Book Review | Sisters Avenue – Louise Candlish

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Rating

3 stars – an alright read if you don’t want to use much brain power!

Description

Two sisters, two separate ways, one unbreakable friendship – Sisters Hannah and Juliet have been best friends for as long as they can remember, but after a year of tragedy and celebration, they suddenly face very different futures. Hannah, newly married to City solicitor Michael and pregnant with their first child, has her ambitions fixed on a dream house in South London’s affluent Nappy Valley. All, for her, is as good as it gets. Juliet is not so settled. Haunted by the death of the man she loved, she is soon neglecting both her boyfriend Guy and her promising career in brand consultancy. On increasingly wild nights out with friends Kate and Larry, she’ll stop at nothing to obliterate the memories of past betrayals. But as Hannah struggles to recognise the man she married and falls under the influence of single mother Siobhan, Juliet finally learns to take back the life she always wanted. Over and over, the sisters’ friendship is challenged – until Juliet finds herself faced with one secret too many.

Review

I got hold of this book via a swap at readitswapit.co.uk – not realising at the time that it was by the same author as Since I Don’t Have You which I reviewed earlier this year. I really enjoyed the previous book (rated it 4 stars) so I was looking forward to getting stuck into this one – but I have to say I was fairly disappointed.

The theme of the book was secrets – and whether you should keep them from those you love – and while that is a great theme for a novel – it could have been delivered better.

**Spoiler Alert**

The book felt like one of those painting by numbers affairs – you know the ones where you can figure out what’s going to happen next. It’s told in alternating chapters from the point of view of two sisters – one who lost her fiance in a stabbing, the other who catches her husband cheating, one who is pregnant, one who has a termination – oh and then there’s kind of a twist near the end – and then they all live happily ever after… kind of.

Don’t get me wrong – it wasn’t a terrible read – I just had higher expectations after Since I Don’t Have You – and it kept me occupied on a 4 hour train journey – but as soon as I got home it went back on my swap list!

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