I really enjoyed this, it was fast-paced with a compelling narrative. I found myself getting dragged into the narrator’s own doubts about her sanity, and the ending was not what I expected. Couldn’t put it down!

A parents worst nightmare visited when Kelly loses sight of her newborn son after she left him in the pushchair.
Panic ensues but then all is calm as readers realize she found Noah in front of another classroom but with a twist.
Noah had possession of a locket from her dead sister Freya who pays us more than one or two visits.
In fact most of the book was about the past and now and the back and forth of the memories surrounding Freya both good and bad.
It was chilling to engulf oneself in this new world surrounding Freya as you never know where it'll end until it does.
A marvelous new thriller by Wendy Clarke.

I’ve been sat looking at my screen for a little while trying to figure out how to start this review. Having just dragged my disappointed eyes across the last page of We Were Sisters, I’m finding it difficult to force myself into outlining the plot without cynicism. Please understand that this is not because the novel’s concept was bland – quite the opposite! – but rather because its execution left much to be desired.

Strange things are happening to Kelly Thirsk. Her son’s pram finds itself in another classroom while she’s dropping off her daughters at nursery, with a locket belonging to her supposedly dead foster-sister tucked into the blanket. A magazine which she is not subscribed to is pushed through her letterbox each week, with the Gemini horoscope circled. Her husband isn’t listening to her – probably because she only tells him tiny details with no context in the middle of paranoid arguments – leaving Kelly isolated and on edge. 

I can’t reveal much else without spoiling. Although I really, really want to just spoil it so that I can highlight how weak the narrative is. The major twist, which you can probably guess pretty easily just by looking at the blurb, is so horribly executed that it alone made me want to break decorum and just post a spoiler-review so that I could highlight how infuriating it was. In fact, by the end of the book, all of the ridiculous stakes just disappear, to be concluded in less than ten pages with no conflict whatsoever. The last chapter reminded me of a nineteenth century domestic novel, where everything is neatly wrapped up with an “and then they did this and then they did that” rather than through genuine storytelling. I sincerely hope that the ending is revised before publication, even if it’s just to make that last chapter more of a story than a list of “things that are inexplicably right in my life now.” There is a huge, huge issue that is left completely unresolved involving Kelly and her mother. Words are not even exchanged about it. It is led up to as if it is the entire reason for the behaviour of Kelly’s not-so-mysterious stalker, as if it is the major motivation for the events of the novel, and it goes absolutely nowhere. It isn’t even acknowledged. This total disregard for providing any kind of exciting or satisfying conclusion makes the whole experience feel wasted. I had realised quite quickly that I didn’t particularly like the style, the tone, the pace, or the characters, but had stuck around in the hopes of getting the gratification that comes with a good thriller. Clarke got close, but she choked at the end. 

As disgruntling as the plot was, it didn’t genuinely anger me. Kelly Thirsk as a character genuinely angered me. There is absolutely nothing to recommend her as a protagonist. In fact, I am convinced that she is the least likeable party in the whole novel. She is overbearing, childish, and self-absorbed, and reading through her perspective felt like a punishment. The weak attempt to hint at postnatal depression as the cause of her behaviour does not work – especially since the worst example of her detestable personality comes long before her children. Damaged characters can work if they are written with a careful hand, but due attention has not been paid in this instance. 

This was an unfortunate disappointment for me. There are brief moments of tension, but the anticlimactic end and the unrelatability of Kelly’s narrative were just too much for me. There are hints of Ian McEwan’s Atonement and Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train present in We Were Sisters, and I would recommend that you just read those instead.

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for providing me with an early copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own and have not been influenced by this opportunity.

What an amazing breath of fresh air!! 

I've been waiting so long for a book like this and I'm so grateful to the publisher for the privilege of receiving an electronic ARC. 
Let me start out by saying that this book is very well written. The characters had agency, the stakes were high and the setting very well described.
It was a very interesting read. I like that it's fast-paced. I think I might have finished this book in one or two days.

I want to thank NetGalley, Wendy Clarke and Bookouture for an Arc of we were sisters.  I was definitely intrigued when I saw the cover and it said she lied, she died. Psychological thrillers is one of my favorite types of books to read. When I read the story plot it seemed a lot different then what I had imagined but it still sounded really good.
The story starts out with Kelly taking her twin daughters to school. She has her newborn Noah with her as well in the stroller. She turns away for a moment to see her twins off and turns around to find Noah gone. Panic ensues and Noah is quickly found in front of another classroom unharmed but there is a locket tucked into the stroller with Noah that belonged to her dead sister Freya. From here Kelly's life starts to unravel.
I really enjoyed this book and thought it was filled with a really good amount of twists and secrets to make you keep turning the pages. Check this one out!

We Were Sisters by author Wendy Clarke was a good book. Wasn’t anything to scream from rooftops but it wasn’t a bad book and it didn’t disappoint at all. I would still recommend it, all the components are there! 

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc copy of this book in exchange for an honest opinion.

I loved What She Saw so when I saw Wendy had wrote We Were Sisters I knew I had to read this! 

Kelly is haunted by her past, especially by her foster sister Freyas death. Apart from some obsessive OCD counting it’s all in her past though....isn’t it?

Maybe my expectations were a little high going into this book but it didn’t do anything for me. The story was slow with little tension and I found myself bored and unable to draw myself into this world. Obviously there’s twists but nothing groundbreaking, absolutely nothing that made me feel it was worthwhile reading We Were Sisters.

It’s possibly also one of the most anticlimactic endings I’ve ever read in a thriller as well. This book could have been so much more and I’m really disappointed it wasn’t.

Kelly is panic stricken when her infant disappears when she turns away for a moment. The baby is found safe and sound in her stroller, but with the baby is a locket. One that Kelly has seen since her sister Freya died. This book is incredibly suspenseful and kept me guessing until almost the very last page