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Karma Girl (Bigtime) Mass Market Paperback – July 1, 2008

by Jennifer Estep (Author)

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Book 1 of 5 in the Bigtime Series

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Investigative reporter Carmen Cole gets the surprise of her life on her wedding day when she discovers that her fiancé and best friend are sleeping together—and that the two of them are her town's resident superhero and ubervillain. Shocked and hurt, Carmen reveals their secret identities and then decides to devote her life to unmasking every superhero and ubervillain who crosses her path. A series of successful unmaskings lands Carmen a job at The Exposé, one of the biggest newspapers in Bigtime, New York, a city that's full of superheroes and ubervillains. Carmen is in her element—until she gets kidnapped by the Terrible Triad, Bigtime’s most dangerous ubervillain team. The Triad orders Carmen to uncover the secret identity of Striker, the leader of the Fearless Five, Bigtime's most popular superhero team—or else they’ll drop her in a vat of radioactive goo. With that threat hanging over her, Carmen sets out to unmask Striker, but what she doesn’t count on is falling for the sexy superhero. But with the Terrible Triad lurking around, this is one story that just might be the death of her.... Note: This version of Karma Girl also includes the holiday story A Karma Girl Christmas.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Chick lit meets comics lit in Estep's fresh debut. Carmen Cole, "reporter extraordinaire" for the Exposé in Bigtime, N.Y., is on a mission—to unmask all superheroes and über villains—after catching her fiancé, Matt Marion (aka the Machinator), in bed with her best friend, Karen Crush (aka Crusher), on Carmen's wedding day. But after Carmen outs a member of the Fearless Five, Travis Teague (aka Tornado), and Travis kills himself, she's not only devastated, she's demoted to society reporter. When the Terrible Triad nabs Carmen, their snarky Malefica insists she unmask the Fearless Five's Striker or suffer dire consequences. By the time Carmen knows who Striker is, they're in love, and turning him over to a superbitch isn't an option. A zippy prose style helps lift this zany caper far above the usual run of paranormal romances. (May)
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About the Author

Jennifer Estep is a New York Times bestselling author, prowling the streets of her imagination in search of her next fantasy idea. Jennifer is the author of the Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. The books focus on Gin Blanco, an assassin codenamed the Spider who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. When she’s not busy killing people and righting wrongs, Gin runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in the fictional Southern metropolis of Ashland. The city is also home to giants, dwarves, vampires, and elementals—Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone. Jennifer is also the author of the Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series. The books focus on Gwen Frost, a 17-year-old Gypsy girl who has the gift of psychometry, or the ability to know an object’s history just by touching it. After a serious freak-out with her magic, Gwen is shipped off to Mythos Academy, a school for the descendants of ancient warriors like Spartans, Valkyries, Amazons, and more. Jennifer is also the author of the Bigtime paranormal romance series. The books feature sexy superheroes, evil ubervillains, and smart, sassy gals looking for love. For more information on Jennifer and her books, visit her at http://www.JenniferEstep.com. You can also follow her on Facebook, Goodreads, and Twitter—@Jennifer_Estep. Happy reading, everyone! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product details

Series: Bigtime (Book 1)
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Berkley (July 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425222829
ISBN-13: 978-0425222829
Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 1.1 x 6.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,794,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #15772 in Books > Romance > Fantasy
- #37204 in Books > Romance > Paranormal
- #147228 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States

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Totally loved it!

ByWhitney(Shooting Stars Reviews)on April 4, 2015

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Karma Girl begins on Carmen's wedding day. She discovers that her soon to be husband is actually a superhero, but not only that he was cheating on her with a woman who was not only her best friend, but also the town's supervillian. So, now Carmen is out to expose who the real superhero and supervillians are in the world! She does her hardest to get that done. But when something bad happens, and Carmen gets twisted in the world of the Fearless Five and Terrible Triad things start to look pretty glum for miss Carmen. Now, she has to put her skills to major use before the clock runs out and she looses her life.

This book was so different then what I was thinking, but in a really great way. First, let me say that I wanted to read this book because it is written by Jennifer Estep, one of my favorite authors, and it is about superheros! So, I thought that will be awesome.

But, then I saw a review about the book and it was a really bad review. That made me slightly weary about it. But once I started reading Karma Girl I couldn't put it down.

Jennifer Estep has done it again! I love her Mythos Academy series, and the Elemental Assassin series, and the start of this one was no different. It was truly awesome!

The things I LOVE:
1) The way the book was written! It felt like three small stories in one big story. Totally loved that.

2) Loved the superhero aspect!

3)Loved the heroine and hero! The hero is major hot and mysterious. While the heroine is totally smart in-your-face outgoing, and sassy!

4) Loved the Romance between the hero and heroine!

5) The cheesy aspect of it. Some parts were kind of cheesy, but I totally dug them.

6) Last, but not least the whole plot line! It had me right from the start and I was begging for more.

Things I didn't like so much:
1) Fiona Fine! Couldn't stand her. I hope she has a better personality in the next book.

2) Kind of hated some of the cheesy parts even though I loved some of them as well.

3) Wish there had been a little bit more romance.

And that's a wrap!

I really hope you give this book a chance, especially if you liked this author's author books! It is totally worth it.

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3.5 stars for a silly but mostly entertaining summer romance, with superheroes

ByCissaon August 3, 2015

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This is a very silly book, and I mean no disrespect to it or to Estep in saying so; I just find it hard to take superheroes and ubervillians seriously. But then, I did not grow up on comic books.

However, Estep has taken a pretty silly premise and written a fun, engaging romance with it as a backbone. The chemistry between Carmen and her second superhero lover was hot, although I think the final conflict before the book resolved was per formula and dumb. But hey- they did resolve it. And the rest of the book made plausible emotional sense.

While we do see some aspects of how superhero powers actually work, it did not have enough of that to think of seriously- it was pure hand-waves. And why, when exposed to identical radioactive sources, do people develop such different capacities? Well, that's not the novel Estep was writing, and this was enough fun to overlook some of the world-building. (Note that I think similarly of the few "Wild Cards" books I've read.)

It's a silly and light summer read.

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A Fun Read

ByLauraon November 19, 2014

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What I liked: This was a really fun read. It was cheesy, but mostly in a good way, and it was just really entertaining. The characters were likable for the most part, and even though the plot was pretty obvious it was still enjoyable to read. I had a few big issues with the book, but overall I'd still recommend it because it was just plain fun.
What I didn't like: Everyone in this book was pretty dumb - it was so obvious who all of the heroes and villains were. They all did horrible jobs of disguising their secret identities, and everyone else did horrible jobs at uncovering them. It got to be a bit much at times. My other big issue was that there was a lot of slut-shaming. Characters (mostly Carmen) did a lot of judging of other women, and Carmen was a bit superior about a) dressing conservatively and b) only sleeping with serious boyfriends. There was also a moment where Carmen told a woman that if she walked home alone "she was asking for it" which was pretty troubling.

Overall the 2 things I didn't like annoyed me enough that I probably won't continue the series unless I find book 2 on sale, but I still really enjoyed this book.

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fun story but lacks fire

ByT. Joneson September 9, 2016

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The author uses superhero/comic cliches as deliberate and effective narrative shortcuts. You know alliterative names mean something, you know if it glows it can do things that only happen in comics, and so on. Beyond that there was enough complexity and good characters that it was fun, entertaining. I wanted to give it four stars because all told, it's a fun take on such worlds. The descriptions around her transformation were Great!

Alas for me, the story fell short in the one place a romance can't - I was only told about their attraction, I didn't feel it much. And, worse, the main character does a stupid thing regarding her love interest More Than Once.

This is the first in a series, and I hope the author did better in subsequent books. But in this one, an editor should have demanded more. More feeling, more intelligence. Sigh.