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Real Vampires Get Lucky

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Curvy vampire Glory St. Clair arrives home and smells trouble - Type B kind of trouble. When Glory realizes the human woman with her throat torn open is near death's door, she speed dials the man she begged to turn her into a vamp centuries ago - Jeremy Blade, her on-again, off-again lover, friend, and in this crisis, her only hope of help. Having never made a vampire, Glory is reluctant to bestow eternal undead bliss upon the mortal, but she can't let her die. The woman she makes is Lucky Carver, a surgically enhanced loan shark enforcer and a loose cannon when it comes to vampire rules of discretion.

Glory is feeling anything but lucky when she receives blackmail threats from an unknown fiend who made a video of her changing Ms. Carver. That is until she speaks to Lucky's grateful, mobster daddy who promises her a cool million if she finds his daughter's attacker. She needs the devil's own luck, however, as multiple suspects emerge among the live and the undead.

Gerry Bartlett's third installment of her Real Vampire series is loaded with laughter, suspense, and some hot chemistry between the sassy Glory and her Highlander Hunk. Ms. Bartlett weaves the newest tale so well new readers to the series will never miss a beat. For those who have not read the 1st two books, I highly recommend taking a bite out of Real Vampires Have Curves and Real Vampires Live Large as well. All three are Fangtastic!

I enjoyed Ms. Bartlett's Real Vampires Get Lucky. Her heroine, Glory, has commitment issues, big hips, and something of an attitude---in short, for a vampire, she's a heroine many readers will relate to easily.

While I sadly have not read the first two books in the series, and this did make it quite difficult to keep up with the plethora of names that came and went, other than that one thing I found it easy to keep up and figure out what was going on. While the complex community doesn't stand alone entirely well, the story itself does.

That community is part of what makes the book so much fun. The characters are definitely characters, from the shape-shifting bodyguards-for-hire to the vamps of all ages and, for good measure, some interesting mortals. For the most part I really enjoyed the melange of personalities, and only had one real objection: for the love of all that's holy, would authors PLEASE lay off the name-brand shoes and purses? Once in a while or for one or two characters, sure, but it's become the obsession of every female character in way too many books.

There are multiple mysteries to solve (who 'killed' Lucky? Who's blackmailing Glory? Will Glory finally settle down with Jerry or get together with... well, you'll see!), and while I wouldn't say it's the most mind-blowingly tight mystery I've ever seen, for this kind of book it's pretty darn good, and definitely fun to piece together.

There's a will-she-or-won't-she romance that doesn't seem contrived and ridiculous (which is always welcome, as I have little patience for those), and a second attraction for Glory that's fun to watch play out (it comes with a second, rather unexpected plot that I rather enjoyed but don't want to spoil for you). The bedroom scenes between Jerry and Glory (okay, so, few of them actually take place in a bed!) are fun and sexy, explicit and a bit wild without going crazy.

In short, it's a quick, entertaining, breezy read just perfect for the start of summer.

I picked up this book at work and thought twice about reading it since I have never read vampire books. To my surprise it was so funny and entertaining I couldn't put it down. Glory is great, just a typical girl into shoes and fashion, plus the whole vamp thing. I went out and bought the other two previous Gerry Bartlett books right away. Great series!

By the dumpster in the alley near her shop, Glory St. Clair hears someone gurgling their last breath. She and Valdez the canine protector rush outside to find a young female human dying from the loss of blood caused by a vampire mugging. Unable to resist though only recently being converted from pure blood type B human to vampire universal blood user vampire, Glory does her first turning.

However, Lucky turns out to be more than just lucky to be alive (loose definition). She is a flamboyant loan shark collector for the mob and has some strong family ties. While Glory tries to get Lucky to hide her exhibitionist tendencies and to stop breaking bones, vampire hunters converge on the instructor and her recalcitrant student while Lucky goes after Glory's pals who owe her boss money. Worse Lucky converted her former rock star boyfriend into a vampire to avenge his leaving her. Real vampires get unlucky when the real world intrudes as someone wants Glory dead.

In her third Real Vampire appearance, Glory learns that being an undead does not have as direct path to hell as good intentions. Nothing goes right from the moment she saves Lucky's life. Fans will appreciate this amusing lighthearted entry as the heroine wonders will she live long enough to survive her first conversion.

Harriet Klausner

As usual the story is full of holes. Large, gaping holes this time. In the first few scenes Glory is worried about what is going on at the store but she has time to have a full conversation with Lucky, take a shower, and then have a phone conversation. It would have been just as easy to say, "Excuse me a minute while I run to the store and check in." The store is mostly forgotten through the latter part of the book.

As usual the book is wrapped up in a nice little bow with nothing being resolved. Glory takes the most passive way possible to resolve her problems while somehow thinking she has come out looking like a shining star. I have no idea what direction these books are going in and I'm afraid the author does not either.

Between the Clown Demons & the Vamp Rocker, I thought I entered an episode of the Twilight Zone-Vamp edition. I admit that the plot of this book was way over the top, but it was still a quick read and way more enjoyable than other books I have read as of late.

After about half way through, I began hitting the "yes" button, and sort of kept a blind eye through the rest of this ridiculous plot. Having said that, I'm glad I didn't skip this book, because I did get a little incite into Valdez's character and we get to meet Ray, Glory's celebrity fantasy. From what I've read, this book may be the weak link. If that is the case, I would count this series still being one of the better ones in the genre. I still count this book as being fairly good and worth the read if you are already invested in this series.

Our favorite vampire is forever fighting bloat. She one again is forced into a position through no fault of her own where she must take another step into vampirehood.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I am ordering the next in the series right now.

Don't get me wrong, these are "cute" and fun, but it's the same book with a different title & slightly different "adventure".

The idea is great, but one book would've sufficed, MAYBE 2 at most. I won't be continuing with this series. There's so much better stuff out there, even better fluff.

The "Real Vampires" series is starting to become one of my favorites! Glory is sasy, sexy, caring, and laugh out loud funny! Her various troubles are exciting and thrilling and there are heart warming and sweet moments too. This was just a fantastic entry in the series and I can't wait to start the next book!

I LOVE THIS SERIES. IT IS A GREAT READ. THIS IS ABOUT VAMPIRES AND ROMANCE AND FUN ENTERTAINMENT. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS SERIES TO ANYONE WHO LOVES VAMPIRE BOOKS.