After Laura and Jess lose their mom, they realize they only have each other left, however they find they have nothing in common except for biology. I found this to be a sad read, it turned ok in the end. It was a wonderful read.

A good read about the joys of family dynamics. Sometimes it takes a big event to draw those opposites together, and this book is a good tale about how a set of sisters does it.

I really enjoyed the often dark humour in this book! Love the way that the sadness of death and the difficulties of family were weaved in with the humour. Took a little while to get going (probably first 10% of book) but then I flew through it. Great book.

Thank you netgalley for allowing me to read this early. I have never read anything by this author so i was excited when I was granted access. This totally reminded me of me and my sisters. If you have siblings, I recommend you put this on your list asap, you wont regret it!

Surprisingly funny at times, this book dealt with some deeper family issues in a way that was emotional but relatable, which made it enjoyable. At times the book seemed to have too much going on at a time, and I thought that it was much too long of a book for what it was. Overall I enjoyed the relationship between the sisters, and the flashbacks, but I had a hard time with finding the characters likable & struggled through this one a bit. I think if the story had LESS smaller plot lines and a focused few I would have enjoyed it more.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

2 Stars
We Are Family follows the story of two sisters, Jess and Laura, dealing with the death of their mother from breast cancer. Laura struggles with issues of self-confidence and self-worth and has felt throughout her entire life because she could have never measured up to 'perfect Jess'

I got tired and frankly bored with the storyline. There seemed to be endless drama. None of these plot-points were ever fully explored, and the ones that were were wrapped up too neatly. There were too many plot points sprinkled throughout which were briefly mentioned and then dismissed, such as when Jess who is an Internet personality, gets trolled and is upset about the comment but this aspect of her life wasn't explored and we never get what happened with that. This book also dragged on for way longer than it needed to and the excessive plot points didn't help at all. I also went into this thinking it would be more like The Switch by Beth O'Leary where we would get more romance with both character's and that didn't happen as much as I would have liked.

I found myself annoyed with Laura throughout almost all of this, as she had a habit of reading insults into every sentence and all of the conflicts with her sister stems from her doing this, It was just absolutely frustrating. I wanted to shake Laura whenever she did this or when she couldn't say no to people who were obviously using her. Laura also got mad at her sister Jess for wanting to help her out of these scenarios which made me mad because she was literally just trying to help Laura and Laura in turn resented Jess for something that was out of Jess's control. We don't really get a feel for Jess either as Laura is the narrator the entire time and she basically was jealous of Jess which didn't help in developing her as a character at all. we do see Laura's relationship and her view of Jess change through the book but the last conflict between them was never resolved on-page and it was wrapped up too quickly even though the book was still dragging on after the fact.

Dysfunctional family dynamics are always a sort of catnip for me. However when it is the juxtaposition between two sisters, I am automatically pulled into the text. The contrast between Laura and Jess's lives create depth to the plot that make it impossible to put the book down. While the first quarter of the book is harder to get through because the two sisters and their differences are completely overwhelming and mildly annoying; the rest of the book pulls through albeit a very hasty ending.

All in all despite the sisterly conflict and the depressing death theme, the book was enjoyable and easy enough to read for a couple of bittersweet and cathartic moments.

I really enjoyed this book and found myself relating to the main character, Laura.

Laura and her sister Jess are total opposites and their relationship isn’t an easy one consisting of assumptions, judgement and accusations. No ones life is like they portray it to be and behind closed doors is a web of lies, betrayal, secrets and ill health.

A very abrupt ending though - not sure if I was missing a few pages on my kindle?!

I received this Advance Review Copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you Netgalley!

I finished this book ages ago but completely forgot to write a review.

I finished this book in one sitting. Such an amazing and beautiful story about 2 sisters and I keep loving this till the end. But the twist in the end, I couldn't imagine. Blood doesn't always make a family and we all know it.
loved the writing style and story line , looking forward to more books by this author.

This book deals fantastically with grief and the loss of a parent. It's done with a lot of compassion, and you really do symapthise with both Laura and Jess.

However, for me the book was not without faults. I felt it much too long - there are over 100 chapters here, some of which could easily have been grouped together.

Laura's constant negativity was tiresome, and I would have loved to have a split narrative featuring both sisters.

We Are Family by Nicola Gill is a story of how a family comes together is the wake of grief and tragedy. It's a story of sisters who are opposites but who come to rely on each other. Overall, the content of the book is darker than I thought it would be. It's not a criticism per se, but the writing also carries that density at times. Overall, however, it's an engaging meditation on sisterhood.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book. All thoughts are my own.

Wow, what a joy this book was to read!. It combined the perfect levels of humour an romance to make it an absolute page turner that I simply couldn't put down. The writers way with words is extraordinary and brought the story to life, I absolutely loved it!.

Unfortunately DNF at around 40% - it was full of lots of hard hitting content, but eventually I got a little bored of the storyline, and so couldn't finish it.

We are Family follows two sisters - who couldn't be more different - in the aftermath after their mother's death from cancer. Laura is struggling to keep it together with her deadbeat boyfriend, father to her young son, while Jess is a social media influencer who always has it together and does no wrong.

Laura felt like the odd one out of her family, compared to perfect sister Jess, her entire life - and especially after her dear father passed away in childhood. As she and Jess come together due to their mother's passing, we see how they change, where they get stronger, and where things are not always as they seem.

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books UK for the copy in exchange for an honest review.

If you have ever had children, a tricky sibling relationship or a nightmare parent, this is a book that will give you great pleasure and in which you will find many moments of recognition. You will also laugh - a lot. Two sisters, Laura and Jess, are navigating a historically tricky sibling relationship whilst dealing with the death of their remaining parent, a glamorous but self-involved mother. Laura (our main protagonist) has a stressful job, a school age infant and a “man-boy” partner. Her life is messy and chaotic. Older sister Jess is comfortably married with two well-behaved Older kids and is on to her second successful career. She’s hyper organised and just a bit bossy. The book takes us on a journey through the ebbs and flows in their relationship as they negotiate the emotional fallout from their mother’s death and tackle job, parenting and partnering challenges. The book is written as a series of vignettes: some in the past, most in the present. Many will provoke smiles of recognition; some will make you wince and plenty will make you laugh out loud. If you have ever negotiated the horror of the “whole class” infant’ party, battled the school playground (parental) pecking order,
or wondered whether your partner will ever get off his/her arse and finally put the bins out: this is a book for you. It’s a relationship drama and the honesty, pain and humour in the relationships, and the skill with which they are depicted, are what drives the book along. There is a narrative path and the odd twist, but you are not reading this book primarily for the plot. Both sisters can be admirable and irritating - they are rounded characters and I found my sympathies switching between them as the story unfolded. You will be in the corner of Laura, but equally want to thump her at points. I bet many of us have had a friend like Amy (a Mum friend and colleague of Laura’s who is one of life’s cheerful ‘takers’) and you may find yourself willing Laura to hurry up and develop a bit of backbone around that relationship! The final stages of the book are warmly affirming.

A beautiful story of 2 very different sisters coming together after heir Mum dies. Great characters and really relatable. Highly recommended.

This book had me in stitches from the start. Both sisters are relatable and the story is brilliant light reading

an overly-drawn-out and repetitive slice-of-life story without weight.

"we are family" perplexed me; for how long it was, not much happened. ostensibly the story is about an unhappy woman who, over the story, comes into her own and develops a better relationship with her sister. what i read was a story about a sad and self-deprecating woman who whinges about the same things over and over, presumes the same things about the same people, never speaks up for herself until the end of the book, and is otherwise boring to read about. i think this book would have been well-served by a stricter editor and more focus on the major events of the book instead of glossing over them to rush back to the main character's anxiety spirals.

something could be said about the realistic nature of the story; real life is slow and one's inner thoughts are repetitive, but that doesn't make for an engaging story.

thank you to netgalley and avon books uk for an audio-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Initially I really enjoyed the book. The difficult parent/child dynamic and sibling relationship issues was familiar and relatable. I liked how the story unfolded as it progressed but I can’t help but feel it was rushed at the end. I feel that there were too many unanswered questions and gaps that I wanted to know more about. All in all it was an ok read.

Laura and Jess are sisters, and polar opposites dealing with the recent death of their mother. This is told from Laura's POV who has always resented Jess's place as their mother's favourite daughter and Jess's seemingly perfect life. As the two start to spend more time together and open up they realise they may not be as different as they thought. This is a fun contemporary despite some of the darker topics explored, it was was pretty predictable and hit all the expected beats but still enjoyable. A solid three star fun family drama.