This is an action-packed book, no one page can be skipped without missing an important tidbit. The angst of teenage life can be a sad reality, exacerbated by social media. This book manages to convey that without letting it become the focus of the book. That is clearly the twisted relationship between Margot, Lucy, Nicole, and Sloane. All very different and under the influence in some fashion by the mercurial Lucy. Even Margot’s deceased high school friend Eliza is not spared from the manipulation. The book paints a tale where you can believe that given the right circumstances, anyone can resort to the most extreme actions of self-preservation. This is not a heart-lifting book of survival, more a spine-chilling book of survival.I truly was captured by this book and had no idea how it would end. I can’t imagine any reader of mystery, suspense, or psychology not appreciating this book.
Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham, (List Price: $29, Minotaur Books, 9781250887931, January 2024)
Reviewed by Jackie Willey, Fiction Addiction in Greenville, South Carolina