I kind of felt like there were two stories going on here in some ways. Genna was a lottery winner who won big money. The same day she won, she found her partner in bed with someone else. I expected drama because Ruth wanted her share. Apparently she wanted out badly enough that after one half-hearted effort, she gave up on Genna and the money. I was surprised.

I also wanted a little more of the fallout from Genna's grandmother telling the absentee dad that Genna had won money and his effort to get his hands on some. Since the grandmother had signed the paper not to disclose the money she had been gifted to ANYONE, I wanted desperately for Genna to do everything she could to follow up on the threat that anyone doing so would be sued. I at least wanted more of G-Ma's reaction to what Genna did feel comfortable doing. Instead, the narrative switched gears completely to the point that you could almost forget what led them to the cruise that was the catalyst for Genna and Abi to reveal their feelings to each other.

I adored Abi, Genna, and especially Rosie. I appreciated the way they related to each other. They were already a family before Abi and Genna got together romantically. I personally thought her jitters after seeing how people reacted to seeing PDA between them and the cracks about Rosie were more than understandable since she was just learning about that particular prejudice from a personal standpoint. She was just coming out, so I don't hold her panicking against her.

I'm actually wavering between a 4 and 5 star rating. I want to go with a 5 simply because of the characterizations. But I have to go with the 4 because of my problems with the narrative as mentioned above.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. ( )

I was given this ARC by the publisher in exchange for an Honest Review.

That was Awesome.

I've read a lot of lesbian romances, probably way too many actually, but I don't think that I've read one exactly like this ever.

The very main character was Genna (and I loved her given name too, and laughed every time I saw it, yes, I know according to the book I shouldn't have, but I couldn't help it). She's a ginger with a family that is quite the unique experience. She's a woman who goes to work every day and has been in a relationship with Ruth for three years. Then, in one singular day she gets hit with both meanings of the words in the title. The sarcastic, 'Just My Luck', and the more positive and happy, 'Just My Luck'. And these two things totally change her life forever.

Abi is one of her friends that she's known for years. Abi is older than Genna and I thought that her journey in the book was the biggest and best from beginning to end. She's the other main character in the romance, and I liked that I was surprised by her twists and turns.

And then there's Rosie. She was Abi's daughter and Genna was also very close to her (don't want to spoil too much, because part of what I liked about the book was the pacing of what was revealed when). She had Down's Syndrome and in the book they call her high functioning with it. Her character is written so well that she brings a light and humor to parts of the novel that could have easily gotten mired in the dark.

If you can't tell, Rosie was my favorite character in the book. All the characters were awesome, but she rose to the top of the pile by about halfway through. Although, I would have also loved to see more of Michael, Genna's brother, and Genna's mother as well. We only got what felt like a tease of them.

All around I really, really liked the book. It pulled me in and kept me so interested that I read the book in one day too! ( )