Sisters like Us is an endearing book about the lives of four related women all striving to make sense of everything that is happening in their lives.
Harper, Bunny, Stacey, and Becca: mothers, daughters, sisters and all facing life as it changes and revolves. Harper, divorced with and ex who keeps forgetting he has a daughter while he devotes himself to his younger second wife. Becca is struggling as a withdrawing teen unable to cope with a too busy mother and absent father. Bunny is the critical mother and grandmother who lives in a world where wives did everything to the minute detail, never complaining and never tiring of the work. Stacey is lovingly married to Kit and is desperately afraid of impending motherhood.
The blending of the events and interactions of these women is the driving force for change and for coming to terms with reality as it exists in the here and now.

Sisters Like Us  is #4 in a series, but this book works well as a stand-alone story.  Although some of the story lines are entirely relatable, I found some of the characters rather caricatured, especially the mother, Bunny. Lots of humour makes this an enjoyable, light read.

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  From the publisher - 														
The grass is always greener on your sister’s side of the fence…
Divorce left Harper Szymanski with a name no one can spell, a house she can’t afford and a teenage daughter who’s pulling away. With her fledgeling virtual-assistant business, she’s scrambling to maintain her overbearing mother’s ridiculous Susie Homemaker standards and still pay the bills, thanks to clients like Lucas, the annoying playboy cop who claims he hangs around for Harper’s fresh-baked cookies.
Spending half her life in school hasn’t prepared Dr. Stacey Bloom for her most daunting challenge—motherhood. She didn’t inherit the nurturing gene like Harper and is in deep denial that a baby is coming. Worse, her mother will be horrified to learn that Stacey’s husband plans to be a stay-at-home dad…assuming Stacey can first find the courage to tell Mom she’s already six months pregnant.
Separately they may be a mess, but together Harper and Stacey can survive anything—their indomitable mother, overwhelming maternity stores and ex’s weddings. Sisters Like Us is a delightful look at sisters, mothers and daughters in today’s fast-paced world, told with Susan Mallery’s trademark warmth and humor.

Cute book, totally enjoyable ... as light and fluffy as whipped cream.

An outstanding story of family Dynamics.  Kept me riveted to the point that I read it in one day and had a book hangover preventing me from starting another book. I just wanted to think this story over. I recommend it highly. It had love, disappointment, growth, angst and a vision of family that was quite authentic.

I've read, and enjoyed, many of the novels in Susan Mallery's Fools Gold series so I was interested to try a book in her Mischief Bay series.  Sisters Like Us is all about the bond between sisters, as well as mothers and daughters, and was a very enjoyable read.  Fast paced, easy to read (I haven't read the first three books and didn't feel that I  was missing any plot or character details because of this), funny, and heartwarming; this is definitely the type of story I like to curl up with.  A few of the characters grated on me a bit more then I would have liked, but this was a fun read and one I would recommend if you are looking for something on the light side.

Sisters Like Us was a delight. Susan Mallery never disappoints. The characters in this story are real, I could relate to some of the situations they found themselves in, and the progress they made learning about themselves and what they did and didn't have to do for others was satisfying. There were some laugh-out-loud moments that still make me chuckle when I think of them. This is 2 sisters, a divorcee with a teenage daughter who is trying to make her business work so she can pay the bills, and a very smart scientist who is pregnant and her husband is going to be a stay-at-home dad; and their mother who is stuck in the past believing all a woman needs to do is stay home and take care of her home and family. The relationship bombs that happen, how they navigate around and through them, learning more about each other so they can all be happy with who they are, and finding love that lasts make this a wonderful feel-good book that has a place on my permanent shelf.

Another visit to Mischief Bay from Mallery.  Another dysfunctional family to meet.  The highlight of this book for me was the pairing of Harper and Lucas. It was nice to see him have his HEA.  Sister Stacey found hers as well.  This was a solid outing for the series.

Susan Mallery has done it again!!!  I am always excited to dive into her novels and Sisters Like Us was ever bit the 5 star read I hoped it would be!!!  Throughout this novel we follow sisters, Harper and Stacey, as they both navigate their “new normal” with their own personal changes.  

Harper, a recent divorcee, tries to be the perfect mother to her teenage daughter all the while struggling to make ends meet.  Financially she’s close to broke, so her virtual assistant/crafting business NEEDS succeed.  Luckily for Harper she has a steady client in Lucas, who has also become a close friend.  What Harper doesn’t expect is to ever find love again...we will see how that works out for her!!!!

Stacey has worked her butt off to become a successful in her professional career.  She has also found an amazing partner and husband in Kit.  Her life is exactly where she wants it to be, except for the fact that she’s pregnant..... and absolutely terrified to be a mom!  Stacey is petrified she’s not going to have that ”mom intuition” instantaneously or that her type “A” personality won’t know what to do with an unpredictable infant— the real kicker is that Stacey hasn’t found the “perfect” time to tell her overbearing mom that she’s pregnant...and she’s in her 3rd trimester!!!!!

I love the way Susan Mallery always makes her characters 100% relatable!!  I loved reading about the complicated and delicate dynamics between mothers, daughters and sisters.  I felt that this novel takes the Women’s Fiction and Romance genres and melds them together perfectly!  Sisters Like Us captivated me the entire way through and I honestly didn’t want it to ever end.  As always, I am looking forward to reading what Susan Mallery has up her sleeve next!!!!

This is the fourth book in the Mischief Bay series. I've enjoyed all of the stories in this series but this one is probably my favorite. Definitely a great addition to the series and I can't wait to read more. Recommended for fans of the series and other authors such as Sherryl Woods and Debbie Macomber.

Sisters Harper and Stacy have long since left the nest, but they still live in fear of disappointing their overbearing mother. Harper is recently divorced with a typical (bratty) teenage daughter, and bills she’s having a hard time covering. Stacey is a successful doctor and about to have a child of her own, with a husband who plans to be a Mr.Mom, letting Stacey earn the money. Together, the sisters work to overcome their problems, financial and emotional and try to find the courage to face down their mother. I admit I had a hard time with two grown up, independent women so frightened of pissing off their mother, but maybe that’s just because I have the most wonderful mom in the world. I did enjoy the relationship between the sisters, it was realistic.

I really enjoyed the story line and the characters. This is the fourth book in this series and I am looking forward to the next book.  I did have one major problem with this book.   The editing was horrible.  I know this is an uncorrected proof but I have never seen so many errors in one book.  Whole paragraphs that was just a jumble of words that make no sense.  It really affected how the story line flowed because I had to keep stopping and trying to decipher the words and try to figure out what was being said