Review: The Sisters

Title: The Sisters

Author: Kate Forster

Publisher: Head of Zeus, Aria, 20 November 2018

Pages: 384 pages

How I Read It: ARC book

Genre: General Fiction (women’s), Romance

My Rating: 4.5 cups

Synopsis:

Wealth and privilege can't buy you love... or keep your secrets safe.

The de Santoval sisters are heiresses to a glamorous fashion house, and the darlings of LA society.

Violetta is the hottest reality TV star of the moment, with a fierce press interest to rival Hollywood's A-list.

Carlotta is an exclusive horse trainer, as wild as the stallions she breaks in.

Fine-arts consultant Grace is hiding a dark secret she must keep hidden at all costs.

Their mother, wealthy fashion maven Birdie De Santoval, lies unconscious following a mysterious accident. Blame soon falls on their powerful but ruthless tycoon father, the missing Leon De Santoval.

Beneath the ritzy façade of the de Santoval family lies a web of deceit and betrayal that hides a secret that threatens to destroy them all...

My Thoughts

It took me a while to get into The Sisters, but once I did, I couldn’t put it down. It started off slow and I wasn’t sure I was going to like it, but I loved it! In every chapter, each character’s story was described in detail and some chapters began in a different time period. This could have become quite confusing, but the way Kate wrote it, it wasn’t confusing at all because she used links to all the characters.  I didn’t like Leon, but he was integral to the whole story and he got his ‘come uppance’ in the end!

'Money and size were Leon’s benchmarks when it came to art and life. More stores, bigger houses, bigger cars and even the triplets were a pride of his. Although his

daughters were disappointing, the mere fact that he had fathered triplets was enough for him to boast about.'

The sisters were triplets and all lived their own separate lives and rarely saw each other or their mother, Birdie. When Birdie was hurt tragically  which resulted in her being in a coma, the three sisters all gave up their lives to save the family business, Pajaro. Pajaro was a once successful clothing company, their father had run into the ground and stolen money from to run away with his lover.

‘...“we have reports he has left with a woman, a Melanie Sanger...can you tell me anything about her...Melanie is Leon’s long-term mistress. Been together for about 12 years, as far as I know”...’

Even though this is a common story, tragic event causes family members to come back together, it wasn’t a predictable story and it certainly didn’t have a predictable ending! I really enjoyed how the sisters re-evaluated their lives and came together to support their mother and the family business.

'Violetta was filled with a desire like she had never felt before-she knew she wanted to take this on, not for Leon but for Birdie. There was no way her father was going to have the satisfaction of watching Pajaro disappear into financial oblivion from wherever he and his trashy mistress were now, living off the money he had stolen from the company.'

Their relationships with each other strengthened and they all grew to rely on and support each other as they had when they were children.

‘...“Trinity,” they all said together, an old superstition from childhood coming back to them. Trinity was what Birdie had called them when they were small...they became so used to the term, they used it whenever they decided that they were all in on something. It had been a long time since they had said it but each one of them felt good saying it after all these years. The Trinity was back.’

Towards the end of the book, there was a twist that I didn’t see coming. This was a very enjoyable read which I highly recommend. It was an easy read, but had enough substance in it to keep the pages turning!

‘Birdie looked at them and the tears fell freely. “I haven’t lost anything,” she said indignantly. “It’s quite the opposite. I have found everything and I don’t want to miss a moment.” The sisters looked at each other and smiled. Birdie was right.’

This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher and provided through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The quoted material may have changed in the final release.