Only If You're Lucky

[Vicki Willis]

Elyse wrote: "Shruti morethanmylupus wrote: "And I'm done [spoilers removed]"

Yes the end is definitely full of I didn't see that coming. lol"

Yes, same. Which is why I gave it 5 stars, because so infrequently does that happen!

[Kristie]

I'm disappointed this was a decline for me, but I may still grab it since everyone seemed to love it and I loved her previous books. Were all the twists at the end believable?

[Shruti morethanmylupus]

Kristie wrote: "I'm disappointed this was a decline for me, but I may still grab it since everyone seemed to love it and I loved her previous books. Were all the twists at the end believable?"

I'd say yes. A lot of them actually had clues but they were easy to misinterpret and I totally fell for the misdirection on them. I'd say there's one big reveal that I was less sure about ((view spoiler)[ Margot her being there and accidentally causing Eliza to fall. I didn't see any good clues for this and it came out of left field (hide spoiler)] but for the most part the clues were there. I have to decide how to rate this one and I think I'll probably end up rating it 4/5 because of that one big reveal lacking any clues throughout the book.

[Kristie]

Sometimes those out-of-the-blue twists are good, other times I get frustrated by them. I think when there are no clues AND it just doesn't fit or is unrealistic is when I don't like it. I can suspend my disbelief, but too much of an 'I gotcha' moment from an author can feel like a cop out. It's like they don't know how to end it themselves or they just want to trick you so they randomly make something up that just doesn't fit. It just seems disingenuous. Sounds like most of the twists in this one made sense though, which is great.

[Vicki Willis]

I thought the same about the twists, except I really liked the one you referred to, Shruti. I thought it (view spoiler)[ helped explain the level of guilt she felt throughout the whole book. I was wondering if there was something more to the Eliza's death based on the level of guilt Margot was feeling. (hide spoiler)]

[Shruti morethanmylupus]

Vicki Willis wrote: "I thought the same about the twists, except I really liked the one you referred to, Shruti. I thought it [spoilers removed]"

That's a completely reasonable take!

[Shruti morethanmylupus]

Got my review written!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Elyse]

My review

[Trisha]

oooh excited this one was so well liked!!

I'm just getting started

15 chapters

(view spoiler)[ okay, so - so far, I don't think Lucy is dead. I think she's going to, hopefully, saunter back in and make this seem like a huge misunderstanding.

I can't help but wonder if Margot is not quite who i hope she is

I wonder about Levi, how awful he is. The creeping is weird but we only have Margot's word for what he's done

I wonder about Eliza. in her mind, Margot doesn't seem to have a time for when she died so I'm assuming she didn't actually have something to do with her death. she really did seem kind of in shock this last year

hmmmmm... (hide spoiler)]

good so far!

[Trisha]

30 Chapters

(view spoiler)[ hmmm. . .now it seems like Levi is maybe a boy that doesn't understand consent. . .Why wouldn't Nicole's boyfriend keep an eye on her? surely, she was untouchable, being his girlfriend. Ugh. I really hope Margot is wrong in her assumptions

and YES! Levi was super brazen to just be like Hey, I'm here. deal with it. What a jerk.

But slinking around the house and touching their stuff seems very on brand for who she's making us seem he is

I still think Margot is hiding out
I can't help but wonder if Margo aimed to kill Levi and it was accidentally Eliza (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki Willis]

Sounds like you are liking it!
Lots of thinking and theorizing for this one!!!

[Trisha]

I am! I'm really liking this one!

I stopped at 45 chapters and THEN realized Shruti's update was for 46 chapters! lol So I went and read one more

(view spoiler)[ okay, I'm with Shruti.

I never, not once, thought to question Lucy's ability to be there. Margot had memories of her from the beginning so why would the reader question it. . .

I honestly thought our unreliable narrator was the MC - not Lucy

But we know Lucy. . .is real? The police are looking for her. . calling her Lucy (and her parents?!) so. . .wait. Did the police officer call her Lucy? or Just "your friend" hmmm. . .I didn't even think to question it! lol

so. . .is Lucy just hunting down 'bad guys' she sees from stories of deaths. . .and killing them?

but then, she didn't protect Nicole. hmmm. . . (hide spoiler)]

Okay, off to read more! I wanna know!!! lol

[Trisha]

and I'm done

this one was so good!! OMG it was so good to finally click everyone's spoilers! lol

(view spoiler)[ Okay, so I thought Margot had killed Eliza.
It was that moment when she said it should have been him.
It made me think - she did something that she regretted, planned something, but you can't anticipate how something will happen - Eliza died instead.

That's not really how it went, but I can see how Margot still felt like it should have been Levi.

And Wow, I'm so sad it was Nicole's own boyfriend who hurt her, the guy who was supposed to love and protect her. What a jerk. I don't blame her for mistaking him and taking out her aggression.

But wow, for Sloane to kill Lucy to protect Nicole.

All three of them killed - all three of them have a reason to keep the secret. to reveal one is to reveal them all.

I can see Sloane being worried about Lucy. She had pushed her life into their circle and manipulated everyone. She might have kept the secret but also held it over them for life. She would have had life-changing secrets on 2 of them. (hide spoiler)]

ha! this one was so good!

[Shruti morethanmylupus]

Yay! I'm happy it worked out to be a good read for you, Trisha!