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Forbidden romance at its best. Lauren Blakely is a firm favourite of mine, and as a fan of her audios I’m used to listening to Joe Arden’s scrumdidlyumptious voice. Now we get to hear his written word too. When Teddy ‘DJ Insomnia’ Lockhart and London Hollis first meet they have instant spark. It’s sweet, it’s sexy, and their banter is truly endearing. These guys are just too cute. They have so much in common, including the fact that they’re both dog people, the inclusion of rescue pit bull David Bowie and chihuahua mix Mr Darcy, I just love the names. Feel good romance, complete and utter bliss. Then comes the spanner in the works! London is the sister of Teddy’s boss, and she’ll be working at the club with Teddy. Double whammy! That’s the end if that then. Or is it? I love that neither of them had any willpower (the innuendos were so funny), and I love an angst free and oh so romantic romance novel, and How to Get Lucky is just that. Joe Arden writes like he narrates, with utter perfection. Wonderful epilogues, yes there’s more than one. The audio version has a fab Q&A at the end, and all credit to Joe for being so humble and thankful to Lauren Blakeley for the chance to co-write. I am so happy that she took that chance. I read the book AND listened to the audio, and Joe Arden really brings Teddy’s character to life with ‘that’ voice. Add in Maxine Mitchell, Erin Mallon and Emma Wilder. Audiobook heaven.

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fantastic

congratulations on your first co written book Joe.
you did really good.
And Lauren. you have Really found your place in writing with your audio books. its like it keeps getting better.

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so GREAT!

Really enjoyed this book!!!! Well done to Joe Arden💘💋💙 on his first writing collaboration with Lauren Blakely💗
The interview Q&A with Joe afterwards is so lovely to hear and he outtakes are HILARIOUS . Joe, you really do have the best voice ever 😻💋💌💘💝💖💗💓💞💕XXX

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Best book ever

I'm empty of words. This book is the best book I have ever heard. Joe And LB are a great team

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Loved this book

I loved Teddy and London’s characters and the chemistry they had. I hope we will have more books coming from these amazing Authors! They make a good team.

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definitely 5 stars

I pre ordered this book and couldn't wait to listen to it. The book didn't disappoint I loved it.

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Loved It! Worth the wait ❤️

I bloody loved it, even though it caused me to laugh like a lunatic on my solo lockdown walk yesterday afternoon! Love from the U.K. 🇬🇧🇬🇧

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Wow amazing!

So proud of Joe Arden a debut Author, congrats!! 😊🥃 I've binged now since the 14th. Such a beautiful story of Teddy and London. I absolutely love it!!! ❤

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Cute and fun romcom

How to get Lucky by Lauren Blakely and debut author, Joe Arden is a fun and entertaining romcom. Told from the male point of view, which is a favourite of mine and not done enough in romance. I was both excited and nervous for this book. It had a lot of hype and that doesn’t always transfer well. However, I was pleasantly surprised at how well this story read. It felt very cohesive. Lauren and Joe clearly work well together.

Teddy and London have an instant attraction and you can’t help but share in their delight at it. However, nothing ever runs smooth in romance, and we soon find out that their blossoming romance needs to be put on hold. Cue all the will they or won’t they moments. Which really built up the tension and made for an entertaining listen. I'll admit, the first half is what really captured my attention and heart, the second half seemed to fall a little flat. I think that's because I expected the book to have a little more emotion than it had. Seeing as that is what Joe excels at in his narration. It's more of a slow burn. The Star Wars and Jane Austen references were brilliant and just what I love. There are times when you can really see Joe’s writing shining through and that gives the story the uniqueness of the male pov.

The female narrators were fantastic, Erin Mallon, Emma Wilder & Maxine Mitchell. They have small cameos throughout the story, and I enjoyed hearing them. Their scenes we're probably the funniest. However, I didn’t feel that those scenes were necessary to the story. It doesn’t advance it and feels more like it’s them telling us what happened instead of showing us, which would have had more of an impact. The story would have been fine without it.

Joe narrates the book with his usual skill. Each character is uniquely voiced and the transition from one character to another is smooth. Unfortunately, there is an accent used a couple of times that didn't work for me. I don't know whether it was intentional to sound that way or it’s just not an accent that he excels at. It pulled me out of the story and made me wonder why the character was written in with that accent. The production was great with no issues of note.

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Joe and LB nail it!!!

Oh my goodness!!! I just finished HTGL and it was everything and more!!! Joe and LB have written such an amazing book together. It’s funny, clever, sexy and hella hot🔥🔥🔥 I laughed out loud and kept my gasps of excitement to myself. Seriously this was soooo good. I can’t recommend it enough. And we get not one but two amazing “Fuuuuucks” from Joe. So worth it. Congratulations on your first book Joe. Here’s to many more 😊😊💕💕

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