Only if You’re Lucky, by Stacy Willingham

Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Many people might disagree with me, but I liked the ending of this one: not every loose end was tied….



Was justice done? There might be a heated debate on this issue, and both sides would score points, I’m sure. What mattered to me is that I cared about most of the cast of characters in this story (unlike a recent so called mystery/thriller that had me fogging up my Kindle screen with sighs of boredom).



Margot was Eliza’s devoted sidekick, her “silent shadow,” BFF for life, etc., etc., But then Levi moves next door and Eliza bails and abandons the Friend Ship for ROMANCE! Margot is distraught, hurt, jealous….. and yes, LIVID. One night, at a drunken party, Eliza falls to her death, and Margot is left bereft, regretting her stiff-backed pride, and all those angry words….



Eliza and Margot had planned to attend Rutledge College together. Margot’s first year at Rutledge is dismal, to say the least, haunted as she is by grief for what SHOULD have been.



But along comes the loud, charismatic Lucy who – for some inexplicable reason – zeroes in on Eliza’s former “shadow” and convinces Margot to move out of the college dorms and share a frat house rental unit with two other female students.



There were several fairly loathsome fraternity house heads who enjoyed torturing the frosh members, but one of them went too far, one too many times. Well, suffice it to say that the body count started to climb as this slow-paced, intricate story progressed.



No spoilers intended here, but this mystery leaves you guessing right up until the last few chapters. I did not want to put this book down, it was that riveting. Well done!



I have so much more that I WANT to say about this story, but I think you should experience this very well written thriller and enjoy the journey with no advance warning, just as I did. It dragged a bit in some places, but it was still a thoroughly good read: 5 out of 5 stars!

My thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.



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