Blue Moon Investigations Ten Book Bundle by Steve Higgs

Blue Moon Investigations Ten Book Bundle Reviews

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  John Gwilliam

  This actually made me angry to read. Most of the men are sexist, the characters unrelatable/unrealistic, the only characters that worked were the dogs. The so called vampires (I never got far enough to know if they're real) would never talk the way they do unless they had just woken from a 200 hundred year sleep.
  I started reading this because the write up said this was on par with Shayne Silvers and the Nate Temple series. That was a disservice to Shayne Silvers and he should sue for defermation of character.
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  Mary Lee Davenport

  Very enjoyable interesting characters, but it takes awhile to read a ten book bundle
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  Chris Roberts

  Missive to a cowardly "author"
  Let us gather up ruinous fires
  And revel in our conflagration paradise
  Now is the time to take off the blinders
  Goodbye suck Steve Higgs was, is, always loser.
  
  #poem
  
  Chris Roberts, Patron Saint of Me
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  Justine

  Felt like a rough draft
  
  I made myself finish the first book in this compendium. It read like a rough draft or something a person threw together for a British version of NaNoWriMo. The author’s dedication to ignoring a natural flow of writing and avoiding almost every opportunity to use a contraction became increasingly annoying as I struggled through the story. To top it off, I felt a bit like this writer was secretly sniggering at the very people most likely to buy his book. He took every chance he created to directly or indirectly make fun of paranormal geeks and fans of the genre and associated activities.
  I won’t be returning to this writer. There are too many other books worth reading out there.
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  Roxanne Rampage

  3.5 stars for me. I did enjoy these 10 books. Some stories were better than others but overall I enjoyed them. They are daft and a bit far-fetched but entertaining and humorous.There were just a few 'narks' that annoyed me immensely.
  
  1. The spelling and grammar. Really needs a good proof reader! People do not 'lay' in the bath. Hens lay. Not people! Also there is a big difference in there and their. Punctuation also needs polishing. I get irritated when there are unnecessary mistakes and inconsistencies. Find a proof reader who can spell and punctuate correctly!
  
  2. All the drop-dead gorgeous people. Why can't they be 'normal'? 'Fat' Debbie was shunned .... she obviously wasn't gorgeous enough and too fat and 'hairy'! Rather sexist, unrealistic and unkind. Such a shame that looks are the most important thing. It's so shallow.
  
  3. I found Big Ben an annoying twit. Again he's drop dead gorgeous with huge muscles & shags everything in sight. It got a bit boring. He's too one-dimensional and has nothing else interesting other than his dick, which is ALL he ever talks about or thinks about and uses women like toilet paper. He just comes across as an arrogant twat.
  
  4. The constant mention of food and diet. Maybe mention it once or twice so we know Tempest looks after himself, but not describe every meal in detail many times throughout every book.
  
  The things I did love:
  
  1. The dogs (although maybe the mention of gravy bones and toilet needs could be limited).
  
  2. Patience. I thought she was brilliant and one of the best characters. Shame she didn't feature a bit more. Hope she appears again in future books .... or becomes part of the team!
  
  3. Jane/James. Loved her/his quirkiness. Hopefully we'll get a little more information into her/his personal life and boyfriend to give her/him a bit more depth.
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  Sue CC

  I first came across Steve Riggs’ Culinary Capers series which I much prefer to the Blue Moon Series. Riggs has a good imagination and some talent but he is consistently let down by boring, repetitive, clichéd writing and characterisations. While I like the Tempest Michaels, Amanda Harper and the transvestite Jane/James characters, some of the others are just plain repellent. Big Ben, for example has the wit of a 12 year old schoolboy and the sexual mores of a Bonobo on heat. Patience, the black policewoman is possibly even worse; crude, slovenly, lazy and stupid. It’s embarrassing to read the constant stream of American black gangsta inspired dialogue that the author puts into her mouth. From a supposedly English copper!
  I actually enjoy raunchy and silly dialogue when the author has sufficient skill to make it WITTY! But Steve Higgs misses the mark far too often. He has said it only takes him a couple of months to write each book and that is obvious.
  Good writing is difficult and the thing is, you can get away with almost any absurdity if you have sufficient skill. However, the repetition and crudity of the writing finally got to me. Carl Hiaasen at his best, is my example of a funny, irreverent, sexy and witty writer. 😊
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  Graham Bayfield

  Ghosts? Werewolves? Yetis? There are no such thing.
  
  An ex-military private investigator with two Dachshunds, an ability to screw up almost every potential romantic relationship, and a friend whose sole purpose in life is to bed every female he meets. Oh, and who finds himself Kent’s premier paranormal go-to due to a cock-up with his first advert for his newly-opened detective agency. Very entertaining.
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  Melissa Paquette

  I chose this book because a review called it "funny." There is actually no humor here. Scooby Doo is funnier and more believable. This is just a sexist, version of Stephanie Plum who is oddly obsessed with his body image and diet. I only made it through the first book of the series. Won't read more.
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  Penelope Wessels

  interesting read
  
  Liked the characters and story lines.
  Didn’t care for the women who constantly fell into Big Bens bed, felt the were portrayed as dimwits without morals just because he was good looking
  
  
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  Rita Blom

  I love the mysteries! I feel the characters are reasonably well developped.
  I am not so keen on the constant sex. Big Ben is ridiculous. The constant conversations with Mr Wriggly are tedious. Who is the projected audience? Teen boys? Sigh…
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  Serra

  It was ok. Higgs can't write female characters to save his life, but the dogs are cute.
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  L Bongiorno

  I was soooooo bored, I could not get into it.
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  nintoni

  I didn't read the whole bundle of books in this collection, having read the first few in a different box set last week (I must be slipping; I didn't spot this (longer) set when I obtained it - must. try. harder!), so I was able to dive right in where I left off. Unfortunately there are the same issues of stilted, unrealistically-worded dialogue (especially as it's set, and the author lives, in Kent - I mean, come on!) that disturb my fluidity of reading (or, if you come from/live in SE London, Kent, or even estuary Essex; it jarrs my brain, man!) that I describe in my review of the other box set but, despite this, the stories are well thought-out and plotted, the characters are likeable (even with their occasionally sexist attitudes) and engaging, and the 'humour' is now actually becoming more humourous. Or, maybe I've now read enough of his books to understand his style of humour better. Either way, a great collection to while away the hours with. He has some other series' written which I will definitely try out once I've read the last few books available in the Blue Moon Investigations arc - thank goodness for KU!!!
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  Gail

  Totally enjoyable!
  
  I'm not really a sleuth/PI type of woman, unless it's sci-fi lol.
  
  So this, in my opinion, would have been a one off book bundle.
  
  Imagine my great surprise that I actually LOVED these books.
  
  Very well written and a book without chapters! Just headings, brill.
  
  Tempest a man I'm surprised made it this far in life being single! For goodness sake the man loves dogs!!!! Cute sausages at that, not big manly dogs, but awesomely wonderful mini sausages 💗💗😍
  
  He has his own moral compass and follows it. Yes he has a 'thing' for the twenty-four hour clock, but he's ex Army.
  
  Big Ben, best friend and man phwoar 😉 but will always be there when there's fighting or fun to be had!
  
  Amanda, her character shows us the struggles some female police officers seem to still face in this day and age. But she's smart and resourceful and very beautiful, this is according to Mr Wiggly lol.
  
  James/Jane. This is a wonderful character. Gender neutral, deciding each day which sex you're going to be. Love him/her.
  
  All the other characters have a definite part to play in Tempest's life. I adore his dad lol.
  
  Buy the books, you won't be sorry!!
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  Neil Holmes

  Boring AF
  
  Full confession: I didn't read all 10 books. I got about halfway through the second and asked myself why I'm reading it. I read a review comparing these books to the Dresden Files; not even in the same ballpark! Harry Dresden is one of my favorite protagonists ; he's funny and fierce with deep integrity. The guy in this series, whose name I've forgotten and don't care enough to look up is bland as dry, white toast. More time is spent talking about his dietary practices and workouts than the investigations. The part that I'd read seemed to be trying to set up a will they/won't they dynamic with the female cop but I found I didn't care. Not only did I not care, I actively hope they don't so their bland DNA won't infect any further literary crimes by this author. I got the books for free through Kindle Unlimited and I feel like I should get money back for my time. As a matter of fact the best part of the book is being able to write about how freakin' terrible it is.
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  Reyna Favis

  4.5 out of 5 stars. The stories and characters held my interest for the entire box set. I will eventually read the next box set because these books were so much fun. My only quibble is the few instances of continuity errors, e.g. Tempest uses his phone while diagnosing mysterious footsteps on floorboards in adjoining rooms of an old building; the next scene shows him finding missed calls because his phone had been left unattended. The errors were minor things and did not twist the plot to force a resolution to a mystery. But they did take me out of the story when I encountered them. Otherwise, I really like that characters were diverse and that minor characters held their own in being interesting. Tempest's sense of honor was a pure delight. This box set is a wonderful bit of escapism, and I recommend it for the action, humor, and engaging characters.
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  Matt McKee

  The adult version of Scooby Doo?
  
  I grew up watching reruns of the original Scooby Doo, before Scrappy and the introduction of “real” paranormal adventures. Loved them!
  And I do love urban fantasy stories, filled with snarky heroes and all the pantheon of mythical critters.
  Steve Higgs seems to effortlessly combine the best of both worlds: detective stories with humor, fun, action, adventure, a little romance thrown in. And, the solution to the cases often fits the “man in a rubber mask” mold.
  The talking Great Dane is played by two realistic dachshunds, who don’t speak. But, they are wonderful companions to our hero, Tempest Michaels.
  If you like detective stories, with humor and adventures, I would highly recommend checking out this set.
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  Jennifer

  I enjoyed it!
  
  This is a compilation of 10 books. I really enjoyed them quite a bit. I also liked that a few were told by another characters perspective.
  
  I love the range of characters in the books. I love the mom and dad. I love bull and dozer. And of course all of Tempest’s friends who are nearly always willing to help our when the need arises.
  
  The only semi- annoying thing about this series is that the main character spends a lot of time talking about how fit he is or tries to be and what he does to get there. I really don’t mind that he does it. I just feel like he could maybe say it in different ways. I totally get that it might be who the character is.... but still.
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  Vicki

  Took me a couple of books to get used to the writing style of Steve Higgs (diary form) but once I did, I found the books to be quite fast moving and rather enjoyable.
  I had a bit of a chuckle out loud at times and really started to enjoy the humour and friendly banter between the main characters.
  I loved the fact that they all had each other's backs right the way through and at the last book, even the wives were there to back their husbands up.
  Kept my mind busy with the fact that there was more than one investigation happening at a time.
  Will read more from this author. Very enjoyable, thank you.