Book Review: Only If You're Lucky: A Novel by Stacy Willingham-Mystery/Thriller

Hello dear Readers,

My book review of Only If You're Lucky: A Novel by Stacy Willingham.

Title: Only If You're Lucky: A Novel

Rating:  5/5 Stars

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Author: Stacy Willingham

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Publication Date: January 16, 2024

Language: English

Hardcover: 384 pages
Meet the Author: Stacy Willingham
Buy Me: Amazon

Book Description

Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in South Carolina. Margot is shy, careful, always the sidekick, and never the center of attention. But when Lucy singles her out at the end of the year, a year Margot spent studying and playing it safe and asks her to room together, something in Margot can't say no―something daring, or starved, or maybe even envious.

And so Margot finds herself living in an off-campus house with three other girls, Lucy, the ringleader; Sloane, the sarcastic one; and Nicole, the nice one, the three opposites but also deeply intertwined. It's a year that finds Margot finally coming out of the shell she's been in since the end of high school when her best friend Eliza died three weeks after graduation. Margot and Lucy have become the closest of friends, but by the middle of their sophomore year, one of the fraternity boys from the house next door has been brutally murdered... and Lucy Sharpe is missing without a trace.

From the author of A Flicker in the Dark and All the Dangerous Things comes a tantalizing thriller about the nature of friendship and belonging, about loyalty, envy, and betrayal―another gripping novel from an author quickly becoming the gold standard in psychological suspense.

My Thoughts

I listened to the audiobook version of this book but that doesn't change my opinion of it. 

My new Stacy's favorite. It's one of those books that I hope they would do a screen version. Fast-paced-, with unexpected twists and kept me guessing the whole time. I liked the mixed timelines and absolutely loved the audiobook version. 

Thank you to Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for the Advanced Audiobook Free Copy in exchange for an honest review.

Wendy