Sophie and the Odd Ones

De: Gwen DeMarco

Narrado por: Janine Granda

Duración: 9 h y 7 m

Resumen del Editor

Sophie Feegle needs a break. Rent is due on her crappy apartment and she's halfway through her last loaf of bread.

Sophie doesn't have big ambitions. She only wants a job that will keep her landlord off her back, enough extra cash for whiskey at the neighborhood bar and a bit of free time to hang out with the naughty old lady next door.

When a chance encounter with a quiet stranger leads to a job offer at the San Francisco City Morgue, Sophie jumps at the opportunity. She never expected to find her calling on the graveyard shift surrounded by dead bodies and the strange characters that make up the morgue's staff. Finding out that your friends and co-workers are shifters, ogres and other non-human creatures is a shock, but Sophie quickly realizes that these are her people, and she has finally found her perfect gig.

And then things get odd. Well...odder.

Unusual murders keep ending up on Sophie’s autopsy table, hinting at strange powers working within the city. Something nefarious is building in San Francisco, and it is up to Sophie and her friends to thwart the evil powers on the rise.

©2020 Gwen DeMarco (P)2021 Gwen DeMarco

Paranormal Wonder

A refreshing paranormal romance with a human with strange visions who gets a job as as an autopsy assistant and finds herself embraced by her odd colleagues who work the night shift with her. She learns they are shifters and they have to work to stop a serial murderer. Narrator Janine Granda is super talented. She brings this book to life.

Worth listening to more than once

I have actually listened to it a lot. And book 2 as well. Kinda bummed book 3 isn't available yet on audio. The series flows well each book ends with the secondary plot wrapped up but it ends on a cliffhanger for the main plot, which is very frustrating. At the end of the book the author gives us a little info about the real city and some of her favorite places. This book is a new spin on an old story line but it works.

A cant miss listen

Sophie and her coworkers are going to keep you listening until the story is done and you are awaiting the next book. She is quick witted while having fun friends in the story. The narrator did a good job and j suggest you give it a listen.

I'll buy the next ten in this series ...

I'm an appreciative reviewer, not an analytical one ... so I'll just say, that if you take your favorite "young adult" book, full of snark and critters and unexpected magic and likeable beings you'd easily keep around as friends, and you translate it emotionally up to full adult level writing, you've got this book. And, even better, it doesn't rely on superfluous adrenaline or sex to keep your interest, the book actually has a good plotline, that is actually a plot -- NOT just "one thing after another" .... it's got good storylines, great characters, a pub you'd adopt as your own, people you wish were in your life, and the two MC's make the whole process likeable, fun, and keep your ears tuned up to the story. If you don't need blood splatter on every page, and you don't need sex scenes on every other page, and you do like mythical critters, mystery, light hearted laughing morticians, and shifters of all varieties, then this is your book too. I'm so ready for the next one. BTW -- this is a complete book, not a cliffhanger, this is adult fantasy of the best kind.

Odd balls rule

I wasn't sure I was going to like this book. In fact, I loved it. I looking forward to the next one. I hope it comes out soon.

Good listen

Interesting book. Good narrator except she speaks too slowly. If you increase the playback to 1.2x it sounds much better.

A Great Ride, So much Fun!!

I just Loved listening to this story and can Not get enough! So after leaving this Review I am starting book #2!! Narrator did a Excellent job on this story and the Characters voices.
Highly Recommend this Series

Loved it!

Truly enjoyable listen! There are some stories involving murder and mayhem that get so dark you just have to press pause. This is not that type of story! Witty and well written and unpredictable! Highly enjoyable, I actually listened to in one day! It was that good.

great take on an old story line

Excellent fantasy, a great take on a well-worn storyline, the author approaches it from an interesting perspective, making it fresh and enjoyable again. Looking forward to the next installment.

Fun story!

This was the first book I have read/listened to by this author. I really enjoyed this book. It's about Sophie Feegle, a young woman who has trouble keeping a job and paying rent. After a trip to her neighborhood bar, she is offered a job in the city morgue working night shift. Surprisingly, she fits in there and while working starts to make up stories about the bodies they examine. To her surprise, not only are her stories true, but her colleagues are all shifters of some sort! And the neighborhood bartender is an ogre! After being thrown into this supernatural world, they begin to notice a pattern to some of the deaths and they need to solve the mystery before it's too late.
This book reminded me of the Guild Codex series, specifically the spellbound series. Sophie a lot like Tori, who was thrown into the secret world of supernaturals. She has her tight knit group of friends and Max, the surly cop turned love interest. She's definitely a take-no-crap kind of girl and takes things in stride. And as we get to know Max, he definitely has a change in personality! But I definitely think Birdie is my favorite! What an utterly hilarious neighbor! She's like all of the Golden Girls rolled into one! This is such an eclectic group of people and I love how they all come together to make a team, even Amira!
I am excited to see where the next book takes Sophie and the gang! And to see how Burg will fit into all this! (I was kind of hoping he would be her love interest at first!) I am also curious to see what happens with Birdie and her new boyfriend!