A review by readingwitherin
There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh

4.5


Everybody has secrets, but one person's secrets will get people killed.

We see the vast majority of this book through Luna who is a bit of an unreliable narrator because she is losing her sight. This book has a lot of characters though as the seven of them are all back together and some of them have significant others that are also mentioned. Then we have this mysterious Bea who is a large focus of it, but she is dead and they are all still dealing with her death as it was very sudden and they never really got to say goodbye in any way. Add on to this the creepy old mansion that has it's own secrets and hidden hallways, plus each of the characters in this book has a secret some we find out, some we never do a lot is going on.

Overall I did enjoy this thriller. It kept me on my toes and I was never sure what was going to happen next because of how many different people were involved. At times it even felt like the house became it's own character because of how many secrets it held. Luna surprisingly figured most of the mystery out and was able to piece it together even with all the lies and secrets that were going on around her. Her vision problems were well explained and helped to add to the atmosphere and the unreliability of what everyone was saying around her. Luna had to pay closer attention to all the little things that were happening to figure out what was going on between people and why certain things were not adding up. When the big reveal happened I was a little shocked and it was just wow when you consider how many people had to be involved to make that happen which also made it so heartbreaking.

I'm looking forward to reading more by this author in the future!

Includes:
- Creepy Mansions
- Reunions
- Mental Health