Just My Luck: The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller from the author of gripping domestic thrillers and bestsellers like Lies Lies Lies

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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. When Lexi and Jake win the lottery, 17 million, they and their children Logan and Emily are planning how to spend their windfall.

Lexi and Jake live in an ordinary house with their two children. They struggle to make ends meet. They struggle to give their children the best they can. They have a group of friends others would be enviable of. They have been through births, deaths, happy and significant times in each other’s lives. They even still get together once a week after all these years of friendship. They also play the weekly lottery together as a group and imagine what it would be like if they actually won. What they would buy? Where they would go and what they would give to charity?Their win will split their friendship, when they expect a share of the winnings, when it appears they are not getting g a single penny,they are not giving in lightly even if it means hiring lawyers.

I did have an small inkling about the Greenwoods but as Lexi was a holier-than-thou philanthropist I dismissed it. Presumably the enormous gift to Toma was to salve her conscience as I couldn't really understand why she would endow him with so much money.Although the book featured several compelling twists and turns, author Adele Parks used waaaay too many words to tell her story. I can't say that any of the characters had redeeming qualities. It was literally one of those cases where I was sitting there thinking, "Hmmm, I need somebody to root for here, so who do I hate the least?"

WARNING: None of the characters are likable, although I did admire Lexi's desire to continue working and donate a portion of the lottery winnings to charity. I also felt that Lexi had many good lines -- even when she was at her lowest point. How We Met: Adele Parks & Jane Fallon". The Independent. 10 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021 . Retrieved 23 November 2021. We follow the story mostly focused on Lexi’s point of view, however, we also get a glimpse of other people’s stories as well, which I think for me was refreshing and kept the pace moving in a nice manner. I felt that the character of Jake was very unlikeable and this made me wonder why Lexi hadn’t spotted all his awful traits before the lottery win. ( a bit unbelievable.) I also thought Emily’s chapters weren’t really written in fifteen year old’s language. (Very adult concepts in places.)

This read captured me from the beginning as I was caught up in the excitement with our winning couple. But as the former friends spoke up wanting their share my anxiety was off the charts. Why you ask?💁🏻‍♀️. I’m not sure what it was about this scenario that left me completely unsettled.