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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Gosh, I don’t even know where to start. Stacy Willingham is one of my absolute favorite authors. I NEVER figure out the plot twists she throws my way and I love that.
Only If You’re Lucky takes place in a tiny (fictional) town in South Carolina. Told in BEFORE and AFTER, our MC, Margot, has just finished her freshman year in college in the BEFORE. She’s feeling lost after losing her best friend, Eliza, the summer after senior year. This is when Lucy Sharpe takes Margot under her wing. She reminds Margot so much of Eliza with her magnetic personality that can change the dynamic of any room.
In the AFTER, Lucy is missing and wanted for murder…and Margot and her roommates aren’t talking.
This story is such an excellent description of female friendship - ALL of the dynamics - love, jealousy, hatred, and fierce protection of those you love.
I forced my eyes to stay open last night so I could finish this. I HAD to know how it ended.
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is my second book written by Stacy Willingham. As in the other, the story gets about 2/3 into the book and you’re sort of wondering… when will this pick up? Should I carry on reading? Thankfully right around that point, piece by piece, her style grabs you.. enrapts you… as like the layers of an onion, the final third of the book accelerates in pace and grabs pieced of the first two thirds making connections and opening up a “wow, I missed that” sort of feeling happen - almost in every chapter. I love her writing style.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Is a great murder mystery. I love Stacy Willingham. Lucy was full of surprises. Margot needed a life of her own, and boy, did she get one.
The first 80-90% is so boring and repetitive, and not a single character is remotely likable. It does pick up at the end as the pieces come together but somehow all of the characters become even more unlikable.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes