Billy (her dad wanted boys) Rendall knows that she needs to get her life together – a promotion to vice president of the PR agency she works for, the return of physical attention in her lacklustre marriage, and for her widowed mother to get off her case. Billy has already tried everything, and out of desperation starts therapy, primarily to work on issues two and three; when her therapist Blinda gives her a lucky ceramic frog, however, Billy’s life changes more suddenly than therapy usually facilitates. The next day she’s promoted, her husband is always in the mood, and Billy’s mother has magically got a life of her own. Only, now she has everything she wants, Billy discovers that getting what you wish for might not feel the way you imagined – being a VP sucks, sex wasn’t the only problem in her marriage, and her mother’s jetting around Europe.
A twist on the three wishes fantasy, The Night I Got Lucky is pretty good for what it is – a well executed light fluff that compares favourably to The Ten Best Days of My Life, which used a similar concept as a launching point. I’m particularly impressed because this was published by Red Dress Ink, who I’ve found disappointing in the past. The plot is a little meaty, the character’s appealingly flawed (primarily in her conviction that she’s already tried everything), and the ending isn’t perfectly wrapped up. - Alex
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