Overall Take:
This is an interesting story of sisterhood, secrets, and love. I’m going to be buying at least one copy and think you should as well.
Star Rating:
5 stars
Genre:
Women’s fiction, mystery, light thriller
Synopsis:
Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have always been told their lucky. As young girls they all foster children placed in the care of Miss Fairchild on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance at a happy family.
But things aren’t always what they seem, and Miss Fairchild isn’t perfect. The three sisters escape one day, and thought they were free, but time has a way of catching up with you and now the sisters are catapulted back when a body is discovered. Are they witnesses? Or are they the prime suspects?
Thoughts:
Sally Hepworth is one of my favorite authors. So, I was excited to see what she came up with this time around, and I was blown away.
I was a little apprehensive about getting the story from past and present points of views for three characters, but this was done so well, that it worked for me. I loved exploring the relationship between Jessica, Norah and Alicia. While they weren’t sisters by blood, they were sisters by circumstance. Found family can be stronger than real family in my opinion and that was the case here. The intricacies of the relationship between the three was interesting and well flushed out, it seemed realistic.
The characters were all well developed, and since we got the past point of view, we learned what shaped them into them into people they are today. They all have different issues and took different paths, and their back stories supported and built up the case for their present. I liked the little tidbits of information that were sprinkled throughout that just clicked when you read it about why each of them did what they did. It was also really interesting to read about their foster mother, Miss Fairchild, she was quite an interesting character.
While I had figured out one of the big twists of this one relatively quickly, it didn’t deter from my enjoyment. I don’t think that this is necessarily an edge of your seat thriller, that’s why I’d classify it more of a women’s fiction with thriller undertones. It’s well done, and entertaining, and it holds your interesting, it just isn’t super thrilling, and I was okay with that.
I will continue to be a supporter of Sally Hepworth and can’t get enough of her books. I anxiously await the next one.
Thanks for my copy to:
Thank you so much to the publisher, St. Martin’s Press @StMartinsPress and Netgalley @netgalley for my e-arc copy in exchange for an honest review.
Publication Date:
April 23, 2024
Author:
Sally Hepworth
Page Length:
368 pages
Publisher:
St. Martin’s Press
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