Review: With a Little Luck

With a Little Luck by Marissa Meyer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Jude has done a good job of surviving high school without any major issues.  He has great friends, a job, and a relaxing hobby.  He isn’t unhappy with his life, but when he finds a twenty-sided dice that appears to be giving him great luck … his life begins to change.  He wins tickets to a concert and decides to ask out his long-time crush; she accepts!  One of his drawings is accepted in a fanzine and he helps a friend become a finalist in a competition.  Everything is wonderful until he loses the dice. His luck quickly vanishes and he is now faced with a life in upheaval.  Can Jude make his own luck?

With a Little Luck is the second book in the Fortuna Beach duology.  Although this is technically a sequel, readers do not need to have read the first book to enjoy it.  There are spoilers for the first book in this one, though, so don’t read it first if you plan to go back to the original.  Meyer has created a cast of characters I loved to spend time with and I hope she creates other “companion” novels with them.  A fun escape for all underdog romance fans.

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