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Loading... Under Wraps (The Underworld Detection Agency Chronicles) (edition 2011)by Hannah Jayne
Work detailsUnder Wraps by Hannah Jayne
None. a fun supernatural mystery. like the cozy food mysteries, only with vampires and werewolves. (  ) librarydanielle | Apr 1, 2013 |  Sophie Lawson is a human immune to magic working as an Administrative Assistant for the Underworld Detection Agency. Her boss is a werewolf, her best friend/roommate is a vampire, she has a troll stalker and her grandmother was a seer. She has yet to come into any real powers, but since she is immune to magic (meaning she can see denizens of the Underworld and magic & charmed objects have no effect on her) she helps keep the avalanche of Underworld paperwork under control and the UDA running smoothly. Detective Parker Hayes ventures into UDA after some mysterious murders topside have the police stumped. Chief Oliver went to college with werewolf Peter Sampson, Head Honcho in charge of the UDA, and he sends Parker down to see if they can help. Sampson decides Sophie is perfect for the job since she can see through glamour. So Sophie metaphorically puts on a CSI hat and jumps in. She soon finds out though that watching CSI on tv is very different from actually doing it. Not a bad start to a series. The writing style takes a little getting used to, but it progresses at a good clip. The plot is twisty and the characters are interesting. Sophie is a bit too airheaded for me, but she’s not completely unlikeable. She reminds me a bit of Phoebe from Friends. Parker is an ass. I don’t like him at all. I sure hope he’s not going to be the love interest. All-in-all though I enjoyed dipping my toes into this new series and look forward to seeing where it goes. *Many thanks to Kensington for providing me with a review copy. Please see disclaimer page on my blog. (  ) AVoraciousReader | Mar 16, 2013 | Pretty humorous if a teensy bit silly. I particularly enjoyed the dialogue. However, I couldn't connect with Sophie and didn't care for Parker/Alex one bit. Not even a little. But I did like Vlad. Overall, I couldn't stay interested. (  ) TheBooknerd | Jan 25, 2013 | I liked the characters and the world of this funny urban fantasy, but they seemed almost out of sync with the murder that Sophie is supposed to be solving: the serial murder case seemed to take a back seat to the banter and internal monologuing of our somewhat hapless heroine. If you're looking for serious urban fantasy give this a miss, but it's fun in a first season Buffy sort of way. I'm not sure if it really grabbed me enough to read the next one, but who knows, maybe it'll grow into something more as the series expands? ( ) terriko | Jan 21, 2013 | I had to read this book twice to fully appreciate it; waiting almost a year before my second read. I'm glad I re-read it because I came to appreciate it so much more the second time around. If you are looking for the typical kick-butt heroine who wears leather and carries tons of weapons that are locked and loadedc, you may want to pass by this book. It is a relief to read of a heroine who is smart but not a "Mary Sue " type of character that can do it all and better than anyone else. Sophie is just about the most fun character I have read in a long time, and the book has a fairly good mystery going for it. The heroine is a bit more tame than that, but I can see exactly what Ms Jayne is setting up for this new series. I have the second book[[ASIN:0758258933 Under Attack (Underworld Detective Agency)]] already to go in my Kindle so I can see if I am correct in my assumption. There is plenty of humor, some slapstick, some gore and violence, some lies and misconceptions and an interesting Troll named Steve who likes velour jogging suits and pulls his zipper down to fluff up the lichen that grows on his chest, when he has the hots for someone! The synopsis that is listed with the book tells the story perfectly so I won't bore you with my own. I just think if you want to take a break from the typical hardened women we've been reading lately,or perhaps you are looking for something a little less substantial for the beach this year, you won't be disappointed with this book. (  ) Cats57 | Apr 10, 2012 |
Don't let the cover fool you. This book was awesome. I loved the characters and the world building. Really like the twists and turns that this book took. I really didn't expect a lot of the turns that this book took. What I liked about this book was that this book had a mystery in it. I'm a sucker for a good mystery. The mystery starts off like any other mystery would. Detective Parker Hayes comes to the UDA which is short for the Underworld Detective Agency, where our heroine Sophie Lawson works. Her boss is a werewolf, and her roommate is a vampire, so this is a world where there are a lot of supernatural beings exist which i find kind of cool and that the UDA is a lot like a police force. Detective Parker Hayes comes to them because he wants to solve the crimes and Sophie offers to help. So begins their steamy chemistry. Sophie is instantly attracted to him, so she knows it's not magic affecting her. Sophie knows this because Magic doesn't affect her. The term for Sophie is magically immune to beings that would use all sorts of magic on her. I like how the author slowly builds their relationship. Then there was the fact that we had a troll, yes there is a troll in the book named Steve. Then we had Nina's vampire Nephew, Louis who is now calling himself Vlad. Yes Vlad. I found Vlad and Steve to be extremely funny and full of surprises. Steve is trying to protect Sophie and I kind of at times found him to be a little stalkerish, but Steve says he is trying to protect her. This book rocked in a lot of ways. There are more and more murders and then disappearances happening. People around Sophie and Nina begin to disappear like Sophie's boss, Sampson, (who happens to be a werewolf), The Manager of Dirt, the club that Nina goes to is found murdered. What shocked me...***Spoiler Alert*** was the killer turned out to be the Police Cheif. I found that a surprising shock. The other thing that surprised me was that Parker Hayes, wasn't really Parker Hayes, but an Angel who was named Alex Grace. Angels, we have Angels, well a fallen one anyway. I love how Steve at the very end, does kind of come to the rescue. I just enjoyed this book. The fight scenes were awesome. Love the mystery plot and how all the sub-plot's of the book come together. Plus Louis aka Vlad, have some awesome one-liners in this book. There was nothing wrong with this book. If in fact anything, this book made me want to read the rest of the series right now. Too bad, I have to wait till November to read the next one, Under Ground.
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