BLOG TOUR (REVIEW): THE GOOD LUCK GIRLS by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Tor Teen (October 1, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1250299705
ISBN-13: 978-1250299703


Praise for THE GOOD LUCK GIRLS

“Don’t underestimate the girls in the Arkettan welcome houses because you might just lose your life. Davis’ The Good Luck Girls is a dust-filled, bloody fairytale set in a menacing world haunted with the reminder―the price of freedom is high, but it’s worth fighting for at all costs. Rise up, teen readers!” ―Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles

“This dystopian debut is deeply connected to today’s social issues, and readers will feel that impact.” ―Booklist

 

Westworld meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this stunning fantasy adventure from debut author Charlotte Nicole Davis.

Aster, the protector
Violet, the favorite
Tansy, the medic
Mallow, the fighter
Clementine, the catalyst

THE GOOD LUCK GIRLS

The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls–they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a “welcome house” as children and branded with cursed markings. Trapped in a life they would never have chosen.

When Clementine accidentally murders a man, the girls risk a dangerous escape and harrowing journey to find freedom, justice, and revenge in a country that wants them to have none of those things. Pursued by Arketta’s most vicious and powerful forces, both human and inhuman, their only hope lies in a bedtime story passed from one Good Luck Girl to another, a story that only the youngest or most desperate would ever believe.

It’s going to take more than luck for them all to survive.

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MY REVIEW

I received a copy of The Good Luck Girls for an honest review. What follows is my opinion and mine alone. There was no compensation for this review.

Okay, I should probably say that this book deals with two heavy subjects. The umbrella term for the subject is Human Exploitation. The Good Luck Girls are girls who “give good luck”. If you aren’t sure what that means, in the plainest terms these girls are forced sex workers. And then you have the forced miners which seemed very similar to slavery or indentured servitude without the ability to be completely free. Two different types and heavy handed subjects, but both under the umbrella of human exploitation. If this is something that bothers you, you shouldn’t read the book.

That said, this was the reason I loved the book. Charlotte Nicole Davis handles this heavy subject in a well said way without being too delicate or too preachy. You feel the anger coursing through these girls, you want them to survive and thrive and kick ass. You become one of them or, at the least, one of their supporters.

I actually love Westerns and the world crafted around this story of runaways is very similar to the wild west. Add in spirits and scary men able to torture you with their minds, and you have the base of a good series. It felt like the wild west and it felt very dangerous.

As for the writing style, I mentioned it a bit above. Charlotte Nicole Davis’ writing voice is exactly what I like in a storyteller. It was to the point in the way that the language is very similar to our own and easy to be pulled in. The characters are well written, diverse, and all have secrets but they protect each other under a common thread. Like I said before, it was easy to be pulled in and that makes it hard to put the book down.

All in all, this is a different sort of YA fantasy and I am 100% on board with it. I already have book two on my TBR list and I am impatiently waiting for it.

Final rating: 5/5

Photo Credit: Brett Pruitt

Charlotte Nicole Davis is the author of The Good Luck Girls, a young adult fantasy novel releasing in Fall 2019 with Tor Teen. A graduate of The New School’s Writing for Children MFA program, Charlotte loves comic book movies and books with maps in the front. She currently lives in Brooklyn with a cat with a crooked tail.

      

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