a good book. I knew that before, but I was in the mood for something different. Unfortunately, Sherlock Holmes and Watson are shoehorned into the Lovecraft story. The little things don't add up. Watson and his wife live in a flat, not a house, without a single servant. I started the next one because I got it together with part one, but i don't have much hope for it. Fits the prompt lowest rating on Goodreads for the #SFFTBRChallenge.

Full review here: http://wp.me/p21txV-DE

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ of 5⭐️s

Definitely a YMMV read. Plot's quite fun and I like the way Watson's written, but the two universes here just don't quite play together very well. Plus: this book doesn't question the racism and classism of the Cthulhu Mythos the way other novels do. And there's a lot more gore and rape than is appropriate for either universe. So yeah: YMMV, definitely.

I know this looks a little gimmicky (okay, a LOT gimmicky), but I can't help but be curious. How does Sherlock Holmes, whose entire peg in life is a Vulcan-level adherence to logic, address the utterly illogical Elder Gods? Only one way to find out!