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Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
4.0
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I devoured Stacy Willingham's latest book, "Only if You're Lucky," and honestly, where do I begin?

"If there's one thing Lucy has taught me since the moment we met, it's that once you bend one rule without consequence, it feels a lot easier to break the others."

Meet Margot: quiet, shy, reserved, and deep in grief during her first year of college after losing her best friend the summer after their senior year of high school. Margot is quickly befriended by Lucy, who's the life of every party, and invites Margot to be the fourth roommate in an off-campus apartment run by a Greek fraternity. Midway through the year, one of the brothers is murdered, and Lucy turns up missing. In a wild tale that tests the bounds of friendship with a strong dose of betrayal, Margot must come to terms with her past and now her future because it will never be the same.

This story is an unbelievable yet believable academia nightmare. (Seriously, it has me questioning if I should EVER send my 5-year-old to college!). Stacy does an excellent job crafting the perfect setting for a murder - a creepy house, which is like a character in itself, and a group of strangers. No one knows each other when they go to college, or do they?

I can't write too much because I don't want to give anything away, but this is another super twisty and addictive thriller from Stacy Willingham!