Blood Sisters by Jane Corry
Blood Sisters by Jane Corry
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Fifteen years ago there were three young girls heading out on their way to school when tragedy strikes the trio. After that day one of the girls has been buried by her parents, one lives in a care home with permanent brain injury and one walked away with the emotional scars of being the survivor of the tragedy.
Alison who has gone on to become an artist has never forgiven herself for being the one that walked away from the incident while her younger sister, Kitty, lives in an institution. Alison punishes herself in her own way on a daily basis and Kitty is never far from her mind with each choice she makes in life. Alison has taken a job at a prison as an art teacher when she begins receiving threatening notes and if in fear that someone out there knows her secret she’s been hiding all these years.
Blood Sisters by Jane Corry is a psychological thriller that is told by alternating the point of view between the characters all throughout the read. Alison of course gets more focus in the book but Kitty is also given a voice despite her disabilities letting the reader in on her personality and thoughts even though she cannot speak outright. The character building was quite wonderful especially bringing in the thoughts of Kitty to give readers a glimpse into the past as the girls look back on that day while living very different lives in the present.
To me this one did get off to a slow start a bit as the story is being set up for the readers but once it got going it certainly made up for the slow start. I found myself quite interested in the story but would warn other readers that there are a couple of things within that need a trigger warning as the story involves not only rape but self harm as well so some may want to avoid those topics. The story of these girls is a pretty dark one with a ton of twists to keep one guessing right up until the very last page.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via Edelweiss.
Carries Book Reviews 
This one sounds interesting. I love that Kitty, who is now disabled, gets a point of view despite the fact that she can’t physically speak! That’s an awesome point of view. Great review!
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Thanks Alyssa! I loved that the author wrote it that way and gave her a voice and personality in the story. 🙂
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You definitely have me intrigued by this one Carrie. I also like the sounds of Kitty having her own POV. Awesome review. I’ll be keeping my eye out for this.😊
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Thanks Kim! This was a download for me on EW if you are really interested, think it’s a wish book on Netgalley though.
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Nuh Uh! I’m backing slowly away from my Kindle now…😁
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LOL! Sorry 🙂
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Great review Carrie. Sounds a bit dark for this time of year for me, but definitely something to look at in the New Year.
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Haha yes, it is a dark one but I do some lighter reads around these to cheer up the mood. 🙂
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Fantastic Review Carrie! I hope you and your family had a great holiday!💖🦃💛
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Thanks! Haha yes, time for a food coma soon. 🙂
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I had the opposite! No sleep with sick kids! Yucky!😱😱😱
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Aw, hope they get to feeling better soon!
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Thanks Carrie!😍
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