If you’re looking for a fast-paced, dramatic thriller to add to your bookcase Luckiest Girl Alive is the perfect book for you. A New York Times bestseller, Jessica Knoll’s Luckiest Girl Alive will keep you entranced in the drama and horror that happens at a private school on the elite Main Line in Pennsylvania.

Indulging into the first few pages of the novel, readers are given the idea immediately that Ani FaNelli has the perfect life. She has a perfect and handsome fiance (Luke), and the job of any girls dream working at a successful fashion magazine. She even lives in a beautiful apartment in none other than New York City.

But as the reader gets deeper and deeper into the novel they start to get the sense that Ani’s life was far from perfect, particularly her throughout her teenage years. TifAni FaNelli attended a catholic school her whole life before she was kicked and sent to the wealthy, private school of Bradley by her mother.

There, she becomes friends with people very different from those she had before been exposed to. She experiences many terrible events at the school that begin to shape who she becomes as a person, and who she hopes to be in the future. The drama that is tangled in throughout Ani’s life will ensure difficulty putting the book down.

Luckiest Girl Alive was the first novel written by Jessica Knoll. She was nominated for many awards including the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author and Goodreads Choice Best Debut Author for her outstanding first endeavour. In an interview she revealed that she used elements from her own life in the book, and this helped her portray a more realistic view to the events that take place throughout Ani’s life.

Luckiest Girl Alive appeals most to women, especially younger women. Not that men should be turned away from the novel, but many of the topics she discusses can be related to most by girls in high school or college. People who like a good mystery or thriller book would most likely love this book as well. Romance and comedy are also a main element of this story so those who enjoy these types of books would find this book amazing as well.

Recent bestsellers similar to Luckiest Girl Alive include The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl and We Were Liars. All of these books are the perfect read for the thrill-seeking reader. The Girl on the Train was just recently made into a major motion picture, and scored big in the box offices, with Emily Blunt playing the main character. They are all the perfect thing to satisfy your craving for mystery after reading Luckiest Girl Alive.

I would give this novel a rating of 8/10. The author managed to develop excellent characters that any teenager or young adult would be able to relate to. The amazing plot left readers eager to keep reading, and I would recommend this book to anyone looking for their next great read.