Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham on January 16, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Crime, Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover, ARC
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This is the third book from Stacy Willingham that I have read and I think this is the one I have liked the least. This is a slow burn where all the action happened in the last 1/8 of the book. This was a drawn out version of Pretty Little Liars meets Heathers. I think this is one that the movie would be better than the book.
The Plot: Margot, a college student, fixated on her deceased former best friend, Eliza, with an obsessive intensity. Now, her fixation has shifted to her current BFF, Lucy. However, when Lucy vanishes without a trace, Margot’s obsession escalates perilously, reaching a point of imminent danger.
The structure: This was written in a before and after type of telling. We get to find out a little of Margot’s history with Eliza. We get little snippets in the current of Lucy’s story.
I didn’t like this book until I got to the end. There was a great twist at the end. This would make a great movie but the book could have been 100 pages less. Margot’s story got to be a little boring.
Thanks to Net Galley for providing me with an ARC for this book.