The Good Luck Girls: Volume 1

Charlotte Nicole Davis

Oct 2019 · The Good Luck Girls Book 1 · Sold by Tor Teen

About this ebook

An Indie Next Pick
A Silver 2019 Nautilus Book Award Winner
A Kirkus Reviews 2019 Best of the Year Selection

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 kills 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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Ratings and reviews

The Good Luck Girls is a western-themed fantasy about five young women who escape the Welcome House to which they were sold. Their lives in the brothel are controlled by the the house mother, who is as cruel as the men who lay claim upon their bodies for their pleasure. The main character, Aster, is the brave natural leader of a group of five women, including her biological younger sister Clementine. She leads the girls out of the house and onto a weeks-long journey in search of an uncertain hope for freedom. Along their treacherous journey, they encounter both allies and enemies, and face near-death situations. The Good Luck Girls is for the reader who enjoys plot-driven stories. Although the characters were distinct and appropriately morally-grey, the author did not give them the depth I am used to seeing in novels that are more character-driven (obviously), with the exception of the main character. In short, the story was all about this single journey with obstacles inserted to keep up the pacing. It was a relatively simple plot with a magical world that added complexity. By the novel’s end, I was still unclear about the fantasy/magical elements of the world, but I don’t think this distracted from the overall story. However, the book did feel unnecessarily long with too few twists to account for it. Rather, the story seemed extended with (some) unnecessary complications. Still, I was satisfied by the resolution of each of the girls’ journeys.

A great read! Well-drawn characters, strong story and a fantastic message! Girls in charge of their destiny! Loved it!!!

About the author

CHARLOTTE NICOLE DAVIS is the critically acclaimed author of The Good Luck Girls and loves comic book movies and books with maps in the front. A graduate of The New School's Writing for Children MFA program, she currently lives in Brooklyn.