Blood Sisters by Jane Corry is an absorbing read about a moment in time that permanently alters the lives of one family. It’s a dual time novel alternately narrated by two sisters, Alison and Kitty, told in the present day and 16 years earlier.
Alison is an art teacher who lives with the desire to right the wrongs of that fateful day, she doesn’t enjoy life and lives in modest circumstances almost living with a martyr complex. Kitty is mentally and physically disabled living in a care home with only weekly contact from her mother. Kitty is unable to talk although she makes perfect sense in her own head so her narration is told from her thoughts.
The story was slow to get going but it eventually hooked me and I really wanted to find out exactly what happened on that fateful day. This is a book with lots of layers, twists and turns with the tension building constantly. The Alison and Kitty’s worlds felt so real that even though I’d only been reading for a few minutes I felt like I been ‘gone’ for hours.
I definitely recommend this if you enjoy books about family relationships and family secrets. This was my first book by Jane Corry and certainly won’t be my last.
Thanks so much to nudge-book.com for my paperback copy which really did enhance my reading experience.
Blood Sisters is published by Penguin on 29th June 2017.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I added it to my wishlist recently, so it might get looked at sooner after reading this.
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It’s a goodie 🙂
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I recently won a copy of this in a Goodreads giveaway and now I’ve read your lovely review I’m even more keen to read it. I love books with lots of twists.
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Thanks very much for such a lovely comment! I found this quite hard to review and wasn’t entirely happy about it but you’ve really encouraged me 😊
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That’s lovely to know, thank you. I genuinely did enjoy your review and it has made me want to read the book very soon. 🙂
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😊
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This is a great review, I’m really excited to start reading it now! I love lots of layers and twists and don’t see it coming ends 🙂
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Thanks so much Inge it’s a goodie! 🙂
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That sounds like a really good read!
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It is and another one for you to borrow at the end of the month! 🙂
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I need to get this one! Great review!
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Thanks very much! ☺
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Family secrets is always a great hook but it drives me crazy when the reveal happens to the bitter end. It doesn’t sound like it was the case here, so I might just check this one out.
Great review!
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Thanks very much hope you enjoy it as much as I did ☺
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Keeping my eye out for this next month 🙂 It sounds like the author achieved some superb world building with many layers. And I admit, I cannot help be enjoy “family secret” stories 😛 Awesome review!
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Thanks so much Danielle it was very well done ☺
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