Week 4 Review: Chasing Lucky

From Goodreads:
In this coming-of-age romance perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen, scandal and romance collide when an ambitious teen returns to her hometown only to have her plans interrupted after falling for the town's "bad boy"—a.k.a. her childhood best friend.

Sometimes to find the good, you have to embrace the bad.

Budding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from city to city. When they return to her historical New England hometown years later to run the family bookstore, Josie knows it's not forever. Her dreams are on the opposite coast, and she has a plan to get there.

What she doesn't plan for is a run-in with the town bad boy, Lucky Karras. Outsider, rebel…and her former childhood best friend. Lucky makes it clear he wants nothing to do with the newly returned Josie. But everything changes after a disastrous pool party, and a poorly executed act of revenge lands Josie in some big-time trouble—with Lucky unexpectedly taking the blame.

Determined to understand why Lucky was so quick to cover for her, Josie discovers that both of them have changed, and that the good boy she once knew now has a dark sense of humor and a smile that makes her heart race. And maybe, just maybe, he's not quite the brooding bad boy everyone thinks he is… 

My Review:
Oh, I really enjoyed reading this book! I don't tend to want to read contemporary YA, but I trust Jenn Bennett's writing, and it was really well done. I really enjoyed Josie and Lucky's story! It was a really fantastic read, and I just devoured this book!

This was a story about a girl from a family with a love curse on them, or so they think. And it was a boy and a girl who were friends, but after the girl moved away, they cut contact, but now that the girl is back, well, they aren't the same people anymore. 

I loved the back and forth of the money, of Josie trying to pay back Lucky for him taking the fall of something that she did. It was just so adorable, and lead to them spending more and more time together, which was just so sweet. 

Josie had some learning and growing to do, from her knowledge of her family, and why her and her mom left in the first place, to her opening up, taking down the barrier. And it was really great to watch her go on this journey, and seeing the differences from the start of the book to the end of the book was fantastic. 

I had a great time reading this book, and I really need to read more of Jenn Bennett's books! 

Author: Jenn Bennett
Read: January 25th, 2021
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2021 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: November 10th 2020

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars