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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The moral of this story, if there is one, surely must, be “Don’t play the lottery; if you win it will destroy your life.” This is an interesting domestic drama about the trials and tribulations of winning the lottery. Three couples have been friends since meeting in a class fifteen years before when the wives were pregnant with their firstborn children. They start a tradition of having dinner together every Saturday night and playing the lottery as a group. Something happens within the group and when Lexi and Jake win the lottery, they claim the other couples had pulled out of the group a couple of weeks prior. As the new winners struggle with everything that such a windfall means to their family and to everything around them, lies and secrets come to light. Registering is free, easy, and means you can join the discussion, watch threads and lots more. Register now » A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.

Most people would think a huge lottery win would be a dream come true; but be careful what you wish for! the story shows what strong emotions greed and envy are, and can make people do the most unthinkable things. Parks was born in Teesside. She decided she wanted to be a writer at the age of 7 and studied English at the University of Leicester. Before becoming a novelist, Parks worked in advertising and management consultancy. [1] Her debut novel, Playing Away, was released in 2000. [2] ADELE PARKS does a wonderful job with the characters here in showing us how winning a big lottery can affect some people in how they behave, choices that they make and the lengths they will go to secure that win. I definitely got a little annoyed with one of the characters in how they uncontrollably spent the money and didn’t take anything else into consideration. Lexie was by far the more sensible and stable character here. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community.The tone is a bit all over the place, as the first 60-70% reads like a semi-light gossip drama with poignant scenes sprinkled in. After that, suspense emerges as things take a sinister turn and secrets come to light. I was pleasantly surprised by this direction, and appreciated the twists. I figured some of them out on my own, and others startled me. Most of the characters aren’t very likable with the possible exception of Lexi, but...

From when the lottery was won, it felt like a rollercoaster of events spiralling out of control, without giving any spoilers away, Jake's sprees left me breathless and agitated !! Krevroy and Riach are behind a number of successful Netflix shows including The Princess Switch (and this year’s sequel, Switched Again) starring Vanessa Hudgens and Sam Palladio. They are currently producing A Castle For Christmas, starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes, for the streaming giant. In 2020, Parks entered a deal with MPCA and Engage Productions for cinematic adaptations of her books. [6] Not only do we meet different characters in this book, but we also meet different personalities, with different motivations, dreams and life goals. When Lexi and Jake realised they have won the lottery, they both behave in a very different way.

Jake, on the other side, wants to enjoy the money they won, and spend it on a new house, new car, be part of the upper class and hire driver services for his children, when they move to a private school.

I just love Adele Parks from the first book of hers I read years ago I am yet to find one I don't love. A cautionary tale of a lottery win, greed,jealousy and envy coupled with all the elements of a ‘Summer Poolside’ kind of read ( or in 2020 a garden or settee read! )Adele Parks MBE is an English women's fiction author. She has written 21 novels in her 21-year career as an author and is one of the bestselling authors of women's fiction in the United Kingdom. During her career Adele has lived in Italy, Botswana and London. Now she lives happily in Surrey, UK with her husband, son and cat. The problem for me was that some of the dialogue just went on and on and on and on and ... well you get the point. It was long, drawn out, and unfortunately pretty boring. I felt as though so much of it could have been cut out of the book... 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.

For 15 years, Lexi and Jake have played the same six numbers with their friends, the Pearsons and the Heathcotes. Over dinner parties, they’ve discussed the important stuff – kids, marriages, jobs and houses – and they’ve laughed off their disappointment when they failed to win anything more than a tenner. Jake and Lexi are the most unlikely pairing conceivable and their opinions on everything differ making it difficult to swallow their twenty-five year history with Lexi a holier-than-thou do-gooder and impetuous Jake undermining everything she says. It is difficult to suspend disbelief and think that some of these issues they are faced with wouldn’t have cropped up before. The majority of the novel is narrated in the first-person by either Lexi or Emily, neither of whom I entirely connected with. Lexi is weak-willed and does very little to arrest the tide of Jake’s largesse and is more of a bystander to events than an active participant. Meanwhile Emily’s affected teen speak is so obviously penned by an older person that I found myself cringing. I loved the complexity, all the secrets and how unlikeable and nasty these characters were made for quite the fun and entertaining read. Would recommend it! Bestselling Guildford author Adele Parks has signed an exclusive film deal with the producers of a series of hit Netflix franchises.Lexi and Jake carry on and BINGO ( and here as readers we need that pinch of salt ) the next week....they win! Obviously you researched your story and spoke to some winners but did the seed grow from you wondering how you and your family would react to a win ? Did the way the characters developed scare you a little? I suppose none of us know how we would react to such a huge amount of money unless it happened to us, however if the personality already has a sort of deviousness or selfishness at it's core, then money would definitely increase those properties which may have ordinarily gone unnoticed or indeed unpunished as with Jake.