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The Sister by Louise Jensen
4.0
Since Grace's childhood best friend, Charlie, has died, life has been a struggle for Grace. It's been affecting her relationship with her boyfriend, Dan, and with Charlie's Mum, Lexie. Unable to move on, Grace is determined to fulfill Charlie's wish to find the father who abandoned her and to find out what exactly Charlie was referring to when she said she had done something terrible and was sorry.
First of all, I was thoroughly impressed by the writing. Absolutely brilliant for a debut novel. It had a great sense of menace that was building up progressively. The story moves along at a steady pace as little bits of information are revealed in chapters of 'Then' and 'Now'. As these tended to end on mini-cliffhangers, I was easily persuaded by the lure of 'just one more'. But it was also slightly frustrating, as I would just get into the flow of what happened 'Then' and - Bam! - I was hurled forward to 'Now' again.
Grace managed to redeem herself by the end of the book, but up till then, there were lots of moments where I just wanted to shake her out of her naïveté and tell her to open her eyes and face reality. And who on earth would invite somebody they've only just met to move in?
I was pleasantly surprised by some of the revelations as I had been sure I had it all figured out. Definitely a very intriguing story line that was nicely executed. I look forward to reading more by this author.
Many thanks to Bookouture for my ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
First of all, I was thoroughly impressed by the writing. Absolutely brilliant for a debut novel. It had a great sense of menace that was building up progressively. The story moves along at a steady pace as little bits of information are revealed in chapters of 'Then' and 'Now'. As these tended to end on mini-cliffhangers, I was easily persuaded by the lure of 'just one more'. But it was also slightly frustrating, as I would just get into the flow of what happened 'Then' and - Bam! - I was hurled forward to 'Now' again.
Grace managed to redeem herself by the end of the book, but up till then, there were lots of moments where I just wanted to shake her out of her naïveté and tell her to open her eyes and face reality. And who on earth would invite somebody they've only just met to move in?
I was pleasantly surprised by some of the revelations as I had been sure I had it all figured out. Definitely a very intriguing story line that was nicely executed. I look forward to reading more by this author.
Many thanks to Bookouture for my ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.