Wow wow wow, I have never read Janes books before but I will be buying her first one now after reading this one. Was unputdownable, fantastic

Having read the author's previous novel I could not wait to read this one and I wasn't disappointed! Excellent writing, tense plot that kept the pages turning. I would definitely recommend this!

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book as an arc.
I loved this book! Really excellent read. I loved Jane Corry's first book Her Husband's Wife and this one is just as good. The story of Alison and Kitty, whose lives are intertwined in ways we are not sure of at the beginning. Alison is now a successful art teacher who gets a job working as an art therapist in a prison, and Kitty is severely brain damaged and living in a care home. Of course nothing is as it seems and as we learn the back stories of both characters, we find a past full of jealousy, hate, lies and betrayal. It is a thriller but I would also describe it as a family saga type book, going back and forward in time, revealing more and more as we go along.
Jane Corry knows how to write a really good story and I look forward to reading more from her.

Brilliant. This book had me gripped the whole way through. A split second can change so many lives. This book starts in the present and bit by bit reveals the past. I was drawn in from the start. This book is so cleverly put together and beautifully written. Everybody has secrets and everybody sees events differently. The author weaves this into the plot and makes this book a compulsive read.

Unusual subject matter quite well done but a convoluted story line

This was a very readable book and I liked the characters.
BUT, I found it to be completely implausible, and that became more so as I progressed through the book.

Fantastic thriller, full of suspense by a favourite author. Thriller fans will love this book.

'Blood Sisters' is based on the fact that sibling rivalry can sometimes get completely out of hand. Sisters Kitty and Ali, find themselves, as adults, in situations that could never have been envisaged when they were young. The driving factor in the early part of the novel is Kitty's guilt and her inability to allow herself to be herself, to enjoy her life and to grow as a person. As the story develops we come to see the conflicts that constrain her and to understand her life, from her own point of view and from her sister's.

The tone of the novel is somewhat adolescent at times and this comes as no surprise as Ali's emotional development seems to have come to a halt at the key point in her life. There are a couple of 'oh come on!' moments, the introduction of Kitty's speaking machine being a good example, but if you are prepared to go with this device in the story, things really hot up as Kitty finds her voice.

There are some nice about face moments as well, as Ali moves from one side of the prison bars to the other and as Kitty moves from dependant adult to parent. For me these added significantly to the story, as does the emergence of Vanessa as a malevolent figure. The constant twists and turns as more and more information is allowed to be revealed makes for a really tense, turn pager of a book, which will keep you up reading 'just one more chapter'. Recommended.

A fantastic and engrossing read with rich writing.
Intriguing and mysterious. A wonderful story to get lost in.

Three little girls set off to school one sunny May morning. Within an hour, one of them is dead.
Fifteen years later, Alison and Kitty are living separate lives. Kitty lives in a care home. She can't speak, and she has no memory of the accident that put her here, or her life before it. Art teacher Alison looks fine on the surface. But the surface is a lie. When a job in a prison comes up she decides to take it - this is her chance to finally make things right.
But someone is watching Kitty and Alison. Someone who wants revenge for what happened that day. And only another life will do...

Two sisters and how their lives change. I love how this book starts in one direction then strays away in a completely different direction to what I’d expected. Absolutely no spoilers because that would give the plot away. I would recommend this book 5*

Original and unusual plot. Really enjoyed the twists and turns. Will keep you guessing.

This is the split-perspective story of two sisters. Since childhood they have shared nothing but the same intense dislike for each other. And as adults they share even less than that, when a tragic accident causes their paths to diverge in two very different and unforeseen directions. This accident is a secret better off buried, but the past has a way of unearthing itself, even after all these years...

I find stories of sibling rivalries always make for compelling reading, but this more so than any other, due to one of the sister's severe disability. Marginalised perspectives is something I am always eager to hear more from, and this allowed for a unique insight into an individual suffering from something I have little knowledge of. The author should be commended of her portrayal that was both sensitive and yet felt authentic. The research that must have been done and the knowledge imparted to the reader made for such interesting and important reading. Corry conveyed both the ways that brain damage affects a person's behaviour and also the ways that society treats people with disabilities.

The other sister's perspective was just as interesting, if more conformative. And both combined to make this an inciting and thrilling read.

Whilst I did find this an enjoyable read, I also found it a little confusing at the start. I found too many scenes were initially set up, in too short a space of time, and I was left wondering which of the sources of contention would become the main story line for the book. I also found that my interest lay more in the flashbacks of the past than in much of the present day settings. This did quickly come together, but perhaps not quickly enough for me to get over my initial hesitation and thoroughly immerse myself in the book.

A good story told from the viewpoint of sisters Alison and Kitty, spanning over 15 years of their lives since a terrible accident left devastating impacts. There were quite a few unexpected twists in the story which I did not see coming and thoroughly enjoyed the direction it took the book. Sadly, as someone very familiar with the criminal justice system (on the right side!), the lazy research about prisons, particularly women's prisons, really frustrated and distracted me, though I am sure other industry experts see the same flaws in any stories about their own industries too. I liked the main character of Alison a lot and felt she developed well over the course of the book. Some difficult subjects are dealt with sensitively by Corry and overall this is a decent read.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin random House for the arc copy of this fantastically addictive rollercoaster of a read.
I was drawn into this book from the first page.
This is the story of Alison and her half-sister Kitty, both were living a normal childhood, until one day there is a terrible accident. Ali (as she now calls herself) recovers and grows up to become an art teacher. Kitty on the other hand has been left severely disabled and lives in a care home.
So many secrets and lies start to unravel as the truth about what happened on that fateful day comes to a shocking head.
This is psychological thriller at its best.
It is evident that Jane has done some extensive research into how brain injuries can affect a person.
The chapters in this book are short (which for me is dangerous to my sleep, as I do most of my reading in bed, I found myself reading ‘just one more chapter’.

Wow a book. I was gripped from the start. Not only is this book well written, tense gripping thriller. With many cliff hangers. It was a different to other psychological thrillers I have read. I thought that the subject areas where thoroughly investigated and had well developed characters. I loved how this book kept me on my toes wondering what would happen next. and what happens between two sisters and that bond they have together. Although not the best of relationships it all come good in the end. I loved it.

Alison and Kitty are sisters but they both lead totally different lives. Kitty suffered a tragic accident when she was younger and consequently lives in a care home.
Alison has a job at a college teaching Art and then applies for a position at an open prison wanting to pass on her passion of Art.
Kitty can't remember what happened to her but then begins to get small flashbacks. Alison knows what happened. Will Kitty remember in order to help Alison?

This is more a family drama than a thriller, in my opinion, and a very engrossing one. It is a story about three 'sisters' and how the build up to and aftermath of a terrible event changes and destroys their lives and the lives of those around them. Lots of twists, though the final one didn't quite work for me. A great read nevertheless.

Enjoyable read that didn't go the way you expected it to.
I liked the way it highlighted how people with brain injuries/mentally disabled can think and how frustrating it must be for them to make themselves be understood.
Well worth a read.

One accident
Two women,Two versions of the truth.

This twist packed,gripping tale of sibling rivalry,lies,betrayals,abuse,love and hate is set in two alternating time frames and told from the alternating perspectives of step sisters Alison and Kitty.The story of the events before and after the accident are set in 1991 while the other chapters are set 16-17 years later.In the later day chapters Alison has changed her name to Ali,is a art teacher and is living in London while Kitty is severely disabled,has no memory of the accident and is living in a care home.It was obvious that the author has extensively researched the ways that brain damage affects a person's behaviour and also the way that society treats people with disabilities.It is a sad fact that people with disabilities are treated with disdain and a total lack of respect.It is like they are not people just because they are not "normal" or healthy.

Nothing in this book is ever what it seems,almost all of the realistic characters spend most of the story telling lie after lie just to protect themselves.You never know who is telling the truth because peoples stories are constantly changing.

The chapters where short and snappy and often ended on a cliff hanger causing the reader too have a very bad case of just one more chapter syndrome.Although some aspects of the story where a bit unrealistic and coincidental I really enjoyed this twisted psychological thriller and would happily read more books by this author in the future.