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How to Date a Werewolf
Romance can be a hairy business—especially when you’re a werewolf.
As the owner of Get a Mate Dating Service, Rylie is more than happy to step in and lend a hand to lonely lycanthropic hearts all over town. No matter how hopeless Rylie might be in finding her own soul mate, she has a knack for helping others find theirs.
Convinced that she is stuck with a family curse, Rylie is positive she will never find her true love. But when drool-worthy Jack Chandler shows up at her door, Rylie wonders if maybe the curse is finally broken.
But Rylie’s life is about to become complicated courtesy of the after-dark crowd. When she begins receiving strange notes and harassment from a jilted client, events careen out of control.
Jack knows she’s more hassle than he can handle. What he doesn’t know is whether she’s seriously in trouble . . . or simply delusional.
As the owner of Get a Mate Dating Service, Rylie is more than happy to step in and lend a hand to lonely lycanthropic hearts all over town. No matter how hopeless Rylie might be in finding her own soul mate, she has a knack for helping others find theirs.
Convinced that she is stuck with a family curse, Rylie is positive she will never find her true love. But when drool-worthy Jack Chandler shows up at her door, Rylie wonders if maybe the curse is finally broken.
But Rylie’s life is about to become complicated courtesy of the after-dark crowd. When she begins receiving strange notes and harassment from a jilted client, events careen out of control.
Jack knows she’s more hassle than he can handle. What he doesn’t know is whether she’s seriously in trouble . . . or simply delusional.
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Rose Pressey Betancourt
73 books1,383 followersRose Pressey Betancourt is a USA Today Bestselling author. She enjoys writing quirky and fun novels with a paranormal twist. The paranormal has always captured her interest. The thought of finding answers to the unexplained fascinates her.
When she's not writing quirky and fun mysteries, she loves eating cupcakes with sprinkles, reading, spending time with family, and listening to oldies from the fifties.
Rose lives in the beautiful commonwealth of Kentucky.
When she's not writing quirky and fun mysteries, she loves eating cupcakes with sprinkles, reading, spending time with family, and listening to oldies from the fifties.
Rose lives in the beautiful commonwealth of Kentucky.
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May 15, 2012
This is one of those kinds of books that you are either going to love or hate. I'm afraid I fell into the later category.
As I was reading this book I had to keep asking myself if these characters were in the ninth grade or if they were adults. Unfortunately they are adults but you would never know it.
Rylie is a werewolf and the owner of a dating service based in New Orleans. We get our first glimpse of this when a werewolf, Lily, comes in to voice a complaint on the match that was made for her by Rylie. It is not a pretty meeting to say the least. At the same time a new and handsome man is moving in next door, and has Rylies hormones going wacko. Various harrowing things happens to Rylie putting herself, Jack, and her roommate Jennifer into some interesting situations. However, these situations are never interesting enough to keep my attention for very long. Suffice it to say that Rylie is not one of those kick-butt heroines, she is more of a babbling clueless idiot at times. And her so called friends decide towards the end of this novel that she may need professional help of the padded room variety.
The characters are not well fleshed out at all and are not believable even in a speculative fiction way. The mystery of who is after Rylie is tenuous at best and silly at the very least. The presumably comedic bits are not funny, as a matter of fact I found them down-right silly (not in a good way) and served to do nothing for the story. Pacing for the plot is nonexistent and the narration is choppy with unbelievable dialogue.
The characters all spoke as if they were in junior high school and even some of the situations are of that age bracket.
It was a very fast read, and it may serve well for those who are looking to get away from books that have characters with more depth and intricate plots and just want something light and breezy to pass the time.
As I was reading this book I had to keep asking myself if these characters were in the ninth grade or if they were adults. Unfortunately they are adults but you would never know it.
Rylie is a werewolf and the owner of a dating service based in New Orleans. We get our first glimpse of this when a werewolf, Lily, comes in to voice a complaint on the match that was made for her by Rylie. It is not a pretty meeting to say the least. At the same time a new and handsome man is moving in next door, and has Rylies hormones going wacko. Various harrowing things happens to Rylie putting herself, Jack, and her roommate Jennifer into some interesting situations. However, these situations are never interesting enough to keep my attention for very long. Suffice it to say that Rylie is not one of those kick-butt heroines, she is more of a babbling clueless idiot at times. And her so called friends decide towards the end of this novel that she may need professional help of the padded room variety.
The characters are not well fleshed out at all and are not believable even in a speculative fiction way. The mystery of who is after Rylie is tenuous at best and silly at the very least. The presumably comedic bits are not funny, as a matter of fact I found them down-right silly (not in a good way) and served to do nothing for the story. Pacing for the plot is nonexistent and the narration is choppy with unbelievable dialogue.
The characters all spoke as if they were in junior high school and even some of the situations are of that age bracket.
It was a very fast read, and it may serve well for those who are looking to get away from books that have characters with more depth and intricate plots and just want something light and breezy to pass the time.
June 10, 2011
When I received this book How To Date a Werewolf as my next `to review' , just the title made me smile. It sounded like something fun and Rose Pressey did not disappoint.
Rylie Cruz lives in the French Quarter of New Orleans, in an apartment she shares with her longtime girlfriend Jennifer. The apartment just happens to be above Rylie's business called Find A Mate. She is a match maker to the Paranormals who inhabit the Big Easy and she often will take on humans as well. This is easy for her because she herself is a werewolf.
Rylie is not the saliva dripping, gut gnawing ugly werewolves we read about. She is your normal everyday Gucci wearing business girl that might have to carry some depilatory or razor in her purse for that five o'clock shadow issue that might unexpectedly crop up. Her worry usually is only the night of the full moon. Are you hearing how much fun this book is?
Rylie has been told by her Mother, besides being a wolf, a witch has cursed the family and Riley will have trouble at love, which is funny considering her chosen profession. Up to this time she has made matches that have satisfied her clients. We begin with her first dissatisfied client who is stalking and harassing her and a new neighbor moving in who has turned her head and her desire for no curse. Jack is hott and has just moved to town from Texas. He is a psychiatrist and he is Human !.
We now have Rylie trying to balance her fear of rejection, her attraction for Jack, her being stalked by unknown assailants and keeping her sense of self and her sense of humor. This makes for a very fast paced, make you laugh out loud, paranormal mystery. We are all rooting for a Rylie to come through this with her life and her heart intact. You will have to read it to see what happens.
I see Rose Pressey has her next book named How To Date A Vampire. I am so waiting to read that...If it has her signature, I will love it as well.
Review by Gloria Lakritz
Senior Review and Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild
Rylie Cruz lives in the French Quarter of New Orleans, in an apartment she shares with her longtime girlfriend Jennifer. The apartment just happens to be above Rylie's business called Find A Mate. She is a match maker to the Paranormals who inhabit the Big Easy and she often will take on humans as well. This is easy for her because she herself is a werewolf.
Rylie is not the saliva dripping, gut gnawing ugly werewolves we read about. She is your normal everyday Gucci wearing business girl that might have to carry some depilatory or razor in her purse for that five o'clock shadow issue that might unexpectedly crop up. Her worry usually is only the night of the full moon. Are you hearing how much fun this book is?
Rylie has been told by her Mother, besides being a wolf, a witch has cursed the family and Riley will have trouble at love, which is funny considering her chosen profession. Up to this time she has made matches that have satisfied her clients. We begin with her first dissatisfied client who is stalking and harassing her and a new neighbor moving in who has turned her head and her desire for no curse. Jack is hott and has just moved to town from Texas. He is a psychiatrist and he is Human !.
We now have Rylie trying to balance her fear of rejection, her attraction for Jack, her being stalked by unknown assailants and keeping her sense of self and her sense of humor. This makes for a very fast paced, make you laugh out loud, paranormal mystery. We are all rooting for a Rylie to come through this with her life and her heart intact. You will have to read it to see what happens.
I see Rose Pressey has her next book named How To Date A Vampire. I am so waiting to read that...If it has her signature, I will love it as well.
Review by Gloria Lakritz
Senior Review and Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild
August 5, 2012
Rylie is the owner of a new dating service for paranormal creatures, Get a Mate. Unfortunately, she just got her first unsatisfied customer: Lily. Lily was recently dumped by her date and wants compensation for the psychological damage. She blames this on Rylie, since the slogan of her little company is that your mate will be found at the first date. To get this compensation, Lily is goes pretty far. She’s even boycotting Rylie’s business by walking in front of the store with huge boards. And that’s just the beginning….
Of course that’s the exact moment when the hottest hunk that Rylie and her roommate Jennifer ever saw, Jack, becomes their neighbor. Rylie is overjoyed when he asks her out on a date. However, there are some problems that stand in the way of their happy ever after:
Rylie is a werewolf. How do you explain this to a non-shifter that there’s a world out there with creatures who come straight out your worst nightmares? And that she’s one of them?
Sinister werewolves are stalking her and interfere with her dates with Jack.
There’s a curse on the youngest daughter of the Cruz family, in this case Rylie, which means that she won’t find her true love and will live a lonely live. Not good if you think Jack is the one.
How will Rylie manage to solve all her problems???
Okay, now I’m going to vent all my frustrations. For those who are not interested, here’s a very brief review: The book was hard to get through and I gave up after a while. Rylie was a major whiner and Jack was too good to be true, total perfection. That’s something I find hard to believe. No one is without flaws.
Okay that was the short version. For those of you who want to know exactly why I couldn’t finish, here’s the long version Please keep in mind that I didn’t finish it and that somewhere further in the book these things could have changed (although I don’t think so -.-).
The beginning of the story wasn’t that bad. A dating service for paranormal people? Nice! Unfortunately it went downhill after that. Especially when Jack came in the picture. He was praised so much for his hotness and qualities, that it made my skin crawl. It’s possible that there are men like that walking on earth, but I haven’t met one in my entire life (okay I haven’t been here that long, but still…). This made it harder to continue reading the story, since I started rolling my eyes every time he was complimented (which was a lot -.-).
Rose Pressey’s view on werewolves was refreshing, but I didn’t like it. To shave every morning and evening and even then having to walk around with a 5 o’clock mustache? No thank you! Although it creates lots and lots of awkward situations, the author used it a bit too much. This also didn’t fit in my image of werewolves. If she can control her change, she should be able to control all of it and not have very fast growing hairs. What about the hair on top of her head? Shouldn’t that grow too?
Then there was the curse. If you’re told from your childhood on that you’ll spend the rest of your life lonely because of a family curse, you just sit there and do nothing when you’re older? Won’t you try to break the curse? Rylie is very passive about it. She whines a lot about it, especially when she meets Jack, but taking action? Yeah right! It annoyed the crap out of me. Oh and guess what, the reason she gave for not taking action? I don’t like voodoo, it scares the crap out of me. Uhm…. do you want to spend the rest of your live alone, or do you bite the bullet?? I know what I would do! (Especially with a hunk )
Her reaction on Lily and the crap Lily supposedly did was irritating. Do you really think that someone who issues a damage claim is planning on killing you? If you’re dead, she won’t get any! Besides Lily doesn’t look like someone who goes that far. Okay, she’s a lunatic, but not that bad. There are also other clues that something else is going one. Like threatening letters, sinister types and a crazy car chase through the city. After a while you certainly would start thinking that it wasn’t Lily, but your uncle may have something to do with it, because he hangs with those kind of people???
So that was the extended version. Feels a lot better to let all my pent-up feelings go . It also doesn’t happen everyday that I won’t make it to the finish line with a book. Usually I still want to know how the story ends, but I didn’t even have that drive while reading this one. I was simply too frustrated ;)
Of course that’s the exact moment when the hottest hunk that Rylie and her roommate Jennifer ever saw, Jack, becomes their neighbor. Rylie is overjoyed when he asks her out on a date. However, there are some problems that stand in the way of their happy ever after:
Rylie is a werewolf. How do you explain this to a non-shifter that there’s a world out there with creatures who come straight out your worst nightmares? And that she’s one of them?
Sinister werewolves are stalking her and interfere with her dates with Jack.
There’s a curse on the youngest daughter of the Cruz family, in this case Rylie, which means that she won’t find her true love and will live a lonely live. Not good if you think Jack is the one.
How will Rylie manage to solve all her problems???
Okay, now I’m going to vent all my frustrations. For those who are not interested, here’s a very brief review: The book was hard to get through and I gave up after a while. Rylie was a major whiner and Jack was too good to be true, total perfection. That’s something I find hard to believe. No one is without flaws.
Okay that was the short version. For those of you who want to know exactly why I couldn’t finish, here’s the long version Please keep in mind that I didn’t finish it and that somewhere further in the book these things could have changed (although I don’t think so -.-).
The beginning of the story wasn’t that bad. A dating service for paranormal people? Nice! Unfortunately it went downhill after that. Especially when Jack came in the picture. He was praised so much for his hotness and qualities, that it made my skin crawl. It’s possible that there are men like that walking on earth, but I haven’t met one in my entire life (okay I haven’t been here that long, but still…). This made it harder to continue reading the story, since I started rolling my eyes every time he was complimented (which was a lot -.-).
Rose Pressey’s view on werewolves was refreshing, but I didn’t like it. To shave every morning and evening and even then having to walk around with a 5 o’clock mustache? No thank you! Although it creates lots and lots of awkward situations, the author used it a bit too much. This also didn’t fit in my image of werewolves. If she can control her change, she should be able to control all of it and not have very fast growing hairs. What about the hair on top of her head? Shouldn’t that grow too?
Then there was the curse. If you’re told from your childhood on that you’ll spend the rest of your life lonely because of a family curse, you just sit there and do nothing when you’re older? Won’t you try to break the curse? Rylie is very passive about it. She whines a lot about it, especially when she meets Jack, but taking action? Yeah right! It annoyed the crap out of me. Oh and guess what, the reason she gave for not taking action? I don’t like voodoo, it scares the crap out of me. Uhm…. do you want to spend the rest of your live alone, or do you bite the bullet?? I know what I would do! (Especially with a hunk )
Her reaction on Lily and the crap Lily supposedly did was irritating. Do you really think that someone who issues a damage claim is planning on killing you? If you’re dead, she won’t get any! Besides Lily doesn’t look like someone who goes that far. Okay, she’s a lunatic, but not that bad. There are also other clues that something else is going one. Like threatening letters, sinister types and a crazy car chase through the city. After a while you certainly would start thinking that it wasn’t Lily, but your uncle may have something to do with it, because he hangs with those kind of people???
So that was the extended version. Feels a lot better to let all my pent-up feelings go . It also doesn’t happen everyday that I won’t make it to the finish line with a book. Usually I still want to know how the story ends, but I didn’t even have that drive while reading this one. I was simply too frustrated ;)
May 22, 2011
Rylie Cruz is cursed. It is distressing enough that she turns all hairy and grows fangs once a month, but she also has inherited the family curse, placed several generations early by a gypsy witch. Unfortunately for Rylie, her life suddenly becomes more complicated than ever.
When the sexy Jack Chandler, a psychiatrist, moves into the office space across the hall from Rylie’s fledgling business Get a Mate, a matchmaking service, Jack is drawn to Rylie’s vivacious wit. However, Jack finds out that dating her is more challenging than he ever expected.
Lies, lies, lies – Rylie must protect her secrets at all costs. She finds Jack incredibly attractive but fears that their relationship is doomed to failure because of her wolfy condition and the gypsy curse. Jack tries his best to help Rylie, believing that she suffers from a mental condition, but when the threats escalate, and the police become involved, Rylie is left with only one choice.
This story is filled with mishap after mishap as all of Rylie’s best intentions seem to backfire on her. A consummate liar Rylie is not, but she certainly gets an A for effort. There were so many times I laughed out load at the crazy shenanigans and mischief that dogged even her best attempts at normalcy. Ms. Pressey certainly knows how to keep the humor and the suspense in near perfect balance. This was a quick, quite enjoyable read for me, as I could not let go until the very end. I will certainly be on the lookout for more books to read from this author.
Laurie
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More
Rylie Cruz Series:
Book 1 How to Date a Werewolf
Book 2 How to Date a Vampire (coming soon)
Book 3 How to Date a Demon (coming soon)
When the sexy Jack Chandler, a psychiatrist, moves into the office space across the hall from Rylie’s fledgling business Get a Mate, a matchmaking service, Jack is drawn to Rylie’s vivacious wit. However, Jack finds out that dating her is more challenging than he ever expected.
Lies, lies, lies – Rylie must protect her secrets at all costs. She finds Jack incredibly attractive but fears that their relationship is doomed to failure because of her wolfy condition and the gypsy curse. Jack tries his best to help Rylie, believing that she suffers from a mental condition, but when the threats escalate, and the police become involved, Rylie is left with only one choice.
This story is filled with mishap after mishap as all of Rylie’s best intentions seem to backfire on her. A consummate liar Rylie is not, but she certainly gets an A for effort. There were so many times I laughed out load at the crazy shenanigans and mischief that dogged even her best attempts at normalcy. Ms. Pressey certainly knows how to keep the humor and the suspense in near perfect balance. This was a quick, quite enjoyable read for me, as I could not let go until the very end. I will certainly be on the lookout for more books to read from this author.
Laurie
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More
Rylie Cruz Series:
Book 1 How to Date a Werewolf
Book 2 How to Date a Vampire (coming soon)
Book 3 How to Date a Demon (coming soon)
July 6, 2012
I found the main character, Riley, completely lacking in common sense. She was selfish and stubborn, and that drove me completely insane - so much so that after about 42% of the book I really wanted to stop. But no, I like punishing myself...so here I am at the end of the book and unsatisfied.
Riley has put everything she, and her parents, have in to Get a Mate dating services. Great, that's the American spirit of entrepreneurship! Then she runs in to a problem with a couple she set up. Despite multiple warnings from pretty much everyone in Riley's life (including people who barely know her), she ignores all that reasonable, well intentioned advice. Beyond that, she repeatedly feels guilty for putting those around her in danger, yet insists that it's not a big deal and will blow over.
Besides that, she really sucks at being a werewolf. How could you not put two and two together and figure out what was going on with your neighbor?!
So anyway, my biggest gripe about this book is at the end Riley has not only learned nothing, she gains everything. (SPOILER AHEAD) She deserves more than Lily as a neighbor!
Riley has put everything she, and her parents, have in to Get a Mate dating services. Great, that's the American spirit of entrepreneurship! Then she runs in to a problem with a couple she set up. Despite multiple warnings from pretty much everyone in Riley's life (including people who barely know her), she ignores all that reasonable, well intentioned advice. Beyond that, she repeatedly feels guilty for putting those around her in danger, yet insists that it's not a big deal and will blow over.
Besides that, she really sucks at being a werewolf. How could you not put two and two together and figure out what was going on with your neighbor?!
So anyway, my biggest gripe about this book is at the end Riley has not only learned nothing, she gains everything. (SPOILER AHEAD) She deserves more than Lily as a neighbor!
June 11, 2024
I cannot express how boring this book was. There were shoddy attempts at humor and plot that fell flat to me.
The good:
This book was free.
The bad:
All of the characters were superficial. They had no higher order thinking skills. None had any depth. None inspired me to want to get to know them better. None sparked an interest in me. I just kept reading because I hate having unfinished books.
The ugly:
This story was so BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know how this can be classified as a romance. The book genre should be "BUMBLING". This is because our heroine bumbled her way through the entire book. She was not effective in anything she did, including her dating service.
If there was any romance, I think it was more so between the two female roommates (Rylie and Jennifer) than between the hero and heroine. The two of them were the only ones that had any kind of emotional connection.
I am not interested in continuing this series.
The good:
This book was free.
The bad:
All of the characters were superficial. They had no higher order thinking skills. None had any depth. None inspired me to want to get to know them better. None sparked an interest in me. I just kept reading because I hate having unfinished books.
The ugly:
This story was so BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know how this can be classified as a romance. The book genre should be "BUMBLING". This is because our heroine bumbled her way through the entire book. She was not effective in anything she did, including her dating service.
If there was any romance, I think it was more so between the two female roommates (Rylie and Jennifer) than between the hero and heroine. The two of them were the only ones that had any kind of emotional connection.
I am not interested in continuing this series.
February 12, 2012
Poorly written, utterly unoriginal, cliched, boring...uh. I usually have more words in my vocab, to describe why a book just didn't work, but I really can't muster up the energy to explain it fully for this one.
July 8, 2018
What else can Fate throw at her?
Wonderful! Running her own business and finally meeting her ideal man should have been everything she ever dreamt off. Unfortunately there is the little problem that she turns furry (he's human), there's a curse on her, some mobsters seem to be after her uncle, a disgruntled client is picketing her business and she has acquired some stalkers. Can she keep everything together long enough to clear things up? Great dialogue, some really great situations and a fast moving plot keep you speeding through the book. Another great offering from the author.
Wonderful! Running her own business and finally meeting her ideal man should have been everything she ever dreamt off. Unfortunately there is the little problem that she turns furry (he's human), there's a curse on her, some mobsters seem to be after her uncle, a disgruntled client is picketing her business and she has acquired some stalkers. Can she keep everything together long enough to clear things up? Great dialogue, some really great situations and a fast moving plot keep you speeding through the book. Another great offering from the author.
January 5, 2012
Wow. Bad. I got this free on amazon, thankfully. Maybe 1.5 stars, mostly because I reserve 1 star for books I can't finish.
I'm not even sure what the genre is: romance, mystery, boring?
The premise is werewolf Riley runs a dating service for supernaturals called Get a Mate, which may be the stupidest name for a business ever. She lives with her roommate above her office and can't get a longterm relationship thanks to a gypsy curse.
My issues:
The writing is random at best. It's supposed to be funny, I think, but it falls well short. Mostly she makes me think of that hanger on kid at your lunch table in high school. Always trying to fit in and be funny but really pathetic in the end. The dialogue is pointless and horrible too. It never adds to the storyline, and just bogs things down. I skipped huge portions without missing a beat.
The werewolves are horrible. Riley turns into a werewolf whenever she's stressed. That's fine. Somehow these werewolves have sort of hands, and yet paws. They make human gestures, can speak and stand upright but still somehow resemble big dogs. I keep picturing wolfman and it's not appealing. Reading about Riley growing hair and than shaving, or worrying about this every 30 seconds is annoying. I get it. You're furry. That's gross.
Riley by the way is dumber than dirt. She's convinced disgruntled customer Lily is making threats and such. She never once thinks it could be anyone else, despite lots of evidence to the contrary. Seriously? And in the end (spoiler) she's saved not because she figures anything out or does anything for herself, but because she's pretty and the menfolk protect her.
The love interest is boring. BORING. He's so one dimensional I'm afraid he'll fall over and she'll discover the guy she's been trying to make out with is a cardboard cut out. He's apparently gorgeous and maybe smart. There's no charisma, no relationship building and no tension. Then things hit a snafu and she pretty much forgives him immediately because he's hot.
Don't get me started on her best friend, who appears to have a multiple personality disorder. She's brave, scared, timid, ballsy, witty, stupid, in love, a slut and everything else, all within paragraphs of each other. She's also immediately forgiven for the same snafu.
This book is shallow, boring, predictable and weak. I'm sure there will be people out there that will loves this book because it's an easy, light read, if it doesn't bore you senseless as you imagine throttling stupid, flaky Riley. Don't get me wrong, I love the early Stephanie Plums, so this sort of things should be right up my alley, but it's just unpalatable for me.
I'm not even sure what the genre is: romance, mystery, boring?
The premise is werewolf Riley runs a dating service for supernaturals called Get a Mate, which may be the stupidest name for a business ever. She lives with her roommate above her office and can't get a longterm relationship thanks to a gypsy curse.
My issues:
The writing is random at best. It's supposed to be funny, I think, but it falls well short. Mostly she makes me think of that hanger on kid at your lunch table in high school. Always trying to fit in and be funny but really pathetic in the end. The dialogue is pointless and horrible too. It never adds to the storyline, and just bogs things down. I skipped huge portions without missing a beat.
The werewolves are horrible. Riley turns into a werewolf whenever she's stressed. That's fine. Somehow these werewolves have sort of hands, and yet paws. They make human gestures, can speak and stand upright but still somehow resemble big dogs. I keep picturing wolfman and it's not appealing. Reading about Riley growing hair and than shaving, or worrying about this every 30 seconds is annoying. I get it. You're furry. That's gross.
Riley by the way is dumber than dirt. She's convinced disgruntled customer Lily is making threats and such. She never once thinks it could be anyone else, despite lots of evidence to the contrary. Seriously? And in the end (spoiler) she's saved not because she figures anything out or does anything for herself, but because she's pretty and the menfolk protect her.
The love interest is boring. BORING. He's so one dimensional I'm afraid he'll fall over and she'll discover the guy she's been trying to make out with is a cardboard cut out. He's apparently gorgeous and maybe smart. There's no charisma, no relationship building and no tension. Then things hit a snafu and she pretty much forgives him immediately because he's hot.
Don't get me started on her best friend, who appears to have a multiple personality disorder. She's brave, scared, timid, ballsy, witty, stupid, in love, a slut and everything else, all within paragraphs of each other. She's also immediately forgiven for the same snafu.
This book is shallow, boring, predictable and weak. I'm sure there will be people out there that will loves this book because it's an easy, light read, if it doesn't bore you senseless as you imagine throttling stupid, flaky Riley. Don't get me wrong, I love the early Stephanie Plums, so this sort of things should be right up my alley, but it's just unpalatable for me.
May 20, 2012
"How to Date a Werewolf Rule #1: Always tell your date how nice they look despite excess hair."
When I first read this book I had just finished reading a book for school, so my reading material was pretty intense. So, I was a bit embarrassed to admit how much I enjoyed it. Let's face it we English Major's tend to be a bunch of elitists! But as another English princess reminded me, these types of books are the cotton candy of our reading life. When forced to read the heavies, its nice to sit down with a well compiled story full of campy humor, engaging adventure and flat out fun. This day and age it is these fun paranormal books like the Rylie Cruz series that do it for me.
It has a basic premise, girl lives with best friend, each have issues with men. Each have issues at certain times of the month, but unlike most female roomies Rylie's happens every full moon and requires razors not feminine products. She makes the best of her situation and community, and living in French Quarter of New Orleans makes it even easier, she runs a dating service for Supernaturals called Get a Mate! She is like any other girl, she collects delicate glass figurines, she has crushes and frets over what to wear and the male members of her family can be a bit over protective. The difference here? They don't need shotguns to threaten potential boyfriends, just a big smile will do it.
The problem is that Ryle believes she has the family curse hanging over her head. This particular pesky curse says she will never find true love, hence why she has a 100% success rate on finding other peoples true love. (Well all but one, but she is psychotic anyway!). What happens when the new tenant of the building ends up being a dreamy new doctor who is a straight up human and has her mouth salivating, and not in the wolfie kind of way, but in the “hot-to-trot I want to get you between the sheets” kind of way? Well, This is only the start of things getting complicated.
Add on top of that a troublesome Uncle, the psychotic unsatisfied customer, a stalker leaving her gifts, two unknown werewolves following her and well... it is the recipe spelling disaster for Rylie and more cookie munching, tea guzzling, snuggled under a blanket or digging my toes in the sand kind of fun! I couldn't wait for the next one to come out and ended up reading all she had to offer over the next week.
If you are looking for fun, adventure, snark and campy writing with a lot of personality and pizazz, Rose Pressey is your gal! Pick of this book and I guarantee you will not be disappointed!
When I first read this book I had just finished reading a book for school, so my reading material was pretty intense. So, I was a bit embarrassed to admit how much I enjoyed it. Let's face it we English Major's tend to be a bunch of elitists! But as another English princess reminded me, these types of books are the cotton candy of our reading life. When forced to read the heavies, its nice to sit down with a well compiled story full of campy humor, engaging adventure and flat out fun. This day and age it is these fun paranormal books like the Rylie Cruz series that do it for me.
It has a basic premise, girl lives with best friend, each have issues with men. Each have issues at certain times of the month, but unlike most female roomies Rylie's happens every full moon and requires razors not feminine products. She makes the best of her situation and community, and living in French Quarter of New Orleans makes it even easier, she runs a dating service for Supernaturals called Get a Mate! She is like any other girl, she collects delicate glass figurines, she has crushes and frets over what to wear and the male members of her family can be a bit over protective. The difference here? They don't need shotguns to threaten potential boyfriends, just a big smile will do it.
The problem is that Ryle believes she has the family curse hanging over her head. This particular pesky curse says she will never find true love, hence why she has a 100% success rate on finding other peoples true love. (Well all but one, but she is psychotic anyway!). What happens when the new tenant of the building ends up being a dreamy new doctor who is a straight up human and has her mouth salivating, and not in the wolfie kind of way, but in the “hot-to-trot I want to get you between the sheets” kind of way? Well, This is only the start of things getting complicated.
Add on top of that a troublesome Uncle, the psychotic unsatisfied customer, a stalker leaving her gifts, two unknown werewolves following her and well... it is the recipe spelling disaster for Rylie and more cookie munching, tea guzzling, snuggled under a blanket or digging my toes in the sand kind of fun! I couldn't wait for the next one to come out and ended up reading all she had to offer over the next week.
If you are looking for fun, adventure, snark and campy writing with a lot of personality and pizazz, Rose Pressey is your gal! Pick of this book and I guarantee you will not be disappointed!
December 14, 2013
How to Date a Werewolf is the first book in the Rylie Cruz series by Rose Pressey. Rylie is a werewolf that happens to run a dating service that works to find everyone (regardless of if they are completely human or happen to have some extra hair or very sharp teeth) the perfect mate. Convinced that a family curse denies her a happily ever after, so works hard to provide one for others. When handsome psychiatrist Jack moves into the building Rylie starts thinking that she might need to break that curse. However, an unhappy client, scary stalkers, and thugs looking for her deadbeat uncle make things hard to manage. Can Rylie find her true love while hiding her furry secret and staying alive?
How to Date a Werewolf was a fun and promising start to a new series. I liked that Rylie had a solid friend and confidant from the beginning, and that like real friendships not everything is perfect throughout the book. Rylie's dysfunctional family and desire to take care of herself, despite having people nearby that offer to help her, made her character ring true. I love a character that has realistic flaws even in light of unrealistic premises (like werewolves).
There is an underlying mystery, like who is following Rylie and sending ominous packages, which keeps the story moving. However, I will admit to feeling like it dragged just a touch in the middle. I think the last chapter added a few characters that we will see again in the series, but I would have liked to see more of that interaction with the world outside five primary characters in the story. I liked that while I disagreed with the conclusion that Rylie stood by through most of the book for the problems she faced, the final answer had occurred to me but was not the one I really expected. It was nice to be surprised.
I would recommend How to Date a Werewolf to readers that enjoy Pressey's writing, mysteries, and paranormal romance. The story was a good, but not spectacular read. I think I will be taking a look at later books in the series to see where the story goes from here.
How to Date a Werewolf was a fun and promising start to a new series. I liked that Rylie had a solid friend and confidant from the beginning, and that like real friendships not everything is perfect throughout the book. Rylie's dysfunctional family and desire to take care of herself, despite having people nearby that offer to help her, made her character ring true. I love a character that has realistic flaws even in light of unrealistic premises (like werewolves).
There is an underlying mystery, like who is following Rylie and sending ominous packages, which keeps the story moving. However, I will admit to feeling like it dragged just a touch in the middle. I think the last chapter added a few characters that we will see again in the series, but I would have liked to see more of that interaction with the world outside five primary characters in the story. I liked that while I disagreed with the conclusion that Rylie stood by through most of the book for the problems she faced, the final answer had occurred to me but was not the one I really expected. It was nice to be surprised.
I would recommend How to Date a Werewolf to readers that enjoy Pressey's writing, mysteries, and paranormal romance. The story was a good, but not spectacular read. I think I will be taking a look at later books in the series to see where the story goes from here.
May 6, 2011
Riley is a werewolf who owns Mate Dating Service and she is more than happy to step in and lend a hand to lonely lycanthropic hearts all over town. Riley is a no nonsense girl with a pension for disaster. Rylie is convinced she is out of luck for love herself due to a family curse that affects only her but when she meets Jack Chandler she is really hoping this curse will end.
There is an instant attraction between Riley and Jack, you can feel the sparks fly when they look into each others eyes.
I loved how Riley seemed to stay pretty well unconcerned by the disasters that kept happening to her. The messes that happen are pretty funny and the fact that she cries a purse filled with razors and shaving cream well the book will keep you giggling throughout. It will also keep you guessing about who is responsible for all the craziness.
Riley has a best friend and roomate called Lily and she is very funny and adds alot of spice to the book and makes things a little harder for Riley to handle but it's all because she cares and is trying to help. I know if I had such a helpful roomate I'd move. LOL
If I could have changed just one thing in this book I would have put just one hot and heavy makeout scene ;) But that's just me and the gutter brain talking. :D
If you want a FUN, Adventurous, Laugh Riot of a Book! Then this is the book for you.
I Honestly enjoyed it from beginning to end and I recommend it whole heartedly if your in need of a uplifting and fun read.
There is an instant attraction between Riley and Jack, you can feel the sparks fly when they look into each others eyes.
I loved how Riley seemed to stay pretty well unconcerned by the disasters that kept happening to her. The messes that happen are pretty funny and the fact that she cries a purse filled with razors and shaving cream well the book will keep you giggling throughout. It will also keep you guessing about who is responsible for all the craziness.
Riley has a best friend and roomate called Lily and she is very funny and adds alot of spice to the book and makes things a little harder for Riley to handle but it's all because she cares and is trying to help. I know if I had such a helpful roomate I'd move. LOL
If I could have changed just one thing in this book I would have put just one hot and heavy makeout scene ;) But that's just me and the gutter brain talking. :D
If you want a FUN, Adventurous, Laugh Riot of a Book! Then this is the book for you.
I Honestly enjoyed it from beginning to end and I recommend it whole heartedly if your in need of a uplifting and fun read.
June 7, 2011
In How to Date A Werewolf we meet Rylie Cruz, owner of Get A Mate dating service.This isn't your average dating service and Rylie isn't your average business owner. Get A Mate caters to paranormals looking for that special someone and Rylie is a werewolf. One who has a family curse on her that is making her find a mate herself difficult. When a hunky guy rents the office next door, Rylie just may get her chance to break the curse. Of course, it might be easier if Jack were a shifter instead of a psychiatrist who wonders if Rylie needs professional help.And then there is that pesky Lily, an unhappy client who is happily causing problems for Rylie's business. Add in a couple of werewolves who are following Rylie around making her dating life a disaster. What's up with that? Rylie Cruz is doing her best to get it all figured out. She can't help it if she keeps having hilarious mishaps in doing so.
This was a fun, fast read. How to Date A Werewolf is the book that introduced me to Rose Pressey. I have since read her other books. Ms. Pressey does an excellent job keeping the reader entertained. Her characters are easily liked and you care about them, (even the ones you meet hiding out by the trash cans). This author has a great sense of humor that shines in her writing. If your looking for something fast and fun to read, pick up any of her books.
This was a fun, fast read. How to Date A Werewolf is the book that introduced me to Rose Pressey. I have since read her other books. Ms. Pressey does an excellent job keeping the reader entertained. Her characters are easily liked and you care about them, (even the ones you meet hiding out by the trash cans). This author has a great sense of humor that shines in her writing. If your looking for something fast and fun to read, pick up any of her books.
July 11, 2012
I just finished this book (again, read it while writing Spiritus and didn't give it the attention it deserved) and I can't wait to tell you about it!
First off, let me just say that this book is amazing! The main character, Rylie, runs a dating service called Get A Mate and just happens to be a werewolf. She's pretty successful pairing up both humans and the supernatural which is ironic since her own love life is cursed.
Things go a little crazy when one disgruntled werewolf client starts a picketing campaign against Rylie just as a super hot guy is moving into the same building, strange letters, odd visitors, and a few attacks keep you reading.
The characters are great and Rylie isn't some wishy washy heroine. She can take care of herself and anyone else that comes along. You instantly like her and you pull for her to find her own mate through the whole book.
How to Date a Werewolf is a fun and quick read with just the right balance of humor, romance, and action. Now that I've finished it, I'm looking forward to more books in the Rylie Cruz series and others by the author.
First off, let me just say that this book is amazing! The main character, Rylie, runs a dating service called Get A Mate and just happens to be a werewolf. She's pretty successful pairing up both humans and the supernatural which is ironic since her own love life is cursed.
Things go a little crazy when one disgruntled werewolf client starts a picketing campaign against Rylie just as a super hot guy is moving into the same building, strange letters, odd visitors, and a few attacks keep you reading.
The characters are great and Rylie isn't some wishy washy heroine. She can take care of herself and anyone else that comes along. You instantly like her and you pull for her to find her own mate through the whole book.
How to Date a Werewolf is a fun and quick read with just the right balance of humor, romance, and action. Now that I've finished it, I'm looking forward to more books in the Rylie Cruz series and others by the author.
November 27, 2012
I love this author! Her style of writing is personal, like she's talking to you or as if you are hearing her thought processes. Her character's sarcastic vein is akin to my own therefore I completely relate to her character. Humor abounds in her tale as well.
Rylie Cruz owns and operates "Get A Mate" where she intuitively puts people together to make a love connection. The trouble begins when a highly disgruntled client, Lily, threatens her because of her failure in Lily's case. Then Rylie eyeballs a gorgeous hunk of man who is moving into the same building she's in. Jack is a psychiatrist (and a little slice of yummy)! They quickly hit it off, but there is a hitch. Rylie is a werewolf who also has an ancient Gypsy curse upon her. The curse prevents her from having any long term relationship/love. None of her suitors hung around past the third date.
Enter two big, tough looking guys who follow her every move, mysterious yet threatening packages that begin arriving addressed to her with no return address, throw in some Voodoo and mix well. What's cooking is a bonafide New Orleans paranormal Gumbo.
This is book one in a series. I want more!
Rylie Cruz owns and operates "Get A Mate" where she intuitively puts people together to make a love connection. The trouble begins when a highly disgruntled client, Lily, threatens her because of her failure in Lily's case. Then Rylie eyeballs a gorgeous hunk of man who is moving into the same building she's in. Jack is a psychiatrist (and a little slice of yummy)! They quickly hit it off, but there is a hitch. Rylie is a werewolf who also has an ancient Gypsy curse upon her. The curse prevents her from having any long term relationship/love. None of her suitors hung around past the third date.
Enter two big, tough looking guys who follow her every move, mysterious yet threatening packages that begin arriving addressed to her with no return address, throw in some Voodoo and mix well. What's cooking is a bonafide New Orleans paranormal Gumbo.
This is book one in a series. I want more!
January 4, 2012
Rylie Cruz is a matchmaker with a very disgruntled customer. Rylie is a werewolf and mainly has other paranormal customers, such as werewolves, witches and vampires. Lily a werwolf is pissed off that her date didnt work out and is taking it out Rylie. She pickets her, follows her around and threatens to sue. Rylie notices others following her but just assumes its all part of Lily's scare tactics. In the midst of her drama a new neighbor moves in, the hunky therapist Jack. Rylie is not only trying to hide being a werewolf from him but trying to hide the drama and destruction that suddenly seems to be part of her life.
Ok, so cute book, liked it overall. I was pissed off about the whole roommate thing, her supposed friend of over a decade talking about her to someone they just met. Plus dont get her whole wacky deal with men. Am thinking Martin is going to show up again and cause trouble. The whole curse deal seems like a flimsy excuse not to date and kind of makes her being a matchmaker a little off.
Ok, so cute book, liked it overall. I was pissed off about the whole roommate thing, her supposed friend of over a decade talking about her to someone they just met. Plus dont get her whole wacky deal with men. Am thinking Martin is going to show up again and cause trouble. The whole curse deal seems like a flimsy excuse not to date and kind of makes her being a matchmaker a little off.
September 20, 2012
Having read another book by Pressey in the past (Rock n' Roll is Undead) I somewhat knew what to expect-- a quick fun paranormal read. And I was right.
But, this book was better in my opinion and I'm going to agree with another reviewer and say that Pressey has a gift for lighter, chick-lit style paranormal novels. Her 'voice' is unique and spot on, and I love the quirkiness that shines through as well.
I thought the plotting was fairly original and inventive. I'm quickly approaching middle-age (boo hiss!) so reading as the main character copes with unexpected hairiness was a good laugh. This book is choc full of humor, odd-ball characters and new takes on the paranormal stock rules. Pressey thinks outside of the box, and while it may not always pay off, it usually does for her.
On the mild complaint side, I was very irritated at Rylie's best friends behavior, and thought she was let off the hook way too easy. Since this is a series, I'm curious to see how that relationship flows into the next book.
But, this book was better in my opinion and I'm going to agree with another reviewer and say that Pressey has a gift for lighter, chick-lit style paranormal novels. Her 'voice' is unique and spot on, and I love the quirkiness that shines through as well.
I thought the plotting was fairly original and inventive. I'm quickly approaching middle-age (boo hiss!) so reading as the main character copes with unexpected hairiness was a good laugh. This book is choc full of humor, odd-ball characters and new takes on the paranormal stock rules. Pressey thinks outside of the box, and while it may not always pay off, it usually does for her.
On the mild complaint side, I was very irritated at Rylie's best friends behavior, and thought she was let off the hook way too easy. Since this is a series, I'm curious to see how that relationship flows into the next book.
November 13, 2011
Ugh, if I had know I could make a list for book I could drop here on goodreads I would not have finished this book. As it was I only skimmed most of it.
The main guys and girls relationship felt almost the same as the authors other book, Me and my ghoul friends, and therefore went stale really fast for me as I didn't like the other book that much either.
It really annoys me that all the action gets put at the very end and makes you want to know what going to happen next, but there is no way I will buy another book in this series.
The only part I liked was the scene where
The main guys and girls relationship felt almost the same as the authors other book, Me and my ghoul friends, and therefore went stale really fast for me as I didn't like the other book that much either.
It really annoys me that all the action gets put at the very end and makes you want to know what going to happen next, but there is no way I will buy another book in this series.
The only part I liked was the scene where
February 15, 2016
Dissatisfied, and Dissappointed
I read the reviews, look specifically for a romantic comedy and found a bust. Not funny at all, didn't laugh once, the comedy was flat half baked, and the story exaggerated in places and so much more. Or less depending. This is not a were story that puts different from typical in a positive light. Has ton of potential, but fell flat. And the heroine is just a bland self contradiction. It actually infuriated me. I wasted time on this, it's the equivalent of a YA contest at entry level for aspiring young writers. Maybe a copywriter could have smoothed this in so much better. Shame to see the potential unreached. Better luck next time boss.
I read the reviews, look specifically for a romantic comedy and found a bust. Not funny at all, didn't laugh once, the comedy was flat half baked, and the story exaggerated in places and so much more. Or less depending. This is not a were story that puts different from typical in a positive light. Has ton of potential, but fell flat. And the heroine is just a bland self contradiction. It actually infuriated me. I wasted time on this, it's the equivalent of a YA contest at entry level for aspiring young writers. Maybe a copywriter could have smoothed this in so much better. Shame to see the potential unreached. Better luck next time boss.
October 24, 2020
This is the first installment in Rose Pressey's "Rylie Cruz" series, featuring werewolf and matchmaker to the supernatural, Rylie Cruz.
Due to a family curse, Rylie has resigned herself to never finding love of her own. Instead, she's turned her attention to her own matchmaking service, Get a Mate, for werewolves and other paranormal denizens. Her fledgling business takes a hit when one of her clients, Lily Friedman, is spurned by the match Rylie made for her. Lily makes it her business to harass and torment Rylie. At the same time, Jack Chandler, a psychiatrist, sets up shop next door and also takes up residence in the apartment over his office. He and Rylie are now neighbors both in business and life. At the urging of her roomie, Jennifer, Rylie begins to date Jack. She didn't mean to fall so hard or fast, and now she has to deal with both the curse and the ramifications of dating a mortal. Rylie's situation just gets worse when she is stalked and threatened by an unsavory pair of werewolves. Now she's scrambling to keep her business afloat, her budding relationship with Jack from crumbling, and her distance from the other werewolves who seem to have it in for her. It's a good thing Rylie is one tough cookie.
I always enjoy the premises of Pressey's books, but her execution often fails to deliver. This story was mediocre. It was lite and fun, but also somewhat confusing. For instance, I was never quite certain, when Rylie shifted into werewolf, if she was in complete wolf form, or if she was some sort of hairy, lupine-hominid mix. At least the editing in this one wasn't terrible.
It was okaa-aay. Nothing remarkable about the story. Average score.
Due to a family curse, Rylie has resigned herself to never finding love of her own. Instead, she's turned her attention to her own matchmaking service, Get a Mate, for werewolves and other paranormal denizens. Her fledgling business takes a hit when one of her clients, Lily Friedman, is spurned by the match Rylie made for her. Lily makes it her business to harass and torment Rylie. At the same time, Jack Chandler, a psychiatrist, sets up shop next door and also takes up residence in the apartment over his office. He and Rylie are now neighbors both in business and life. At the urging of her roomie, Jennifer, Rylie begins to date Jack. She didn't mean to fall so hard or fast, and now she has to deal with both the curse and the ramifications of dating a mortal. Rylie's situation just gets worse when she is stalked and threatened by an unsavory pair of werewolves. Now she's scrambling to keep her business afloat, her budding relationship with Jack from crumbling, and her distance from the other werewolves who seem to have it in for her. It's a good thing Rylie is one tough cookie.
I always enjoy the premises of Pressey's books, but her execution often fails to deliver. This story was mediocre. It was lite and fun, but also somewhat confusing. For instance, I was never quite certain, when Rylie shifted into werewolf, if she was in complete wolf form, or if she was some sort of hairy, lupine-hominid mix. At least the editing in this one wasn't terrible.
It was okaa-aay. Nothing remarkable about the story. Average score.
April 19, 2021
I had a hard time finishing this one. Left it for months. I mostly only finished it so I could get credit on my books read for the year...did a lot of skimming towards the end. I found a lot of the dialog kind of painful and unnatural. I also am not a fan of romances that leave the relationship so unfinished between the couple at the end....I want my blissful ending lol It seemed more about the mysteries going on...and I thought it was kind of unbelieveable how many different things were going on at one time in her life in such a short time. Kind of exhausting. I did like the idea of the book, but couldn't really get in to it.
July 14, 2017
this one was really hard to finish. it was a good concept but very poorly executed. the main character rhiley was just too stupid to live in my opinion. she didn't take anything seriously that a normal person wouldn't hesitate to call the police over and the story could have been resolved about 20 times over and just seemed to drag on. I really wanted this one to pick up and for her to have an aha moment or something but it never came so I really don't recommend this one.
May 31, 2018
The life and times of a female werewolf, who also has a family curse hanging over her.
It's an interesting story, with a bunch of twists and turns in it. Julie's life is interesting, to say the least, and she is trying to keep her match-making business in the black, while hiding the many weird things going on around her, including a new maybe boyfriend.
It's an interesting story, with a bunch of twists and turns in it. Julie's life is interesting, to say the least, and she is trying to keep her match-making business in the black, while hiding the many weird things going on around her, including a new maybe boyfriend.
August 18, 2020
Perfect cozy
This was a fun paranormal cozy with a unique cast. Rylie is a werewolf that has not really excepted her wolfie side. This book has a deeper meaning about excepting ourselves, bumps and all. I'm an avid reader who enjoys a good light mystery that makes me smile and laugh. I'm not sure why this book has negative reviews but it seems great to me.
This was a fun paranormal cozy with a unique cast. Rylie is a werewolf that has not really excepted her wolfie side. This book has a deeper meaning about excepting ourselves, bumps and all. I'm an avid reader who enjoys a good light mystery that makes me smile and laugh. I'm not sure why this book has negative reviews but it seems great to me.
July 31, 2021
This wasn’t horrible, but it was not very good either. Very juvenile, didn’t like any of the characters, the werewolf pieces were not very believable, and there seemed to be too much going on where it was distracting. It was slightly entertaining, but was more of a time waster.
June 12, 2023
New series for me
Enjoyable read, well developed plot and interesting characters. Highly recommend it. Lots of twists and turns. Looking forward to reading the next one in the series
Enjoyable read, well developed plot and interesting characters. Highly recommend it. Lots of twists and turns. Looking forward to reading the next one in the series
July 12, 2017
Funny with lovable characters!
July 15, 2017
Funny and addictive
Rylie is sassy, funny and so real..this story grabs you and holds on. Lots of laughs and aggravation, too. Worth reading
Rylie is sassy, funny and so real..this story grabs you and holds on. Lots of laughs and aggravation, too. Worth reading
September 21, 2017
Totally ridiculous
This is seriously one of the worst books ever...was it written by a ten year old? I would have been too embarrassed to publish it.
This is seriously one of the worst books ever...was it written by a ten year old? I would have been too embarrassed to publish it.
October 7, 2017
Would not have forgiven Jennifer and Jack sooooo easily. Mmm. Lol they wanted to have her committed. Still enjoyed it though. Gonna read next one in the series.
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