Synopsis: Three little girls. One accident. A lifetime of lies. From the bestselling author of My Husband’s Wife.
Three little girls set off to school one sunny morning. Within an hour, one of them is dead.
Fifteen years later, Kitty can’t speak and has no memory of the accident that’s to blame. She lives in an institution, unlikely ever to leave. But that doesn’t keep her from being frightened when she encounters an eerily familiar face.
Art teacher Alison looks fine on the surface. But the surface is a lie. She’s struggling to make ends meet and to forget the past. When a teaching job at a prison opens up, she takes it, despite her fears. Maybe this is her chance to set things right. Then she starts to receive alarming notes; next, her classroom erupts in violence.
Meanwhile, someone is watching both Kitty and Alison. Someone who never forgot what happened that day. Someone who wants revenge. And only another life will do. . .
Review: I didn’t know the author, but I must admit that this synopsis was quite intriguing. And since I’m always looking for good thrillers, I was curious to get into “Blood Sisters”.
From the beginning of the novel, we follow two characters alternately: Kitty and Alison. We don’t really see the connection between these two women at first. Alison is a young woman, an artist who will find herself working in a prison. Kitty lives in a specialized institute for people with mental problems. She can’t talk out loud and she’s not the girl she used to be, but she talks in her head and tries to make herself understood by others in other ways. But here they are, their lives are linked, much more than we think, and they both hide secrets that no one knows except for them. But Kitty can’t talk anyway.
I found this novel interesting and very well done. When you think you know the truth about what is happening or what has happened, you realize that you had it all wrong. Lies are so easy to tell, and the truth can be fixed, yet it always comes out, even if it is sometimes too late.
Alison is a complex character who is not easy to identify, but she is also touching and I really enjoyed discovering her story.
blodeuedd
I wonder what happened to her
Melliane
right?
Lindy@ A Bookish Escape
This sounds like such an intriguing story, where you are trying to figure out how the two characters are connected. I agree, the truth has a way of always coming out. Great Review Meliane!
Melliane
yes, we know the thruth in the first part we have to wait for it a bit
kindlemom1
Ooo interesting for sure! So glad you loved this. I think I want to read it now as well!
Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer
I love that you think you know but you don’t!
Sophia Rose
Oh yes! That does sound like a good one. I’m so curious to know the truth behind it all. Enjoyed your review, Melliane!
Melliane
It was well done
Greg
Ooh I love a good thriller. I think I need this one. 🙂
Mary Kirkland
That does sound interesting. Now I’m intrigued.
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
This sounds like a great read, but it might be hard for me! I am always so nervous about books where little children get hurt 🙁
Melliane
ah yes… they’re adult but it’s all about what happenned before
Carole Rae
The characters seem so complex. My type of characters for sure!!
Tracy Terry
Oh my goodness, how stark is that cover. That title and those two coats hanging like that conjure up all kinds of thoughts. I’m glad that despite your not identifying with all of the characters that you enjoyed this enough.
Melliane
thanks!