A review by tessa_talks_books
Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie

medium-paced

4.5

Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie is heartbreaking, heartwarming, full of family themes of the most tragic kind, and a twisty, turny, suspense-filled thriller. And I loved every minute of it.

The family themes touched my heart the most. Syd Walker has allowed herself to become estranged from her family, partly due to her job with the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs), which has her headquartered in Rhode Island, and partly due to the guilt she carries. The story of the origins of Syd's guilt just broke my heart.

I'm very familiar with the missing Native American girls' statistics and that their cases never get investigated. It is disheartening, and I thought the information on this reality was handled very well in the story. It does a straightforward job of explaining the issues without an information dump or an overabundance of grittiness that both tend to slow down the pace.

I loved all of the shocking twists and turns the story takes. They kept me on my metaphorical toes while I couldn't wait to see how the story would end. I can't wait to see more stories from Lillie in the future.