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November 4, 2019

REVIEW: Christmas at the Edge of the World by Kate Hewitt

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsChristmas / Contemporary / estranged family / family relationships / Scotland / sistersNo Comments

When Laurel West discovers her estranged sister Abby has checked herself into rehab and wants her to take care of her fourteen-year-old son, she doesn’t hesitate to step in. Abby was there for Laurel a long time ago, and she longs to be able to offer the same. However, as ... more >

September 15, 2016

REVIEW: First Comes Love by Emily Giffin

JennieB+ Reviewschick-lit / Contemporary / sisters / Womens-Fiction7 Comments

Dear Emily Giffin: Back in the day, I really loved your first two books, Something Borrowed and Something Blue, and also liked the next two, Baby Proof and Love the One You’re With. I’m not sure why I stopped reading your books after that, except that I felt like perhaps ... more >

February 26, 2015

REVIEW: The Third Twin by CJ Omololu

JiaC+ Reviewsadoption / California / Delacorte Press / first person present tense / sisters / thriller / twins / Young-Adult1 Comments

Dear Ms. Omololu, Let me know if this sounds familiar. We have a pair of twins. They switch places and occasionally assume each other’s identity. Eventually, they’re found out. Your novel, The Third Twin, takes this to an extreme I didn’t know existed. Lexi and Ava don’t assume each other’s ... more >

December 8, 2014

REVIEW: The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / dancing / fairytale / Historical / New York City / sisters / YA13 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms. Valentine, I first came across your YA historical novel, The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, when The Book Smugglers reviewed it. Hapax also raved about it in our Open Thread for Readers for September. Everything I heard about this novel, especially that it was a Jazz Age set ... more >

September 5, 2014

REVIEW: The Four Graces by D.E. Stevenson

JayneB Reviewscountry-living / England / Historical / sisters / SourceBooks / World War II6 Comments

No Matter What Life Throws at Them, the Grace Sisters Always Have Each Other The four Grace sisters—Liz, Sal, Tilly, and Addie—love their quiet life in the country village of Chevis Green. To some, their insular world might seem dull, but the sisters and their father, Mr. Grace, never seem ... more >

February 23, 2014

REVIEW: Perfect Lies by Kiersten White

JiaC- ReviewsAssassin / blind heroine / Harper-Teen / psychic / sisters / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: Perfect Lies by Kiersten White

Dear Ms. White, I still have yet to pick up your Paranormalcy trilogy, but I enjoyed Mind Games, a thriller about two sisters with special abilities who’d do anything for each other. That book ended with the sisters separated: psychic Annie free at last and violent Fia returning to the ... more >

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