As Emily discovers her mom's list of items to accomplish, she realizes she has something or someone to live for. Emily sets out to explore the fun adventures left behind. Sad circumstances surround Emily, but she learns what it takes to be a survivor and a fighter.

A beautiful and poignant read. Very realistic and full of characters who I wanted to be friends with myself. LGBTQIA+ readers will love it! Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

Overall, this is a super quick read. I found it to be very average as far as plot, depth, and writing style. There just wasn't anything about this novel that was particularly striking, but it wasn't by any means bad either. I will definitely read more from Rachael Lippincott!

The Lucky List is brilliantly done. Grief, hope, and discovering who you really are all wrapped up into an emotionally charged read. Emily lost her mother and in turn, herself, but through one summer and one wonderful new friend, Emily finally discovers who she truly is on the inside. An excellent read for Junior High and High School students who are working their way through the challenges school, love, and friendships have to offer.

YA stories can be hit or miss for me sometimes at this stage in my life - depending on whether I relate more to the YA main character or the parents. In The Lucky List I connected equally with both Emily AND her mom and found the story enjoyable and heartwarming from each side. I loved the connection they had - before and as a product of the list - and how the initially straightforward seeming list took some deeper turns. This book managed to stay light and hopeful while also tackling some bigger discussions about grief, family and identity. Definitely one I would recommend, and one I look forward to sharing with my daughters when they get a bit older.

Lippincott has done it again! The Lucky List has all of the feels. The story is about a girl in the summer before her senior year of high school. Her mother died three years prior and she is still struggling with the grief and her identity without her mom... that is until a friend of her parents moves back to their small town with his daughter. While packing up her mother's closet to move to a cheaper home she finds a list of things her mom did the summer before her senior year. The story then becomes about daughter completing mother's "bucket" list. While completing the tasks she soon realizes that she has been suppressing who she really is over some idea of what her mother wanted for her. The story is honest, heartfelt, and a discovery worth reading.

A beautiful story full of heart and adorable romance! I'm a sucker for life after grief books, and this one definitely delivers. Highly recommended if you want to feel alllll the feels.

I finally got around to reading The Lucky List!

This story centers around our main character, who accidentally comes across a list her mom had made in high school about all the things she wanted to do that summer. Our MC decides to follow along in an effort to figure out some of her own issues and to keep her mom's memory alive. With the help of a new friend, the adventure begins!

Now, I thought this story was cute. However, I will say I think it was a little too predictable at times. I easily guessed the twist, though that didn't necessarily make the reading experience better or worse. I also thought things were way too clean and tidy. All of the characters seemed overly understanding and nice..They're in high school, I think they have the right to be a little more dramatic. Overall, 3.75 stars.

At Tome Student Literacy Society, we have a list of language and content criteria for the books we select for our annual book award list, the It List. Upon a language search in this book, we discovered that it did not meet our specific criteria for language. Due to this, we elected not to finish this book for review purposes for our organization. We would like to thank the publisher for the opportunity to review an e-book of this title.

I requested this book because I loved Five Feet Apart. This one was a nice quick read. YA isn’t my typical genre anymore but it was still a good story.

Exceptional coming of age novel about being true to yourself and being honest with others. The family drama and boyfriend history was well established so the reader really experiences the character arc as it develops. The slow burn romance is perfectly crafted and should resonate with YA readers.

I enjoyed this more than I expected. I really love the writing style and it was incredibly touching. The themes of the story, grief and sexuality are handled well. I think books about grief are often hard topics to write about since everyone grieves differently, but personally, I think this book was relatable in the way grief was written about.

Emily and her father are still grieving after her mother died three years ago and they have to move to a smaller, cheaper house in order to pay the bills. It's the summer before her senior year of high school, and her best friend Kiera is away at camp for a month, leaving Emily feeling lonely and isolated since the incident at their junior prom in the spring. When Emily's father's best friend Johnny moves back to Pennsylvania, along with his daughter Blake, Emily finds a new friend and begins to come out of her shell of grief and fear. Together, Emily and Blake work their way through Emily's mother's old summer bucket list, hoping that will help. Soon Emily finds that she has some big decisions to make as she finds out more about her family and herself.

I can honestly say that this book is very well written. The descriptive writing and the heartbreak the characters had to endure left me teary-eyed a few times. The storyline was easy to stay involved in and each character came to life from the page. The settings were also well described, leaving me longing for the warm sun and a fresh ocean breeze. I do have a disclaimer, however: I cannot recommend or condone some of the actions and lifestyles of the characters, or the profanity used.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. A positive review was not required, and all opinions expressed are entirely my own.

Very nice story. I have enjoyed this authors books. I would recommend this book and other books by this author especially to my high school students as I think they would identify with it.

Recommended for readers in 9-12 grades. This book will go over well at my school! Thanks for the ARC!

great book and had me on my seat. I enjoyed the characters and all that happened in the book. I enjoyed being in this world and seeing the growth of the characters. I enjoyed the drama of the story and I can't wait to read others books by this author.

The Lucky List is told by the point of view of Emily, a teenager, on the cusp of adulthood. She is still discovering who she is, and what she wants in life. She made the mistake of kissing another boy at Junior Prom, (that she went to with her boyfriend!) and now all her friends (except one) have taken his side, and do not speak to her anymore. When her one friend that is talking to her goes off to be a counselor at summer camp, that makes for a really lonely summer for Emily. Thank goodness for Blake, her father's friend's daughter, and new girl in town. They instantly click, and it makes the summer more livable for Emily. Emily is also working through the death of her mother, and some personal things that she can't quite put her finger on, but Blake is there for her to work through them, her one new and true friend for the summer.

This book is a nice, clean teen romance, with heavier topics of grief and loss. I definitely could see how it would attract the young adult reader, especially those who may be questioning their own existence, dealing with a loss of their own or just plain wondering where they are going to go in life, after high school. Those are all huge questions that are addressed throughout the book. They're addressed in an approachable way, for those within that age set. I really enjoyed the voice of the narrator (Emily) and I love that the story was only told from her point of view. That left us to wonder what the other characters were thinking, but that was definitely a good thing. I would recommend this young adult book to anyone who has experience a loss, especially of a parent, and to those who may be questioning their place in the world.

Thank you to the author, publisher and Net Galley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Sweet and heartfelt book that even though I'm far from 17, I still found endearing and lovely. It's also nice to read different types of coming of age and coming into who you are stories, because that's really important in terms of representation. And dealing with trauma and loss, and how we work through grief..Recommended!

I enjoyed this very much. After finding her mom's bucket list, Emily (with help) sets out to accomplish the items. This was a touching book about grief and moving forward -- with a little summer romance thrown in. Good for readers of realistic and romance fiction alike.

This was an unremarkable read. It was very average for plot and felt in tune with a lot of new YA novels that are targeting an LGBT-friendly demographic (which is needed, but this didn't do anything special). There wasn't anything awe-inspiring or outstanding about this novel. It was a predictably, easy read.