Just My Luck is a clever story. I don’t want to elaborate on just how clever it is and spoil it in case someone should read this review and decide to buy the book!
Adele Parks writes interesting, thoughtful and very readable books. I got to the end of this one and then went back to the start for a quick re-read to find the hidden clues I had missed. Lexi and Jake had been friends with the Pearsons and the Heathcotes for fifteen years. They had shared holidays and spent every Saturday night in each other’s company and had made a tradition of buying a weekly lotto ticket together. Then came one weekend when the realisation hit Lexi that the other two couples had lost interest in the lotto and maybe even the shared friendship.
The following week the lotto numbers which the group had always used came up. The prize was £17.8 million and Lexi had bought the winning ticket. The money was to change everybody’s lives in quite dramatic ways and to reveal hitherto hidden personalities.
Some chapters featuring Lexi and her daughter, Emily, and one on Lexi’s friend, Toma, are written in the first person and the rest of the book is in the third person giving an objective oversight to the story. Adele Parks is a terrific writer and this book did not disappoint.
A great read but even if only for the tips on how to act when I eventually win the lottery, I give it 5 out of 5.
Published by Harper Collins H Q
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