When one woman accidentally sends a private message meant for her sisters to the entire neighborhood group chat a series of tumbling blocks occur that cause secrets to be exposed and enough anguish that lives are lost.
This book was a wild ride that captivated me from the first page. All kinds of scenarios played out in my head as I read and I adored how the author was able to have multiple stories going on at once. It was easy to follow as she switched between the characters and I couldn’t put it down!!

“It Should Have Been You” is about Susan a second grade teacher who is on maternity leave that makes a gravely mistake. She is exhausted from getting up with the baby several times every night and she has just sent a text, meant only for her two sisters, to the wrong group on WhatsApp. This group message includes the entire neighborhood, even the person she is gossiping to her sisters about. Her mistake has life altering consequences for many families, but the most devastating is the death of four people. This is a fast-paced, engaging thriller that keeps you guessing from beginning to end. I trusted no one and was always on edge waiting for the next twist and turn to come along.

This book had an interesting premise, and parts of it were twisty and suspenseful. But there was SO much going on, that the plot and pacing really suffered, and it was a bit difficult to keep everyone and their issues/problems straight.

It started off very intriguing: Susan sends a snarky and rude text to her sisters. Only she realizes too late it did not go to her sisters, but instead to everyone in her very large neighborhood WhatsApp group. The fallout is swift, many people are affected, and Susan is mortified. But when people end up dead, Susan is afraid her text might have even more serious repercussions, and she may be in danger herself.

When the book kind of lost its way was when ALL of the different POVs/characters came into play, with all of their various plot-lines. So much was happening that the way everything "tied together" felt at times much too convenient, and at times even implausible. I had to suspend belief much of the time just to try to stay engaged in the story, only to be pulled out again when another POV came into play and I had to remind myself who this was and why they were mad and how that tied in to Susan's main storyline.

I do not think I would recommend this book. I could not connect to any of the characters, because there were so many of them. I do feel that if the whole teenager plot had been left out the story would have been tighter, more engaging, and much better--more time could have been spent focusing on integral characters.

I fell in love with Andrea Mara when I read "Someone in the Attic" and I was so excited about "It Should Have Been You". I was NOT disappointed!

I love Andrea Mara’s writing. This is my fourth book by her and I can’t get enough. Told by multiple POVs which keeps everything tense. Gossip and murders abound. Who is hiding what? Read It Should Have Been You to find out, Thanj you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for allowing me to read and review this book.

I very much enjoyed this book. The writing was great and the characters were well developed. I hope to read more from this author in the future.

Well, there goes my Monday. All I’ve accomplished is devouring It Should Have Been You. After the first few chapters I couldn’t put it down! What chaos, so many moving parts and so much drama. All from a text mistakenly sent to the wrong group. Like S, I would be double checking my texts before sending from now on!