Blue Sisters is a heartfelt tale of three sisters reuniting after the sudden death of their fourth sister. The story is told in a multiple narrative POV and changes per chapter which works very well to not only move everything along, but also to give more insight and detail into the lives of each sister. This book deals with topics of addiction, self-identity, and loss. If generational family trauma is your thing, Blue Sisters is the book for you. While still being a moving book, this had no shortage of layers to their family trauma. Lucky, Bonnie, and Avery grieve the loss of Nicky who passed of a drug overdose just one year ago. Each grieving the loss in their own complicated way.

I found Blue Sisters to be relatable to anyone who grew up with any sort of family. Coco’s writing in this is absolutely beautiful.

Thank you Ballantine Books and NetGalley for the digital ARC!

This is the best book I’ve read this year.
This is also the first book in my life that made me cry. Coco Mellors writing touched the deepest buried emotions of mine. There is one line from this book that will stay with me forever.
I thought I just needed more time to write the review but I see that the more I loved it the more difficult it is to write review.
I savoured every single word, I loved those characters, I felt for them, I cared for them and got my heart broken for them.

Blue Sisters grabs you from the get go. I went into this book blind, which is my favorite way to read. It easy to see the small ties to Little Women, but it completely holds its own. A few trigger warnings.

I read this book directly after The Most Fun We Ever Had which also centers on four sisters but in a wildly different way. Like that book, I appreciated how real these characters were. They were all distinctly themselves and unique in a way that almost felt unlikely to me but added to the narrative. I never read Mellor’s other, widely popular novel. I enjoyed her writing a lot. It was skilled and I could sense the pain of the sisters and their own mental battles. I had the most difficult time connecting with Bonnie. I also wish there had been more depth around their upbringing/parents. The stint where the mother appears at the end was not enough for me. I could have done without the epilogue. It felt cheesy to me and I actually liked how it ended with Avery swimming. All in all, I will recommend this to my friends.

A story about grief and love and sisterhood, about four sisters but told from the perspective of 3 of them. The story begins a year after the sister has died of a drug overdose and then centers around how they’ve dealt with their grief (poorly) and how the one-year-anniversary brings them back together. I really loved all the sisters and loved the multiple POV and the flashbacks to their life with their sister. I misunderstood one of the flashbacks and thought that one of the sisters supplied her with the narcotic that she OD’d on and spent most of the book expecting that to be the climax and had to go back and reread that part to see what I missed. Because of that, I think the climax of the story fell flat for me. It’s interesting to read a story where what would probably be the climax, has already happened. Thanks to Netgally & co for the ARC. I was so excited to get this one!

I was desperate to read this book and I am so glad I got to read an early copy thanks to NetGalley. As the oldest of four siblings, I love reading stories of sibling relationships and Coco really got the complexity of those dynamics on the page. I loved how unique each of the sisters were and how they jumped off the page as well rounded, fully crafted characters. I didn't take to Cleopatra & Frankenstein the first time I tried reading it but this book has made me a Coco Mellors fan. I can't wait to read more!

As an only child I love sister stories. Maybe somewhere inside I always wished I had sisters. But this one just didn’t grab me. It felt repetitive and overwritten. The author establishes some basic facts about the characters in the first few pages (four sisters turn to unhealthy parental figures and addictions to cope with absentee parents and alcoholic dad) then treads and retreads over them for another 300+ pages. There are parts of this book that are lovely and the author does do some wonderful character work. But overall this book felt short on substance and long on formulaic arcs that we see playing out from a mile away. As soon as we learn that Avery rushed into a marriage with her therapist we know she’s going to leave the marriage. As soon as we learn that Bonnie quit boxing because she’s in love with her coach we know they’ll wind up together. Sometimes it’s fun to be ahead of the story to have the pleasure of watching it play out but this was not one of those cases because it felt like we kept getting the same information, in the same way, multiple times. This would have been a better book at a leaner length.

Coco Mellors captured the complexities of grief beautifully in this book. I read “Cleopatra & Frankenstein” last year and rated it a 3, I wasn’t the biggest fan of it and some pieces of that story felt very unrealistic. In contrast, the ways the Blue sisters’ lives unfold in the midst of their grief are aligned with a lot of the real feelings and self destructive behaviors that accompany rebuilding post-loss. The depiction of sisterhood was heartwarming and funny at times. Each sister has a distinctive voice and I found myself looking forward to each of their stories in their chapters. This was one of my favorite reads so far this year. This story is a true example of what I love most about literary fiction, the ability to feel connected to characters in mundane day to day feelings and experiences. Would definitely recommend those who didn’t love her last book to give this one a chance!

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I am such a Coco Mellors fan.

This is such a beautiful look at family, addiction, and grief. The book is a dive into the lives of three sisters a year after their fourth sister, Nicky, died of an overdose. They each blame themselves for parts of her death and their individual lives are suffering because of it. Each character is written in such a different way and was developed so thoroughly.

While Cleopatra and Frankstien wasn’t my favorite read, I could tell I loved Mellors writing style and character development. I was so excited for this book and the topic at hand and it surpassed all of my expectations.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House for the advanced copy as this is one to definitely look out for come September.

I loved this book! Coco Mellors has such a beautiful way of writing and developing her stories. I’m an enormous fan of literature exploring any type of family dynamic. Nothing hits quite like a tale of sisters. I resonated mostly with the eldest sister in this case. 4 stars!

I really enjoyed this book. The writing was beautiful and I will definitely pick up more of Coco Mellors' books in the future. I loved the development of each of the characters and the connections that they had to each other. I also think that the way that grief was portrayed was well done because people go through it differently and that was shown. Overall, I recommend this book!

4.5/5. I was originally a fan of Cleopatra and Frankenstein, so I was really excited to read another novel by Mellors. Mellors has a very lyrical way of writing that is also present in Blue Sisters. I personally am a fan of having multiple Povs in a book, so this was right up my alley. Blue sisters is a novel revolving the dynamic of a tight knit group of sisters, and how they interact with each other and the world around them, following the loss of their 4th Sister. Mellors does such a great job of making each sister an individual. They each have their own separate conflicts both internally and externally, and at their roots, nothing is more important to them as their sisters. I found it so interesting to to see how similar and different they are from each other. Surprisingly, the one character I wasn't very interested in when reading the synopsis, Bonnie, became my favorite, and I think the novel really comes around full circle. The main themes were grief, love, family, personal growth, friendship, and most importantly sisterhood. I think each of these themes were portrayed incredibly well, and although the characters often make choices I didn't agree with, I couldn't help but root for each one of them. Overall, I think I enjoyed Blue Sisters even more than Cleopatra and Frankenstein. I would like to thank Netgalley for allowing me to read this phenomenal book!

Thank you Netgalley for an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I gave this book 3.5 stars (rounded up to four). It was a highly anticipated read for me, and I may have screamed when I got the galley in my inbox.
Coco does a fantastic job of writing the rawest versions of her characters. This story explores the Blue family dealing with grief of losing a sister in all different ways. Grief is hard and everyone tries to relieve the pain of it in different ways... this was a beautiful portrayal of real struggles that humans can so easily slip in to. Even though the Blue sisters were flawed, I was rooting for them along the way and liked seeing life from all three of their perspectives. I'm excited for more people to get their hands on this story!

‘Blue Sisters’ follows the lives of three sisters, Bonnie, Avery and Lucky, after their fourth sister Nicky dies. It chronicles their life after her death and their respective struggles and grief. If you want to read about love, loss, family and addiction, this story might be up your alley. I thought it was brilliantly done. The writing pulls you into the center of the story and into these characters lives. I felt like I could see the characters in front of me, they really came alive. Gorgeous prose and equally heartbreaking and full of hope. It was a pleasure to read!

As soon as I read that Coco Mellors had a new book, I immediately got excited and wrote it down on my tbr as soon as it got out.
I loved the writing style, the settings, the plot, the characters…
As soon as I finished the book I wanted to read it again and also re-read cleo and frank.
I really liked this one!

Blue Sisters is fantastic, amazing, will be one of the hottest books this fall. Seriously, all the hot girls I know are reading the ARC. I related a little to all of the sisters, but as the eldest Avery holds a special place in my heart. I love Coco's writing, and I'm so happy to report that this one is my favorite!!

From the moment I first started reading Blue Sisters, I could not think about anything else. Coco Mellors is a new writer to me; I have always wanted to read Cleopatra and Frankenstein but never got around to it. It is definitely at the top of my TBR after Blue Sisters. From the prologue, I was hooked. I highlighted so much of this book, cried, laughed, and found myself fully immersed in the world of the Blue Sisters. I am a sister but I do not have sisters. I have always heard about the dynamic of sisters and how different it was in comparison to having brothers. As the eldest daughter, I found myself relating to Avery for most of the book, but also Lucky as well.
Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky try to find their footing after experiencing the death of their sister Nicky, each living in different parts of the world and isolating themselves. Each sister blaming themself for Nicky’s death. Ultimately, they are brought back home to NYC and discover their path and start their process for healing.
One reviewer on here states “everything was believable,” which I couldn’t agree more. Coco writes in such a manner that leaves me desiring nothing more. I was so satisfied with the ending, with their development, and no stone was left unturned by the end of the book.
I can’t wait to see more of Coco’s work, and I can’t wait to receive my physical copy of Blue Sisters. This is definitely a story I will reread once again and one I will recommend to anyone interested in listening to me talk about this emotional, heart wrenching, beautiful story about love, girlhood, grieving, and sisters. Thank you so much to NetGalley for providing this eARC and giving me the opportunity to enjoy Blue Sisters.

This is my first Coco Mellors book and I'm so happy that I was given the chance to read this beautiful story. Blue Sisters, clear by the title, is all about sisterhood. This is a character driven book that takes you on a journey of grief, addiction, mental struggles and more after 3 sisters return to their NYC home after the 4th sister passes away. This book has something for everyone and I feel like it's relatable on different levels. Be prepared for a book that can be messy, overwhelming, emotional, hurtful, dramatic, and empathetic. I think the imperfectness and cliches actually work well in this book and not in a cringe way, it felt real.

Coco Mellors' writing was absolutely beautiful and I appreciate the character driven focus in this book. It was hard not to get tangled up in the lives of each individual sister and then them as a unit. I would recommend this book to anyone, even those who are typically into more plot driven books.

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I LOVE YOU COCO MELLORS!!!! Cleopatra and Frankenstein was one of my favorite books last year bc of how tender and human and lovely and sad it was and this book is going to be one of my favorites this year for the same reasons. coco mellors is so so good at beautifully writing thoughts and feelings you thought were intangible and abstract. i loved the characters and how human and imperfect they were, it makes my heart ache with happiness and tenderness. amazing book!!!


thank u netgalley for this ARC ❤️

Thank you so much for this arc:)

I mean wooooow….. This was my first Coco Mellors book and I’m astonished. The writing is beautiful and gut wrenching. I love books with complex characters—story lines.

Grief is always changing and each person handles it differently. It also a complicity of family relationships and unconditional love.