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It Should Have Been You by Andrea Mara
4.0

Bit of a slow start for me. Everyone (and there are a lot of characters) is full of secrets, and there are constant hints, with reveals dragging a little to come out. The weaving together of all the characters was strong and convincingly done, but there were some people I just didn't care about. All that teenage drama for example ? Not sure it gave anything to the story. The main character kind of fell flat to me too, she didn't feel as interesting as her sisters, and even though she's the catalyst for the events unfolding, I didn't bond with her as such. The concept here was fun though, the snowballing mess of one split second mistake, with a palpable feeling of panic throughout. The writing was good too, with no loose ends, and the story wrapped up effectively. Not my favourite from the author, but 3.5 rounded up to 4.