Book Review for Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon book #4: Model Undercover: New York

Book: Model Undercover: New York (Model Undercover book #2) by Carina Axelsson

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Description:

Unlock the secrets of the fashion world in this fun and breezy mystery

When the world's most famous black diamond is stolen during a magazine cover shoot, it's up to undercover model Axelle Anderson to crack the case. The only witness is a trendsetting teen fashion blogger who refuses to say anything, and Axelle has a hunch that what appears to be a clear-cut case of jewelry theft is anything but.

Axelle and her sleuthing friends are drawn into a web of blackmail and backstabbing fashionistas. As she struts her way down the New York City runways and juggles her busy modeling schedule and new romance, Axelle must pit herself against a rival who'll stop at nothing to bring her down.



Rating: 4 stars

Review:

The description called this a fun and breezy mystery and it was right, this really was.

Written in first person, Model Undercover: New York follows 16 year old Londoner Axelle Anderson who uses her job as a model to solve fashion crimes. In this story Axelle was asked by Cazzie Kinlan, the Editor-in-Chief for the magazine Chic: New York to discreetly find a valuable diamond that went missing from a photo shoot. To make things even more difficult, Cazzie has been sent taunting and threatening text messages concerning the diamond.

As Axelle was trying to solve the case she also had to deal with the riddles the thief had sent to Cazzie as a way for her to get the diamond back.

With her schedule packed with modeling stuff (this is the part of being a undercover model that she dreads), Axelle got some help from her friend/soon to be boyfriend Sebastian and her good friend (who's a model) Ellie to try to figure out everything.

This book has a Nancy Drew vibe to it, with Axelle being a smart and independent girl who has a love for solving mysteries. As much as she dislikes modeling, it's the only way she can get access to fashion mysteries.

I like this, it was a lighthearted, fast-paced, well-written story that was fun to read. Filled with tons of fashion, an interesting mystery, and a little romance, this was a great introduction (for me, since I have not read the first book) to the series.

I'm looking forward to reading more from this series, including giving the first book a read.