Once again Sandie Jones has come up with an entertaining story. I truly enjoyed watching everything unfold and this ended up being a quick read for me. However, even I can admit the story is kinda missing the wow factor. The family dynamics was the strength of the novel rather than the mystery/thriller/suspense elements.
Sisters Kate and Lauren eat lunch together every Sunday along with their husbands, Lauren's kids, and their mom. Kate and Lauren's father died about a year ago. During one of these Sunday get togethers a woman named Jess shows up uninvited and claims she is Kate and Lauren's half sister. Uh oh, the you know what has hit the fan. Gotta stick around to see how this one is going to play out.
I loved the complicated relationships in this one. Parent-child dynamics can be fascinating as was the case here. I liked getting the backstory bit by bit so I got a better picture of why one sister maybe had a different relationship with a parent than the other sister. And I also enjoyed seeing how Kate and Lauren reacted to the bombshell dropped by Jess.
I've read the author's other two novels and in my opinion this book is more similar in style to The First Mistake rather than The Other Woman. This book is a solid fiction read but if you try to pigeonhole it into a specific genre like mystery or thriller, I think you will wind up being disappointed. If you are a frequent reader of those genres like I am there really isn't much here that moves the needle in terms of being shocking or surprising. However if you are just looking for something that you can sit back and relax with and forget everything going on in the real world for awhile, this is a good choice.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with an advance digital copy in exchange for an honest review!
Sisters Kate and Lauren eat lunch together every Sunday along with their husbands, Lauren's kids, and their mom. Kate and Lauren's father died about a year ago. During one of these Sunday get togethers a woman named Jess shows up uninvited and claims she is Kate and Lauren's half sister. Uh oh, the you know what has hit the fan. Gotta stick around to see how this one is going to play out.
I loved the complicated relationships in this one. Parent-child dynamics can be fascinating as was the case here. I liked getting the backstory bit by bit so I got a better picture of why one sister maybe had a different relationship with a parent than the other sister. And I also enjoyed seeing how Kate and Lauren reacted to the bombshell dropped by Jess.
I've read the author's other two novels and in my opinion this book is more similar in style to The First Mistake rather than The Other Woman. This book is a solid fiction read but if you try to pigeonhole it into a specific genre like mystery or thriller, I think you will wind up being disappointed. If you are a frequent reader of those genres like I am there really isn't much here that moves the needle in terms of being shocking or surprising. However if you are just looking for something that you can sit back and relax with and forget everything going on in the real world for awhile, this is a good choice.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with an advance digital copy in exchange for an honest review!