Under Wraps (Underworld Detection Agency, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Apr 22, 2011 Kati rated it did not like it

Shelves: in-english, 2012, dropped, urban-fantasy

That was AWFUL! I can't remember the last time I read such a terrible book. I made it through 150 pages and then I had to drop it because it was so bad! I can't believe this got published in the first place and some people actually like it. The jumpy plot aside, the heroine was such a manhungry wimp that I wanted to slap her. She made me embarrassed of being a woman, that has never happened before!

She is all about fluffy baths and fluffy bathrobes and fluffy bread while watching reruns of Gossip That was AWFUL! I can't remember the last time I read such a terrible book. I made it through 150 pages and then I had to drop it because it was so bad! I can't believe this got published in the first place and some people actually like it. The jumpy plot aside, the heroine was such a manhungry wimp that I wanted to slap her. She made me embarrassed of being a woman, that has never happened before!

She is all about fluffy baths and fluffy bathrobes and fluffy bread while watching reruns of Gossip Girl and nattering about shoes and designer clothes and "Yummy, yummy" men with her vampire best friend - a 160+ year old best friend, who can only think about sales in her favorite boutiques! And when said BF forgets to chain a werewolf, the only thing she is asked to do - and she can't be bothered to go back and actually do it because she has to go to a CLUB! - and it leads to an incident during which the main heroine is pummeled black and blue, her reaction is basically "Whoops! My bad? Let's dress up!"

But back to the main airhead AKA the main heroine. She insists on being called an "executive assistant", NOT a secretary. She insists on helping the police and imagines herself as "CSI Sophie" or as one of Charlie's Angels in a leather bustier - yet she gets sick when they just talk about the body. When the cop tells her to stay at the precinct because she's a civilian, she calls him a sexist and insists on going everywhere with him - but when there's a murder, she whines that she doesn't want to go to the crime scene because the BODY IS STILL THERE! WTF?!

She keeps having sexual fantasies about her boss and the cop - fantasies a la Ally McBeal in which she climbs over the table and starts licking the guy. Whenever they sit close, she keeps leaning into the guy, imagining how horny she is, SNIFFING him! She made me feel sleazy in a sexual harrassment way. Yuck!

The straw that broke the camel's back was when the cop tried to teach her how to shoot and she pulled the trigger and started yelling and jumping up and down with a FRICKIN' LOADED GUN IN HER HANDS!

No. Just no. AVOID! AVOID! AVOID! ...more

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May 03, 2011 Thenia rated it liked it

Shelves: magic, r-ab, shifters, reviewed, 2018, series, vampires, paranormal

A lot sillier than I expected, with a heroine that's loyal but pretty air-headed, a world full of all types of creatures and a mystery that she's tasked to assist a detective on solving.

I saw a lot of the twists coming, including the fact that (view spoiler).

Amusing story that leaves off just before we can discover the mystery of Sophie's real identity. I might pick up Under Attack, the second book of the series out of curiosity at some point. ...more

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Mar 06, 2011 Logan rated it liked it

Shelves: own-from-trade, romance, urban-fantasy, paranormal, meet-greet-read

Some funny moments and an interesting premise, so a mostly enjoyable read. Sophie tends to have lots of similar thoughts and I could have used some more action, but I will continue in the series to see how things progress.

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Mar 30, 2012 A book away from an episode of hoarders rated it liked it

Shelves: pnr-uf-fantasy, first-in-series, judged-by-its-cover, read-in-2012

Even knowing that this book was on the Angel shelf, it took me until 3/4 of the way through it to figure out that there was an angel in it, and who it was.

This book was ok. I was a bit bored of the fashion show it seemed to be waltzing around but it was a decent urban fantasy. A bit formulaic. Hot guy(s), spunky best friend, regular girl suddenly finding herself over her head and needing to rescued by said hot guy.
I liked Steve the troll, and his way of speaking in the third person was amusing. ...more

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