Only if You’re Lucky

by Stacy Willingham

I just finished reading “Only If You’re Lucky”, by Stacy Willingham. Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press. for the advanced copy in return for an honest review.

This book took me a long time to read. It started well and I was introduced to the character of Margot who is involved in a mystery involving her best friend who died. She goes off to college and meets some girls including Lucy who also has many secrets and seems overly interested in Margot. There is a lot of mystery and suspense in this book which slowly unravels and exposes all the truths in a succint way.

The part I liked about this book was the way all the characters were connected to each other in a way that makes sense. I also liked how each part of the mysteries unraveled slowly because the author took time to carefully construct each part of the novel. I liked how the book ended and that all the loose ends were tied up.

What did I not like? I didn’t like the main character Margot. She seemed a bit narcisistic and self-absorbed. I didn’t really feel an important connected to her and I didn’t feel any sympathy for her. I felt less sympathy for Lucy. She was an awful person and her story didnt resonate any sympathy from me. I didn’t like what happened to her at the end but I didnt care about her enough to feel anything more than “meh” at he end about her.

That is why the book took so long to read. It was good but not great. It was okay. But I am not sure I can recommend it.



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