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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
This could be a Hallmark movie. A little love, a little heartbreak, some family drama, and back to love again. I liked the writing style and didn’t find this one “cheesy” like many other romance novels. Good beach read!
3.5 stars rounded up. I loved the sister relationship between Daisy & Sage. I thought their story was nice. Joanne & Cassidy we’re pretty awful & unrealistic humans. This would have been 4 stars if not for the last 40 pages. A big misstep that was pretty easily forgiven.
It was, okay. I liked it but I really wasn't as into it as I wanted to be.
I wanted to like this more but I couldn’t get over the third act mess up. Sage deserved better than what was written.
Cute little Susan Mallory. Proud of the plot and the character development. Great beach summer read
I received an ARC of "The Stepsisters."
Daisy, her former step-sister Sage, and their half-sister Cassidy reconnect in less-than-ideal circumstances. Old wounds are reopened, but also healed as they come to understand their shared past and look to the future. But it doesn't happen without some set backs...
Susan Mallery excels at writing about complex relationships between women (particularly sisters). She gets that women can hurt each other worse than men can. Romance is always secondary, because her female characters pretty much need to work on themselves before a romantic relationship can succeed. That's the kind of stuff that keeps me returning to Mallery's books.
With "The Stepsisters," though, I found it a little too similar to "Three Sisters" and a few of her other books. That didn't mean I didn't want to keep reading, it just meant I wasn't quite as invested in the characters.
Daisy, her former step-sister Sage, and their half-sister Cassidy reconnect in less-than-ideal circumstances. Old wounds are reopened, but also healed as they come to understand their shared past and look to the future. But it doesn't happen without some set backs...
Susan Mallery excels at writing about complex relationships between women (particularly sisters). She gets that women can hurt each other worse than men can. Romance is always secondary, because her female characters pretty much need to work on themselves before a romantic relationship can succeed. That's the kind of stuff that keeps me returning to Mallery's books.
With "The Stepsisters," though, I found it a little too similar to "Three Sisters" and a few of her other books. That didn't mean I didn't want to keep reading, it just meant I wasn't quite as invested in the characters.
Picked this up at a discount store. Knew it would be a quick read. I did not expect the plot, themes, and characters to be so relatable. It is amazing how what we "think" is truth can be completely incorrect if we would just communicate with one another instead of making assumptions.
I am surprised the direction in which the drama of The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery goes. It is unexpected, and the fact that it is quickly resolved after is even more surprising. I don't know many (or any!) people who could be as forgiving as some characters in the book were. Perhaps, though, that is the lesson of the book. Forgiveness is as important, if not more so, for the one giving it as the one receiving it.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2021/06/the-stepsisters.html
Reviewed for NetGalley and a publisher's blog tour free of cost in exchange for an honest review.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2021/06/the-stepsisters.html
Reviewed for NetGalley and a publisher's blog tour free of cost in exchange for an honest review.