Dang, I’ma go hug my brother!

Shortest Summary Ever: Twin sisters Rose and Fern endured an austere life raised by a cruel mother. Fern copes with sensory detail issues and relies on Rose for help with her day to day life. Rose protected Fern her whole life and continues this role into adulthood. While Rose is facing marriage issues with her husband over fertility problems, Fern lives a quiet, organized, routine-detailed life as a librarian. All Fern wants is for her sister to be happy again, for “normal”, and that includes having a baby, so maybe she can do that for her sister and all will be perfect? But IS that the key or is their more behind the door of this sisterhood? (Hint: There is).

Thoughts: Psychologically pulse-racing is how I describe this one where as page after page raced by I kept thinking, “Something isn’t right.” Nope… something is NOT right. (I was right). I’m the “responsible” one between my bro and I, so I understood Rose’s sense of obligation, of keeping everything together even when your world is falling apart. But I also understood the “quirky “ Fern who accomplishes life her own way on her terms. If siblings were the same they’d probably never fight. I loved the author’s plunge into the pool of the sister dynamic – sisters who love each other, who share an upbringing, but couldn’t be more different.

I’d like to hug my brother, my only sibling and thank the Lord I’ve never had the complicated relationship that is sisterhood (though brothers are their own ball of peculiarities).

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Genre: Domestic Fiction Mystery

Recommend to: This is a perfect beach read, weekend read, for all the lovers of a quick well-written taut mystery.

Not recommended to: Those burned out on the sisters type of books.

Thank you to the author, NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for my advanced copy in exchange for my always-honest review and for that hug with my bro that made him go “Dude, what’s wrong?”