Review: A brilliant Retelling
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2014
Author Holy Ghost Writer has created another brilliant retelling of classic stories. I have read some of HGW's other books, and this one didn't let me down.It is an interesting take on the Sherlock and Huck stories. HGW has the unique ability to not only combine seemingly unrelated classic characters, but do so in a way that reads perfectly as if it was written by their original creators.Huck Fin  was always a favorite of mine growing up, so reading what "really" happened according to his time spent with Sherlock brought me right back to childhood.As with all of HGW's books I was sucked in from the very first page of the prelude, and didn't put it down until it was finished. The author not only keeps true to the original characters, but continues to build and develop them throughout the entire book. It was a huge risk to try and build on such well known classics, but it couldn't have been done any better by Mark Twain, or Sir Arthur themselves.I can defiantly recommend this to anyone. Kids and adults alike will love this story, and I already downloaded it to my 11 year old son's ereader as well.Of course at the end of the book you see the contest for HGW's true identity is still going on. I think the clues are in one of the other books, but it is still very intriguing. It shows how good of a mystery writer the author  is to be able weave it into his life like that and offer a cash reward.