Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Publishing Group and Ballantine Books for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This is the second book I have read by Coco Mellors, and once again, I am not disappointed.
The Blue Sisters, all unique in their own way. Raised in a home where the eldest sibling is more of the mother than the actual mother. The father is a violent alcoholic. Now the story is told from present day, and the sister Nicky has passed away.
This story really hits home for me. I too grew up in a less than ideal home environment, and I have 5 siblings. My siblings and I have dealt with tragic loss much like the sisters in the story. The sisters constantly questioning what could they have done differently made me cry. The grief in this book was really moving.
The end also had me in tears. After everything that happened, it was a wonderful way to close out then story.

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors. Addiction, Family, and Grief.

I rated this book 4.25 stars (4 stars).

Coco Mellors writing was beautiful, she did a wonderful job writing about addiction and what it does to a family. Written in three different POVs, Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky. You watch the three Blue sisters come to terms with their sister, Nicky’s, death.

As you read you learn about their dysfunctional family, and what each sister is going though/has gone through. When their parents decide to sell their childhood home, the sister come together to stop them. Before anything can happen the sisters have to learn to let go of the past and fix what is broken with themselves and eachother.

I was really looking forward to reading this book and it did not disappoint. Keep tissues near by just in case!

Thank you, NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group- Balantine for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for the e-book copy!

Blue Sisters follows three sisters who are still dealing with the grief of losing their sister as they reunite at their family home. I had previously read this author's debut novel and I enjoyed their writing style, especially while discussing topics like trauma and abuse. This book was also written beautifully and I felt connected to each sister through their POVs. The only criticism I have is that I wish this had a bit more direction. The sisters do eventually reunite at their family home but we spend the majority of the book following their personal lives and less on their reconciliation. I also think if we got a POV about Nicky or at least more insight into her life then the readers could have understood her choices more. Outside of that, I still think this book was a good read and if you have siblings it will hit different.

Three remaining sisters deal with family issues, the death of another sister, and addiction.

Unfortunately, I just cannot read this book. I have tried to get into it, but I've had an unexpected connection to addiction pop up in my life and reading about these sisters just makes it worse. Therefore, after reading much of the book, I cannot fairly review it. It has gotten all the buzz and acclaim, so I hope that it finds the right audience and in some way helps the right person or family member.

This is a character-driven novel that lives up to all the hype! I was hesitant to read it because of the heavy topics, but it drew me in almost instantly. Lovely prose.

This was a compelling book that was hard to put down. A great story of three sisters navigating life and bad decisions after the death of their beloved sister.

The first 3/4 of the book were very slow moving for me. I really enjoyed the last 1/4 immensely though. This is just my personal thoughts, as I have a hard time reading about people making continual poor choices.

Thanks to Netgalley for a chance to read this book! Honestly adored it, and really loved the chance to dig into each sisters story. I wish they were able to communicate better in the thick of all the struggles, but if that isn’t accurate true life I don’t know what is.

I loved this book, and at first was skeptical that I would buy the writing pulled through. I loved the exploration of lucky especially and would have read an entire other book following her specifically

This book, I was not prepared emotionally for this one but I loved it. This story follows the life of 4 sisters and tells a story of family trauma, sisterly bonding and grief. Three sisters alive and struggling to come to terms with their sister’s death. Where death and grief bring some together, it seems to have created an international sized rift for the remaining Blue sisters. Three POVs and three stories of grief and introspection beautifully captured and balanced. Through these three sisters we learn more about the life, and death, of their sister Nicky. When the remaining Blue sisters return to their home to prevent it from being sold they are able to process the grief of loss and begin to be honest to each other and more importantly, to themselves.

Check trigger warnings on this one, heavy substance abuse/addiction topics throughout. As someone who has seen how substance abuse and addiction can wreak havoc on a family system this book resonated with me profoundly.

Thank you to Random House Group - Ballantine Books and Netgalley for gifting me a copy (out now!), all opinions are my own.

This was a highly anticipated read for me, I love Cleopatra and Frankenstein. This one started out kind of slow for me and took me a little bit to get into it. But once I was hooked. I love the honesty in the portrayal of an addict and the different family dynamics.

Oh my god my heart! I loved these sisters and their stories! Definitely buying all of the books this author writes now!

This book was a story about sisterhood, grief, addiction, trauma, and identity. It follows three sisters, Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky one year after the unexpected death of the fourth sister, Nicky. They are estranged from their parents, especially their alcoholic father. But they always had each other, a group of four. With the death of Nicky, they each struggle with grief in their own ways and with finding a new dynamic as a group of three. The sisters all find themselves back in New York to sort through Nicky's belongings and find their way back to each other.

I loved that each chapter was through the POV of a different sister. It really helped you get to know each sister and their relationships with each other. The writing made them feel so real and how different but also alike they all were in their addictions, albeit to different things. We see how they each navigate their grief and try to honor their late sister as they move forward. I loved Coco Mellors' depiction of sisters and the bond they all share, especially as someone with a sister myself.

Coco this hurt my feelings!!!! Thank you!!!!

As a sister and sad gal, this was written for me I think. I love Coco’s characterization and storytelling and I will be thinking about these gals for a long time.

Oh wow. What an absolutely stunning novel.

This was my first time reading Coco Mellors and I was honestly nervous that Blue Sisters wouldn't live up to the hype that I was hearing. And I'm so happy to report I was wrong.

The Blue Sisters were full of rich, realistic women and Mellors wasn't afraid to shy away from their flaws. In fact, I think her best work was highlighting and diving into those moments—exploring the why behind their actions. Even if the characters themselves couldn't fully articulate it, either.

Mellors has such a rich, authentic look at grief as well. The regret, the anger, the heartbreak—all bled on every single page. I was blown away. This book had love dripping off every page. I loved the Blue sisters like they were my own friends, my own family. I don't know if I can truly articulate how this book made me feel. But I was sobbing, laughing, and just felt so moved.

Honestly, this is one of my top novels of the year and I cannot recommend it enough to everyone.

This book had all the things I love in a novel. Complicated, imperfect families navigating mundane and big events with a strong sense of place (loved the New York, London, and Paris scenes). Since I finished this, it’s been hard to get into something new because I’m still in the Blue sisters’ world.

I wanted so badly to love this book. I’m currently grieving the passing of my father and I thought I could resonate with this book on that fact… Nope. I just wanted more from this. I didn’t like any of the sisters. I felt like they used their upbringing as an excuse for being crappy adults. My father was an alcoholic my entire life and while it did cause me anxiety, I did not turn into a drug addict. So the fact that 2/4 sisters turned into addicts because of their upbringing… I just can’t get into it. The one sister refusing to get a hysterectomy to help with her chronic pain but turns to pain medicine instead… She has 3 sisters, she could have frozen her eggs and asked one of them to surrogate. I feel like the extreme want of a child was not enough of a reason for her to deny herself the relief she could have gotten from the surgery. I don’t know… I DNF’d at like 30% because these girls are all insufferable.

This is an emotionally resonant story that dives deep into the complexities of familial bonds, addiction and personal growth. I struggled with the pacing later in the book but vivid characterizations and the heartfelt exploration of relationships makes it a worthwhile read.

i am such a fan of this book. as someone with two older sisters, it really was such a great read (though i think it’d be a great read for anyone, siblings or not) such incredible writing, and even better characters

The Blue sisters shared a traumatic childhood, marred by their father's occasionally violent alcoholism and parents' constant battling. That trauma was compounded a year ago when their sister, Nicky, died of an overdose--when none of them even knew she used drugs. Now their mother wants to sell their childhood home, and the three surviving sisters are thrown back into crisis.

Avery, the eldest, and a recovering heroin addict, seems to lead a perfect life in London, with a successful legal career and beautiful wife. But Avery is hiding secrets--smoking and shoplifting habits and recently, an affair with a man. Bonnie, meanwhile, abandoned her boxing career to become a bouncer in LA. And the seemingly aptly named Lucky is barely holding on to her modeling career due to her extreme partying.

As the sisters reunite, they battle their individual and collective demons and come out on the other side...mainly better. This is a sobering account of addiction and sisterhood that will make you examine your own family relationships and genetics. #BlueSisters #NetGalley