Chasing Lucky By Jenn Bennett

Budding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from city to city. When they return to her historical New England hometown years later to run the family bookstore, Josie knows it’s not forever. Her dreams are on the opposite coast, and she has a plan to get there.

What she doesn’t plan for is a run-in with the town bad boy, Lucky Karras. Outsider, rebel…and her former childhood best friend. Lucky makes it clear he wants nothing to do with the newly returned Josie. But everything changes after a disastrous pool party, and a poorly executed act of revenge lands Josie in some big-time trouble—with Lucky unexpectedly taking the blame.

Determined to understand why Lucky was so quick to cover for her, Josie discovers that both of them have changed, and that the good boy she once knew now has a dark sense of humor and a smile that makes her heart race. And maybe, just maybe, he’s not quite the brooding bad boy everyone thinks he is… 

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My Review: 5/5 Stars 

I love Jenn Bennett's books. Always have since I read Alex, Approximately. She has written some of my top favorite contemporary YA romance books and Chasing Lucky is just another great one to add to my favorites. Josie returns home 5 years after her mom ran them out of town in the middle of the night. And what Josie has learned in those 5 years is to keep her head down and don't make attachments. And oh course, remember that the Saint-Martin women are cursed when it comes to love. So never fall in love. But coming back home, means coming back to the boy. Her best friend when she was a kid. The best friend she had to leave behind without saying goodbye. A lot has changed since she last saw Lucky. Her former best friend has a the bad boy rep and it doesn't take too long for Josie to realize that perhaps Lucky isn't the only one who has put up shields. After an incident that Lucky takes the blame for, Josie wants to do what she can to set things right. And she finds herself back with her best friend and perhaps even more. But in a town where gossip is truly the enemy and secrets of her mother's past comes back to haunt them, can she figure out the truth and break her curse? Or will she just be another Saint-Martin to have her heart broken? I loved this story. Josie and Lucky are great characters and their love story had me swooning. There were so many elements and threads in this story, and I couldn't put it down. I wanted to know the truth with Josie's mom's past. I wanted Josie to fall in love with her best friend. I wanted her to break the curse. Such a great book! Loved every moment of it.