Format: Kindle, 368 pages
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Publisher: Berkley Trade;
Source: Amazon
Genre: Fantasy / Romance
Bigtime, New York, is not big enough for both Carmen Cole and the superheroes and ubervillains who stalk its streets. An intrepid reporter, Carmen's dedicated her life to unmasking the spandexwearers, all because her fiance? turned out to be a superhero, and a cheating one at that-sleeping with none other than his nubile nemesis. Exposing the true identities of the nation's caped crusaders and their archenemies has catapulted Carmen from her sleepy southern hometown to the front pages of the country's biggest newspaper, "The Expos?." Hobnobbing with millionaires and famished fashionistas is all in a day's work for a woman on the trail of the Fearless Five and Terrible Triad. But when Carmen gets the scoop of her career, her life comes crashing down around her. And even Bigtime's sexiest superhero, Striker, may not be able to save her.
Karma Girl, by author Jennifer Estep, is the first installment in the authors Bigtime series. As the story opens, Carmen Cole is living in Beginnings, Tennessee where she works for the Bugle Newspaper as an investigative reporter. It's also her wedding day, and her supposed husband to be is nowhere to be found. Soon thereafter, Carmen finds Matt with her best friend. Matt, it turns out, is the superhero known as Machinator, while Karen is the Ubervillain known as Crush.
Embarrassed that her fiancee and best friend screwed her, literally, Carmen goes on a mission to unmask every single superhero and villain that she can. 6 months later, Carmen has uncovered a trail of identities dozens superheroes and villains. 3 years later, Carmen has moved to Bigtime, New York where her investigations into superheroes and villains has not only made her famous, but her trail of broken identities leads to the death of a superhero named Tornado which leads to Carmen's career taking a sudden nose dive off a cliff.
To make matters worse, Carmen gets sucked back in by Malefica, the leader of The Terrible Triad. Malefica wants Carmen to unmask the members of the Fearless Five, the main group of superheroes in Bigtime or Carmen will meet an untimely demise. The Fearless Five include Striker, Fiera, Mr. Sage, and Hermit. Carmen has a knack for solving puzzles and it really makes her good at unmasking the superheroes. So Carmen decides to use her time figuring out who Striker, the leader of the Fearless Five is in order to find out who Malefica really is.
Little does she know that she will soon find that the man behind the mask is more than what she has made him out to be and sparks will fly which leads to a surprising ending which readers will love. If you have read the Elemental Assassin series, the writing is still Estep and there are fun characters that Estep known for delivering but there's a touch more romance. In fact, I dare say that the romance a bit on the heavy side of things, unlike the Elemental Assassin series.
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