Jess Morely works for a PR media firm for a university. After a late night, she sees she has some missed calls from her brother-in-law, Adam. He tells her that her sister, Steph, has taken their baby, Natalie, and didn’t come home. She took only a few things for her and the baby but left her mobile.

When Jess gets to their home, the police are there. They question both Jess and Adam about Steph, her background, childhood, and personality.

Steph is a few years older than Jess and has always been the stable one. Now, it looks like that has changed. Steph is tired from taking care of the new baby but adores her. Jess doesn’t know why her sister decided to run away.

Jess has her own problems because the man she loves has decided to take an extended vacation to see the world. She misses him and feels like he has abandoned her.

The story “spits” out a clue here and there to finally put this puzzle together. I’m sorry to say that I found this to be quite dark and depressing. But on a positive note, we see how the things we experience as a child and the way we are treated has a huge impact on how we turn out mentally. That’s a big enough clue for me to leave here. If you can handle a bit of dark and depressing, you will like this book.

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

My Sister is Missing is classified as a physiological thriller that follows Jess as she tries to unravel the mystery behind her sister, Stephanie's disappearance. One day, Steph's husband, Adam comes home and Stephanie and their newborn daughter, Natalie are missing. Slowly Jess starts to piece things together and she soon learns that there's more than just meets the eye.

I will admit that I struggled with getting all of my thoughts together after finishing this novel. On one hand, I read it in one sitting because I couldn't put it down. But on the other hand, I'm not sure if it's because I was enjoying it or if it's just because I wanted to know what happened to Stephanie.

This book had the potential to be amazing because the premise is so damn good; but it just fell flat in delivery. I guess I just wanted more than what I got from this novel. Mostly, I wanted to be able to connect with the characters a little more. The plot was also a little all over the place at parts and at other parts, was very repetitive and it worked on my nerves throughout my reading experience.

I will say that I do like and appreciate some of the topics that were brought up in this novel. As well as the conversation that was started in the acknowledgements at the end; but as a whole, this was just not the book for me.

Overall, I didn't have a bad reading experience; but it wasn't the greatest. I enjoyed the premise of the novel - but the execution fell flat. Honestly, I'm mostly just confused as to how I really feel about this.

Excellent intense psychological thriller. I thought I knew where the book was going but then got a shock! Really makes you think about things you may not have before.
Steph goes missing with her new baby. Her sister and husband are left behind trying to figure out why she would disappear. Things are not as they seem.

With thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the book in exchange for an honest review.
This was an interesting book about post-patum psychosis and also the effects of abuse in childhood and how this affects the decisions and behaviours in adulthood. It was an interesting insight into how we take what happens to us in childhood and which shapes our decisions in adulthood.
Recommended.

Really liked this. Started off tense and loved the way story built and twisted. Will definitely be recommending this book to friends and family.
4/5 on goodreads

My Sister Is Missing is a tense thriller that has many twists along the way.
Jess and Steph are sisters they have been brought up by their mother and have been treated very differently to each other and because of this we see how this has affected them in adult life.
Steph has just had a baby, Natalie, when we meet them and has disappeared. We follow Jess and Stephs husband as they try to piece together where she has gone. This book is told mainly from jess’s point of view and slowly reveals the extent of their childhood.
This book covered some sensitive issues but at times I felt like it was glossed over rather than going in a little deeper. I did however enjoy this thriller and liked the character Jess the most as I felt she came across well. I haven’t read anything by Julia Barrett before but will look out for her in the future.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Red Door Publishing for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 stars - I loved the premise for this and it got off to a cracking start. I was immediately drawn in, intrigued by Steph's disappearance and Adam's secretive behaviour so kept turning the pages to find out what had really happened. The multiple viewpoints unfortunately took away the potential for surprise though, as we soon learned the truth about each character and their actions. I wouldn't describe it as a psychological thriller as there wasn't much threat or suspense going on but there were some interesting revelations as the backstory developed. The writing was very strong in places although there was quite a lot of repeated information, and the author did a good job at highlighting a particular type of mental health issue. Thanks to Netgalley and RedDoor for a copy of this book in return for an honest review

Ok this book had me on the edge of my see the further I got into the story. Jess was an amazing character, sister, friend and sleuth. I did not see the way this book was going to go at all. It had me guessing. The author did a fantastic job keeping the readers wondering from the first chapters. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to write this after reading.

From the very start, I had a hard time trying to like the characters in this book. Jess is called by her brother in law who informs her that her sister Steph is missing along with their baby daughter, Natalie. Adam was just a shady character and it was clear he was hiding something. There was way too much going on in this book at once, from the changing POV’s to the diary entries written by Steph. It just lost its flow halfway.

With thanks to Netgalley and RedDoor for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review.

Jess wakes up hungover one morning and receives a phone call from her Brother In Law Adam. Jess`s big Sister Steph had gone missing along with Natalie her 3 month old niece.

Jess and Steph`s mum died the year before. Jess and her Mum had never gone on and Jess had always been her protector.

Jess quickly became suspicious of Adam when he spoke to someone on the phone and quickly left the house. When Jess pressed redial she found he had rung the speaking clock to clear the last number called.

Back home Adam claimed to have been driving around looking for Steph but Jess found a suspicious receipt in the floor. Days later Jess followed Adam and found him visiting a stranger in hospital, What was Adam hiding and how was it connected to the disappearance of Steph.

My Sister is Missing started well but went on a tangent in the middle, and went off course again at the end. I know the Adam/Jason storyline demonstrated Steph`s psychosis but it was too much. The ending was a bit of a let down because the sisters only achieved acceptance of their pasts.

The book was told from the POV of Jess and diary entries from Steph. I was glad The author wrote about the effects of postpartum depression. The excerpts from Steph`s diary were well written and gave the reader a snapshot of her paranoia.

This book was an OK read but I don't recommend it.

I tried to love this book, but I just could not even get into it. It was very confusing in my opinion and I had to give up on it. I will update in future if I get into it later.
I will use in a challenge and tell Chapter Chatter Pub members when released!

I really wanted to love this book as I liked the authors way with words but unfortunately it lost its way for me and I didn’t care enough about the characters. Not for me.

I would not categorize this book as a psychological thriller but rather as simply the story of a missing person. Jess is called by Adam, her sister Steph’s husband and informed that Steph did not come home the previous night and that she has baby Natalie with her. This was a difficult book to read because it seems choppy and not well organized. I wanted to find out what happened to Steph so I kept reading, but the book itself did not keep me entertained at all. The characters were not well developed or particularly likeable. It was obvious that Adam had a secret that could have led to Steph’s disappearance, but his secret was kind of ho-hum. Although the author attempts to deal with issues like relationships and mental health, her writing style is too off-putting to convince the reader that these issues are serious ones for her characters. The points of view are multiple: Jess, Adam and diary entries from Steph. The skipping around from one to the other was distracting and hard to follow. Although there was a good start to the book, there was no real flow to a satisfying conclusion. I lost interest in the book very early in my reading and made myself finish it so I could do the review. I must say that it was difficult for me not to just skip to the conclusion and be done with it.

There is so much going on in this book, which makes it both overwhelming and disappointing at the same time.
Though the book touches on a great subject- mental health, there is too much going on and too many twists and turns for it to be enjoyable,

quite engaging plot with a few twists that i did not see coming to be honest!

dark in many parts, however i liked the way the characters were presented.

mental representation was very descent and i really liked the author's approach towards this matter!

Had some difficulties following the writing sometimes, however i enjoyed a lot this book.

*I received an ARC copy via Netgalley in hopes for my honest opinion.*
A thrilling tale of a sister Jess in desperate search of his missing sister Steph and niece Natelie. At first the story took off with a bang. Relatively fast passes plot that have multiple POVs. The plot was fascinating and kept me wondering until the end it just dragged with useless filler information.
My biggest issue with the story was the repetitiveness of the wording and how often the story repeated itself throughout each persons POV. It would be one thing if the story changes a little for each persons view of the situation but it wasn’t, it was nearly a copy and paste with no difference for each character, that lead to a disappointing ending.
Hopefully with a final edit this can be rectified.

There were many twists and turns throughout this book. Throughout the telling, the reader must decide if new mom Stephanie was was feeling guilty from an extra-marital affair, or suffering from the very real (to her) demons of a post natal psychotic break. Or was her husband Adam perhaps responsible for foul play, as her younger sister, Jess at times suspects. Thankfully, Jess puts her investigative skills to use, refusing to believe that her sister would have run off with her newborn niece. There is quite a bit of suspension of disbelief needed (her sister leaves with hardly any items, including her cell phone, the baby manages to be okay, despite it being a newborn dragged about in the middle of winter, Jess is allowed an extended leave of absence from her job). The character of Matt, Jess's absent boyfriend., isn't fully developed, and appears to be plot device to allow Jess to reveal her long held secrets; although there's one secret she won't even tell him. All in all, the book was an enjoyable read, with an interesting story line.

Thank you to netgalley, red door publishing and the author julia barrett for this Digital ARC in return for my unbiased review

Dark thriller, started off so well but lost its flow and i ended up skim reading to the end, hmmm disapoin3d as there was so much more this premise could have been

It was ok.Started off well but went a bit downhill so skim read the end.Didnt understand the point in Jess's relationship with her boyfriend.Jess's sister is missing and she ended up engaging in a random conversation with him about decorating:

'OK,but I'd like to keep the lounge blue,I love the two contrasting tones.'

What!?Why would you be discussing this when you are meant to be looking for your sister!?Just irked me.

A weak three stars. This was all over the place, there was so much going on. The writing didn’t flow for me. There were some twists and surprises. Some of them were quite sad. These sisters have some serious baggage. This book does delve into mental issues and it does handle those aspects rather deftly. Some good, some bad and overall a decent read. I would try more by this author.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and Harper Impulse and Killer Reads for a copy in exchange for a review.