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Come On, Get Lucky

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Quirky story with a cute dorky werewolf, Lee, who is seriously attracted to his best friend, Grant who happens to be a snarky vampire. Things get complicated when they go to a vampire social event where theres a dangerous mystery to be solved. Fun and entertaining.

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Friends to lovers rife with misunderstanding. It has a bit of a soap-opery feel to it and is fairly predictable but made for a nice light read.

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I volunteered to read this book, through netgalley in exchange, for an honest review. This book is well written and the characters are described well. It has the friends to lovers trope. The pacing of the story is good. I adore Grant's and Lee's characters. I love these paranormal romances. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone. This ebook is in bookstores now for $4.99 (USD).

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Come On, Get Lucky by Jacqueline Rohrbach is a paranormal romance with a mystery to solve. Grant is looking for love, but there’s one big problem—himself. Due to Grant’s massive size, not to mention the fact he’s also a werewolf, all the eligible bachelors steer clear of him, preferring men who are a little less ginormous and a lot less monstrous. Only Lee, Grant’s best friend and vampire extraordinaire, sees him as a gentle giant who longs to give awesome backrubs, cupcakes, and endless affection to his lifelong mate. Lee is tired of the same old song and dance of dating and then breaking up. The only steady presence in his life has been Grant, a tried-and-true friend who always knows what to say and the right spot to scratch. So, when Grant finally breaks up with his flighty boyfriend, Lee sees an opportunity to let his carefully guarded heart out of its box and try for something real and lasting. There’s a problem, though: Lee has always forbidden romance between friends, an order he’s drilled into Grant’s head over and over again. That means Lee might need to throw their friendship to the fire. To find passion, they’ll have to become enemies. To find love, they’ll have to get lucky.

Come On, Get Lucky is a book with a lot going on. Lee and Grant are good friends, and neither has had much luck in the love department. From the description of the book I thought Grant's size was going to be mentioned more in the story, but I found that his werewolf nature tended to get much more attention than his size. The friends to more aspect between Lee and Grant was both charming and frustrating. Grant was trying so hard to be good, and the set up by Lee that is mentioned in the blurb is much more of a question in the actual story of whether his efforts were on purpose or just kind of happening. I would have liked some more of the story clearly from Lee's point of view and maybe a conversation or two between the two that could have moved things along much quicker romantically but still left plenty of room for the drama and danger aspects of the story. I really liked the side stories about the rabbit and 'stalker'. I found that the dichotomy of the vampire and werewolf fighting over and caring for a bunny sweet and fun. I also found how both were so distracted that they missed the clues about how something more sinister than someone unhappy to be turned down was happening until the stakes were raised. There were some serious twists and turns, and I was always curious about just what would happen next.

Come On, Get Lucky is a good book, with a lot going on. I just might be looking for the author's backlist for more good reads.

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This was interesting! Took a lot of paranormal romance tropes and subverted them in ways I didn't expect. Overall, a light and enjoyable read.

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This book had an super attractive premisse,with all you enemy to lovers and funny characters. But actually,it's a book than takes so much pages to really starts to happen,and by 50% I was already tired and finally put it down at 65%. I was anxious to see so much sex between them,to be honest,but it don't happens fast enough to catch my attention,so ...but,anyways,it's a very funny book e had a lot of dick on it.

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An amusing friends to lovers story with a frisson of mystery. Grant is a werewolf who is hoping for a lasting romance with a human. It hasn't happened yet because his human boyfriends head for the hills when they see him in his wolf form. What Grant really wants is a relationship with his vampire best friend Lee.

Lee decides to cure Grant of his broken heart by taking him to spend a week at a vampire clan get together. Grant is supposed to let his werewolf hair down and party but instead they find a rabbit, lose it, find a mystery and maybe find esch other.

It was funny in places, not really gripping enough for me but I did enjoy the characters and it is a nice lighthearted read for these complex times.

Copy provided by Nine Star via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

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This book just wasn't for me. The plot was kinda interesting: a vampire and a werewolf falling in love. I just didn't like the way it was written, and the way the characters were acting.
I made it to 69% of the book before deciding that I wasn't going to finish it.

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Rohrbach's story is a tripping whirligig of adventure, romance, and puns. It's a well-developed fantasy story of a werewolf (Grant) and a vampire (Lee) who go to mend their hearts after their respective failed relationships with a week-long vacation in the outskirts. You know they are away from home when there's no internet! The hotel is populated with an array of side characters that make for a solid whodunnit when it's uncovered that someone wants Lee dead. It's a good thing Grant is a detective and ready to save his best friend. Some of the plot points are convenient, yet it does harken to mysteries of yore. The book doesn't take itself too seriously, which is why it works. There's a light wit that lets the reader feel like they are in on the jokes rather than being jostled along.

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3.0- 3.5 stars

Grant, after yet another dating disaster of coming out of the paranormal werewolf closet to his human boyfriend, is in dire need of a distraction. Especially since said ex is posting all sorts of embarrassing and untrue things online about his near-miss with a monster (aka Grant). Lee, Grant's BFF is also nursing his relationship war wounds after yet another dating debacle. So, Lee invites Grant to his vampire clan's out of town soiree so they can mix it up and basically ONS their miseries away.

I love discovering new-to-me authors AND new-to-me paranormal series', so jumped on the chance to review Come On, Get Lucky. Plus, I've kind of fallen into a gay romance rabbit hole lately and this book seemed a little kismet to pass up.

Not only do we get a friends-to-lovers romance but also a whodunnit. Yay! I will say we get a very entertaining story but I felt I was missing any real chemistry between Grant and Lee. I also did not dig that they were both entertaining feels for the other but both hooked up with strangers at the party before they gave in to temptation. I'm a bit of a relationship prude that way, sorry.

I enjoyed the story and look forward to reading more from the author and hopefully more with this couple (maybe a cameo?)

*ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

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Sorry, I just didn’t get this one. I didn’t enjoy the banter nor the story. I kept trying to get into it but I just couldn’t. Thank you to netgalley for the review.

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“The Dragon's Rebel” was enjoyable and I could care less for “Parallel Larry”, so stepping into this read I already knew it could be a hit or miss. Thankfully it was a hit.

“Come On, Get Lucky” is about a werewolf, Grant, who is a hopeless romantic that had his fair of bad luck when it comes to romance and his snarky vampire best friend, Lee, who decides to take him with him to a vampire clan retreat where all supernatural and non-supernatural beings are welcome. It’s essentially a spot where they can hook up with other beings and not have to worry about commitments or drama.

Overall it was a fun, banter-filled read that had aspects of romance, hot chemistry, ex-boyfriends, and a runaway bunny (hence cover).

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Sleuthing, sarcasm and sexy times! What a fun book. This was a 'new to me' author and I'm so glad I took the chance. Rohrbach's characters shone on page and I was easily sucked into her world.

Grant, a hopeless romantic and werewolf, is in love with his best friend, a snarky vampire named Lee. In an effort to cheer Grant up after yet another romantic disaster, Lee brings Grant to a vampire clan retreat. Mischief, a runaway bunny, and ex-boyfriends throw their vacation plans out the window. Not to mention that Lee's "no friends as lovers" rule is moot when Grant and Lee's friendship hits a snag as they deal with "accidents" that turn more deadly.

The single POV was my only issue. I would have loved to be in Lee's head some. But overall a great book and I'll be looking for the author's future works,.

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