Charming.

3.5 ( )

7/10 ( )

Fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes' mother disappears, and her older brothers Mycroft and Sherlock descend. When they're unable to solve the mystery of their mother's disappearance, they decide to send Enola to boarding school, but she escapes to London instead and sets up as a "perditorian" (finder of lost people).

1. The Case of the Missing Marquess
2. The Case of the Left-Handed Lady
3. The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets

The full-color art is stunning; it looks like watercolor but may be born digital. The panels have rounded corners and no outlines, giving it a loose, artistic feel, but the action is still easy to follow, even through Enola's many disguises. There is some danger and violence, including attempted strangulation, so I've marked this YA rather than children's. ( )

This graphic novel was okay. I like the illustration style. The story was a little boring. Maybe I would prefer the full novel instead of this adaptation. I really liked the recent movie adaptation for this story, however. ( )