Book Review: Kissing Sherlock Holmes

[what_alchemy]

Kissing Sherlock Holmes, T.D. McKinney & Terry Wylis, 2011, 73k words/175 pages

“My dear Watson, how does one go about kissing a woman?"

Sherlock Holmes’ question leads to a lesson Watson never expected to teach. And feelings he never thought to explore. A single kiss alters Watson’s world while the announcement of Holmes’ upcoming marriage sets an

Comments

[swissmarg]

I just read Kissing Sherlock Holmes and agree with you on the review. I really wanted to like this and was expecting it to be at least as good as the (free) H/W fan fics I've read, but, sadly, every one of your criticisms is valid. I ended up skimming the ending because I wasn't even that interested in how everyone ended up.

[what_alchemy]

I am really, really bitter about it. Still.

There is just so, so, so much free fanfic out there that's better. It gets my goat that someone is getting paid for this.

[swissmarg]

I don't know if it will make you feel any better, but a bit of Googling will get one a free PDF download... ;)

[tweedisgood]

I got it free but it wasn't even worth the time I spent until I got fed up with it, to be brutally honest. One of the few times I have felt justified in saying "I've not only read better H/W slash, I've written better H/W slash."

Kate lear has published some of her ACD fic. Much better.

[mireille719]

I just found this by Googling for reviews of this book, because I could not believe that a book that I'd seen with so many positive reviews was This. Damn. Bad. (Then I remembered who T.D. McKinney is, and the fic she wrote in fandom, and realized that (a) I shouldn't have bought this book in the first place, and (b) comparatively speaking, it's not that bad--which should scare you.)

I'm off to see if you reviewed My Dearest Holmes, which I hope you liked better (I've bought three copies of it in the past 25 years or so, so I hope you did)!

[what_alchemy]

I will never not be angry about this.

[mireille719]

I don't blame you. If it were fanfic, that would be one thing, because at least then I wouldn't have spent money (and these people would not have been paid). But there is so much better Holmes/Watson out there, and yet this POS is released as an actual book.