Final book of Enola Holmes and her battle for independance...Year has passed since Enola ran from home after her mother left her but also leaves her means to be free and independent, leaving her money she saved for years. In this series Springer showed us world of London underground, lower and upper classes, fashion, Suffragetes movement, history characters and how to be free. Enola is heroine of 14 years in late 19 century but almost at that age girls are geting married and poorer ones worked for living. Folowing her instinct and her witts she manage to survive in London, big city in time when nobody cares for one but self, when poverty was at the peek at that time. Trough different situations, Enola guides us like a tour guide, showing us side of city and people in it, eyes wide open, takeing us and herself to most ugliest situations to final crossroad when she chooses her path of liberty but not loneliness. I am a huge fan of this series. Even though it is a children's book, it is intelligently written, and can easily be enjoyed by adults. The characters are marvelous. Holmes is spot on. He is exactly the character created by Arthur Conan Doyle. While he retains all of his arrogance, pomposity, and lack of emotional availability, we also see cracks in his cold veneer when it comes to his upstart younger sister, someone whom he never intended or expected to like, let alone love. The book flap informs the reader that this is the final installment in this series, a fact I find horribly depressing. In this installment, a true affection and respect has grown between Enola (Holmes' much younger sister) and Sherlock. In addition, they are each starting to trust the other. Now the only difficulty is bringing Mycroft around to their way of thinking. Sherlock and Enola also, once again, end up working on the same case - the disappearance of a wealthy, titled lady. This case actually ends up bringing all three Holmes siblings together to locate the missing woman. By the time the case is over, an understanding between the three has developed. The only mystery left for them to solve is a mysterious communication from their mother. The ending is satisfying, except that I want more. That sounds contradictory, but I do sincerely hope that Ms. Springer reconsiders and writes more Holmes family tales.
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Great ending to a highly enjoyable audiobook series. Dan and I have been listening to it for years!
—daliernest
One series long mystery solved, but I hope this isn't the last we see of Enola Holmes!
—Ifeude
don't know why this book came up on here. I have never read it!
—chapman
Loved how the series ended; i just wish it didn't have to end.
—liam
