I believe this book will appeal to some teen readers but I found there was too much going on and from too many perspectives. It seemed to try address too many difficult issues and not do any of the really well. The missing sister discovered on the reality show was intriguing and I wish they had just followed maybe two characters and not so many.

I worry that perhaps I came into this book thinking it was going to be more of a mystery/thriller then it actually was. A majority of this book is about the lives of Jess, Nina and their mom- not Ruthy. It was written well and I cared about the characters and the unfair, systemic challenges that they faced… but I also found myself wondering when the story would go back to Ruthy. All this is to say that this book is more of a story about how three women struggle through life after a traumatic event than it is about trying to find a missing daughter. I think if I better knew what this book would be, I would have enjoyed it more because I wouldn’t have been waiting for something that wasn’t going to happen. Again, I deeply cared about the characters and appreciated the bits of humor in such a dark book.

This is officially the best thing I’ve read all year.

Thanks Netgalley for the chance to read.

This is the story of the women in the Ramirez family.

Two sisters Jess and Nina are convinced their missing sister is a reality show participant on the show Catfight. Think like classic VH1 reality show. She looks like her, talks like her, even has the same birthmark.

I am such a sucker for stories of sisterhood. The back and forth telling between the sisters, their mom and even Ruthy is just such a honest tale of love, grief, Puerto Rican generational womanhood, and hope.

I can’t wait for this to get to everyone!