Anne Bogel's Reviews > Beginner's Luck

I'm giving this 5 stars for the sheer enjoyment, right-book(s!)-at-the-right-time factor.

I tore through the whole Chance of a Lifetime trilogy, about three friends whose lives are changed after they go in together to buy what turns out to be a lottery ticket, in a week—and had so much fun doing it.

This series opener centers Kit, a steady scientist who, because of her peripatetic childhood, wants to use her winnings to create a home for herself and develop roots in her community. So when Ben shows up in his role as recruiter her to entice her to leave it all behind and move to Texas ... well, it's a disaster of a meet cute. But as they keep talking, their connection grows.

I loved watching Ben and Kit work through their respective baggage over the course of the story. And this book had so many fun details: science labs! Local dives! Architectural salvage! I also appreciated the large cast of well-developed secondary characters; it really gives this book (and the whole trilogy) life.

(I gotta say, I prefer the updated ebook covers to the edition shown here on Goodreads.)