Another review for Rachel’s Random Resources!

Synopsis

Did I Mention I Won the Lottery?

Rebecca Miles has won the lottery and is now living a millionaire lifestyle. The only problem is – she hasn’t told her husband. So at weekends she’s a dutiful wife in Darlington, working at the local deli and making shepherd’s pie for dinner, but during the week she’s living in her new mansion in Leeds spending her days shopping whilst her husband thinks she’s looking after her sick mother. Will she get the courage to tell him before he finds out for himself? And can several million pounds in your bank account save a failing marriage?

My review

What would you do if you won the lottery? For me, it would be impossible as I never participate 😀

But Rebecca is shocked when she realises that her numbers are the winning numbers and she won millions!

And so the story starts…

This is a nice story to read during a relaxing January day, when you have absolutely nothing else to do.

I felt instant sympathy for Rebecca and instant dislike for her husband Daniel.

Rebecca moved 5 years ago from Leeds to Darlington because Daniel’s job but never liked it there and missed her old home. The relationship between the two is not what a relationship should be and Rebecca is not enjoying her life, just surviving it, as figure of speech.

So when she wins the lottery, I was happy for her, as she finally has some joy in her life and has the chance to change her life.

And when she decides to keep this as a secret for a while, I can understand it, because knowing what Daniel’s like, he’ll just decide by himself what to do with the money.

At the beginning of living with her secret I was thinking that Rebecca was doing the right thing, spending a small part of the money how she wanted, not having to justify it to anybody. Just do what you want!

But the more she spent, the less I liked her…

Okay, you have every right to spend the money how you desire, but keeping this a secret as long as Rebecca did, just didn’t seem right…

So the more (sometimes even futilities) she bought, the more I disliked her.

And then the secret is out and more secrets come out from Daniel’s side. And Daniel is even more a a**hole than initially thought while poor Rebecca slumbs back in being the ‘yes-woman’ as before and not the independent woman she was becoming.

My feeling towards Rebecca started as feeling sorry for her, then I was happy for her. After a while there was dislike followed by feeling sorry for her again.

At the end she stands up for herself and I was honestly proud of her, as she wanted to do the right thing, even if it meant to go against her own husband.

In general this was a relaxing story, where you see the character grow. There aren’t any unneccessary chapters just to keep the story going. It’s well written and you want to know how the story will end.

Now I’m eager to read the second part, and can’t wait to see what will happen next!