This is a story about the pitfalls of social media, obviously written in very modern times. it uses names and fashion tips which will date the story in a very short time. I understand that the topic is relatively new and a possible focus for a novel but I found it dull and boring. I read on as fast as possible as it was a Netgalley download but it had been a book club novel I would have quit after the first 100 pages - our rule before giving up.
I found the behaviour off the heroine extremely irritating and failed to understand why she didn't change that when her lifestyle was threatened. I am sorry but I would not recommend this book.

A light hearted look at love, life and the effects of social media. ...
I enjoyed this book. Lisa, married, from a working class background in Liverpool meets and falls in love with Edward, Oxbridge educated, staid and happily married.
Things hot up when Lisa begins to use social media
It is funny in places, it's also a lesson to be learned that life is not lived on a screen....

I need to say this first - I usually love Paula Byrne's writing. Her book on Evelyn Waugh (Mad World) is great and she's a brilliant writer on Jane Austen. I also have done a course online on Futurelearn that she co-presented about literature and mental health. I like what she does and had high hopes for this as a witty, clever, modern comedy of manners, an Austen-esque take on the social pitfalls of the modern world, especially Twitter.

Maybe my hopes were too high, but I found the book an awkward mix of genres. The humour isn't really funny enough, the thriller-style elements seem out of place and the musings on fashion and literature diverted from the narrative. The 'heroine', Lisa Blaize, was also irritating, with her 'extra hot espressos', her writing hut and her tendency to put private things onto Twitter. At no point did it feel like how actual people live (even rich and privileged people), although maybe I'm not moving in the right circles without my designer gear and 'Loubs'!

I am truly gutted that this wasn't really to my taste. I'd be first to admit that Byrne is a skilful writer and she does raise some interesting ideas. There's also some good characters, but I do feel that Byrne's writing is much more suited to the non-fiction for which she is widely acclaimed. This isn't bad, hence the three stars, but it isn't for me.

Look to Your Wife is a sharp and comic novel about social media and social position. Lisa Blaize’s high-flying husband gets a job as the head at a minor public school and she has to leave her Liverpudlian home for the countryside. Both married previously, their lives are already complicated, but Lisa’s newfound love of Twitter adds a whole new level as she navigates the public and private whilst dealing with an anonymous stalker.

The novel tells the story of Lisa and her husband Edward from meeting as teachers married to other people, then the focus moves to when they transport their family to a boarding school where Edward becomes headteacher. It is written in a light style, intercut with tweets and messages to show Lisa’s interactions and how easily she becomes caught up in the world of social media. The large number of characters serve as potential mystery stalkers and weave together the people who might want to bring down Lisa and her husband. The ending lacked a bit of satisfaction, but this is a light, fun read that casts a witty look at the juxtaposition between modern social media and the archaisms of class structure and public schools.