Feelings are mixed on My Sister is Missing. I love any thriller with a dysfunctional family and mental health issues but I don't know if the execution was 100% on this. I was left hoping for a little more but was a fun little afternoon read.

This is the debut novel by Julia Barrett and I will certainly be seeking out more from this author. It is an engaging story and with numerous twists and turns that kept me guessing throughout. The author delves into the issues of mental health, dysfunctional families and relationships where interdependency can lead to misunderstandings and distrust.

Stephanie, married to Adam, is the older sister of Jess whose partner, Matt, has gone travelling ‘to find himself’ because of arguments him and Jess have been having relating to her mistrust.

Adam contacts Jess one morning when Steph has been missing all night and she has taken their newborn baby girl. Totally out of character for Steph, they talk to the police and are both beside themselves with worry. All is not as it seems and the different nuances of the relationships begin to show.

When there is a report of a woman, holding a baby, jumping in front of a train Jess can’t believe it is her sister and as the video footage isn’t clear she sets out to track her down after reading the journals her sister has been writing in daily. Meanwhile Adam is behaving strangely and the trust between Jess and Adam is at a low point.

Thanks to NetGalley, RedDoor Publishing and Julia Barrett for my ARC in return for my honest review. A thought provoking, compelling story, which I couldn't put down.

Excellent read, highly recommended.

Stephanie loves being a new mother despite appearing a bit anxious after her daughter Natalie's birth.

When one night Stephanie disappears with Natalie, her sister Jess and Stephanie's husband Adam set out to find her. It is clear that Stephanie has a secret to hide and both Jess and Adam are determined to uncover it.

As a huge fan of psychological thrillers, I give the author merit for creating an intriguing storyline; however, I feel that the writing appears somewhat disjointed. I feel that perhaps too many issues were presented leading one to feel the story doesn't flow as well as it could.

Overall, I would give a 3 star rating.

Thank you to NetGalley for supplying me with an Advanced Readers Copy in exchange for an honest review.

The story line really intrigued me and I was looking forward to this one but sadly if didn’t deliver. It started well then fell apart to the point I thought I was reading s different novel altogether. Not for me, sadly.

I did not like this book. I read the whole thing, expecting something big to happen or be revealed, and it just never materialized. It seemed like a bunch of little stories woven together, and they just didn't fit together well. I wouldn't recommend.

Held my interest for most of the book, but kind of fell apart at the end a bit. Plot was moderately suspenseful and writing was decent. Entertaining story but believability factor strained a bit.

One I really enjoyed a good story not at all what you are thinking it was one I couldn’t put down cannot recommend it highly enough

A so so story to read.
I felt that the premise was very interesting, however, the book did not fully deliver for me.
It did not grip me as much as I hoped it would, and that was why I had to give it 2 stars.

I really liked this and would have red it straight through if real life hadn't called. There were a few storylines going on and the ending brought a satisfying conclusion.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy.

Took me a while to get into this book but then I lost interest with it and the characters and I was glad when I got to the end it just didn't 'grab' me at all.

Sorry but this book just wasn't for me.

Thank you to Netgalley and Red Door Publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

The premise for this story was interesting and it started well. Unfortunately the story the just kind of petered out and I never became invested in the characters. Not one for me Im afraid.

I received an advance reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review.
I didn’t love this one. Neither the story or the characters sucked me in. Just kind of meh

I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Ok read.

Jess learns her sister Steph and niece Natalie is missing. She doesn't understand why her sister would leave her husband Adam.

As she tries found out what what happen to her sister and neice she dealing with her own issues.

As I was reading this it was getting a bit boring and I find myself about to skip toward the end of the book but I didn't because I wanted to know what happen to Steph.

It deals with mental illness Jess and Steph had difficult childhood well mainly Jess because when she was five she walk in on her mother and uncle and she told her father because she didn't understand it then he left and never came back and that when her mother treated her badly but treated her sister with love but when Steph was fourteen she found out her uncle was her father and this expel her to write her feelings in her journals when she was older she was rape and she created a disillusion that she was having a affair when really she was being stalk by the person who rape her.