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LUCKY NIGHT by Eliza Kennedy 

Two sometimes lovers Jenny and Nick are meeting at a new, exclusive hotel in Manhattan in snowy February to have a night of passion. However, soon into their evening, the smoke alarm goes off. Unbeknownst to me and what I know as fire safety, they are told to stay in their hotel room. As the situation becomes more dire, they have to stay in the hotel room because smoke has infiltrated the rest of the hotel.  

➕ A real dissection of a relationship between two people

➕ I liked the ending. Not going to say more on that.

➕ I thought this would make a great adaptation to a play.

➖ A bit claustrophobic in the setting and time (a few hours in a hotel room)

➖ The reader doesn’t find out much about their respective spouses. (I could also see many readers rejecting this novel due to its subject matter.)

I thought this was a really interesting and unique novel. I found it an utterly compelling read, and I wanted to find out what was going to happen to these two characters. I was trying to figure out logistical answers to their most immediate dilemma, which I thought I landed on but now need to go on a Google trail to see if it could successfully have solved that problem. I am so glad I read this one!  

Thank you to NetGalley and Crown for an Advance Reader Copy in exchange for an unbiased review. 

It publishes March 25, 2025.