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Question: Question: I’ve never read your Bigtime series. What is it like/about?
Answer: My Bigtime series is the first series I ever wrote/sold to a traditional publisher. Karma Girl, book #1, was my first published book, and it was first released in 2007 (!).
Basically, the Bigtime books are my nod to — and spoof of — superheroes, villains, and comic books/graphic novels. The books are all told from the first-person point of view, and they all follow a different character.
The books are set in the fictional metropolis of Bigtime, N.Y., a town that is full of superheroes and ubervillains. Karma Girl, book #1, is about Carmen Cole, an investigative reporter who exposes the secret identities of superheroes and ubervillains – until tragedy strikes (as it always does! LOL.)
Basically, the Bigtime books feature all the things I love about superheroes/comic books – alliterative names (Carmen Cole, Fiona Fine, etc.), secret identities that are ridiculously easy to figure out, and “pow! bif! bam!” fight scenes.
Each Bigtime book features a different couple, so they are more stand-alone adventures than my other series, and the books are definitely more zany and over-the-top than my other series.
If you’ve never read my Bigtime series, I hope you get a chance to check out the books with the upcoming Bigtime bundles. Happy reading!
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THE BIGTIME SERIES: VOLUME 1 DESCRIPTION:
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep serves up action-packed, paranormal romance adventures with her Bigtime superhero series. Journey to a city that’s full of quirky, zany superheroes finding love while they battle over-the-top, evil ubervillains bent on world domination. Perfect for fantasy readers and comic book fans of Marvel Comics and DC Comics, along with the Wonder Woman show with Lynda Carter and the Batman show with Adam West.
The Bigtime Series: Volume 1 includes the following:
Karma Girl—Book 1
After a surprising betrayal, investigative reporter Carmen Cole decides to devote her life to unmasking superheroes and ubervillains in Bigtime, N.Y. But her actions put her in the middle of a battle between the Fearless Five superhero team and the ubervillains of the Terrible Triad.
Hot Mama—Book 2
Fiona Fine is the hottest fashion designer in Bigtime—literally. That’s because she moonlights as Fiera, a superhero with superstrength and volatile, fire-based powers. And with two new ubervillains in town, Fiona will need all of her powers just to survive.
A Karma Girl Christmas—Holiday novella
On Christmas Eve, Carmen Cole is assigned to guard toys, clothes, food, and more that are intended for needy children and their families. An ubervillain plans to steal and then sell the toys to the highest bidder, but Carmen is determined to stop the villain—and make sure that this Christmas is a happy one for all the kids who are counting on her.
I understand updating the cover if that’s what you feel is better for the time but I really hate when they story itself is changed even the little detail because that’s what I liked about story when I first bought it and now I go back to reread it and somethings are completely different from what I read originally
I understand your point. But some of the technology in the Bigtime books was so out of date that I thought it would pull readers out of the story. To me, it just made sense to update some of the technology.
The changes are very minor, though, and nothing with the overall story/plot/characters changed significantly. Hope that helps. Thanks!