Just My Luck by Adele Parks

Just My Luck by Adele Parks
UK Publication: May 2020
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★]

This ARC was provided by HQ (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.

Money, Money, Money

Synopsis from Goodreads: It’s the stuff dreams are made of – a lottery win so big, it changes everything.

For fifteen years, Lexi and Jake have played the same six numbers with their friends, the Pearsons and the Heathcotes. Over dinner parties, fish & chip suppers and summer barbecues, they’ve discussed the important stuff – the kids, marriages, jobs and houses – and they’ve laughed off their disappointment when they failed to win anything more than a tenner.

But then, one Saturday night, the unthinkable happens. There’s a rift in the group. Someone doesn’t tell the truth. And soon after, six numbers come up which change everything forever.

Lexi and Jake have a ticket worth £18 million. And their friends are determined to claim a share of it.

Adele Parks returns with a riveting look at the dark side of wealth in this gripping take on friendship, money and betrayal, and good luck gone bad…

My Thoughts: OK so let’s start with the elephant in the room or as I like to call it the major black hole in the plot..6 friends form a lottery syndicate but each week they only buy 1ticket!! OK that is not how a syndicate works the idea is each member puts in the cost of 1 ticket but the group buys 6 tickets therefore increasing the chances of winning for the same investment. No-one and I mean literally no-one would want to be in a syndicate that only purchased 1 ticket a week it is ridiculous.

Rant out the way once you get past the black hole (and avoid catching it out of the corner of your eye) this is actually a compulsive read. It examines how money impacts friendships, relationships, marriages and family and poses the question if the same happened to you what would you do? Would you use the money for good or would you end up blowing it all?

There is a lot going on here behind the story of the win and only a couple of characters come out of this in a good light. There is a twist so obvious I can imagine it visible from space and then a twist so subtle it caught me by surprise.

One thing I can say I was never bored reading this book and I stayed up past bedtime to find out how it would all end.

Who would like this? If you can ignore the plot hole read this for a fast paced examination of the evils of money.

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