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The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

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larix10dua's review

2.0

Ikke oversat mega godt... svært at sige om skrivestilen havde været mere min smag hvis den havde været på engelsk.
Sluttede også lidt underligt. Der er lagt op til toeren, måske læser jeg den, men så bliver det i hvert fald på engelsk.

onegalonelife27's review

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

We enter the story in Clementine’s point of view on the night of her sixteenth birthday, where she’s getting ready to meet a man. However, once they meet, it doesn't take long for things to escalate and for Clementine to end up with blood on her hands. The rest of the story is told in Aster’s, her older sister’s point of view.

With Aster’s chapters following we learn of the world of Arketta, which an empire took over and any rebels became Dustbloods, people cursed to not cast shadows and their descendants born without shadows. There’s also fairbloods, people who do have shadows, the privileged class of the world. Many of the dustbloods give their daughters to the welcome houses, where the girls work as sex workers after they turn sixteen and are tattoos, flower looking tattoos that will hurt them should they rebel against orders or go covered for too long. We don’t get to see much of this life because Clementine and Aster along with friends Mallow and Tansy, and finally local prima donna Violet run away. Because Violet claims she knows where a woman known as the Ghost Lady, rumored to be able to remove the favors. So thus begins a life on the run for these young girls.

This is a good example of a found family, with each girl getting a chance to shine, and the group overall bonding over their travels in hopes of freedom. We certainly feel sympathetic towards Clementine’s predicament, her sister and two friends for helping her cover up the murder. Violet acts more snobby, due to being born from fairblood thus having a shadow, yet with her own point of view we do become more fond of her, like Aster does. Also I’ve got a soft spot for ladies doing crime, call me crazy. Support women’s rights and wrongs.

I also love the idea of a fantasy world being more centered around 19th century culture, especially one that has a Wild West. Especially in this world where ghosts are real and can be violent against the living, ghost town has a whole new meaning.

I really enjoyed the story, with great reveals and action, but also some great heart. I’m hoping I can read the sequel soon.

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passionatereader78's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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r2d2dyingnoise's review against another edition

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4.0

Cool cowboy story with questionable worldbuilding

saevangelista's review against another edition

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5.0

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

Let me just start by saying that I did not expect to enjoy this book as much as I did and this is because I have an iffy relation with fantasy. I received an arc of this book at Bookcon and I put it off for a while when I saw that it was marked as fantasy. I finally decided to give it a chance because of all of the time I now have on my hands for reading. However, the fantasy in this book wasn't the main focus of the novel which I appreciated. It wasn't completely absent, but it wasn't overbearing and I enjoyed the fantasy elements which surprised me a lot. I also was pleasantly surprised to see that this book wasn't romance-driven and instead focused mainly on platonic and sisterly love which I appreciated as I am not that big of a romance fan. I think that this was a fantastic debut novel and I can't wait for the sequel and am very curious about what will happen. The story was very enticing and I could not put this book down and I would recommend this book without hesitation.

theandoriryn's review

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The setup of underage girls being

tattooed/marked and used in sex work

against their will was too much for me right now. Might return to it later.

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readmoreyall's review

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4.0

Excellent debut. This will be a welcome addition to my adventure YA shelf! I like the depth of the main character and the interesting magic system.

space_bandit's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

littlepepperguy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I liked it. Didn't love, love, love it but it was entertaining. I do wish that a lot of YA books would age up some characters to be new adults and not like 15/16. They feel more like 20-23 y/o's but for some reason every YA book they have to be children with adult brains.

tinynavajo's review

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3.0

An interesting world that has its roots based on slavery and the time of the wild west and iron magnates. A place where a group of girls escape their cage and set off to makes themselves free in a world where it's hard to be free. I really enjoyed Aster and the process she goes through to not only get her sister out of this life, but those that come along, with or without her approval.

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