Claire's perfect life is crumbling around her faster than the memories that are leaking from her poor beloved father's brain. She has separated from her husband Luke,their four year old daughter Ella is haemophilic and Claire's father Bernard's vascular dementia is getting worse with each passing day. Claire is lonely,confused,exhausted and in desperate need of someone to talk too so she is equally suspicious and overjoyed when she is contacted by someone called Sophie who insists that she is Claire's half sister.
Completely disregarding.the advice and warnings from Luke and her best friend Emma and despite the fact that Ella was involved in a life threatening incident whilst in Sophie's care, Claire welcomes the young woman into her life and home,besides Ellie loves her Auntie Sophie. But then Claire starts experiencing intimidating incidents and as time passes she begins to wonder if she has made a massive mistake in trusting the mysterious stranger. But Sophie is family,isn't she? She loves Ella and wouldn't do anything to harm Claire and her beloved daughter,would she?
The chapters of this utterly compelling thriller alternated between Claire and Luke, plus there was also a couple of chapters that were voiced from Bernard, Gemma and Sophie's perspectives. Despite everything that Claire was being subjected too,I honestly struggled to feel any sympathy or empathy for her. I thought she was a rather unlikable character for various reasons,I also didn't like Luke very much either. I felt so sorry for poor Ella being lumbered with these two selfish people for parents. Poor Bernard hadn't been the nicest person when he was younger but despite what he had done in the past, you would need to have a heart of stone not to feel your heart strings being pulled as you read his struggles with his confusion and loss of memories. I think everyone when they reach a certain age lives in a certain amount of fear that they will develop Alzheimers or Dementia,I know I do. The author's portrayals of Bernard's mental decline were scarily authentic and caused me to have a lump in my throat more than once. I really liked Claire's friend Gemma and as for Sophie, if you want to discover the truth about her character then you are just going to have too read this brilliant thriller and find out for yourself.
Wow,just wow and wow again. You can always rely on Sheryl Browne to mess with your head with all the twists and turns that she packs into her outstanding thrillers and The Perfect Sister is no exception. The chapters were short and snappy giving the reader a very bad case of just one more chapter syndrome. You think you know everything about the vivid,diverse characters and then she throws in a couple of totally unexpected,jaw dropping twists that leave you sitting in your comfy chair in total shock. Sheryl Browne is a very talented author and I really really love her books. Worth far more than five stars and very very highly recommended
AUTHOR BIO
Sheryl Browne writes psychological thriller and edgy contemporary fiction. A member of the Crime Writers’ Association, Romantic Novelists’ Association and awarded a Red Ribbon by The Wishing Shelf Book Awards, Sheryl has several books published and two short stories in Birmingham City University anthologies, where she completed her MA in Creative Writing.
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WEBSITE: https://sherylbrowne.com
FACEBOOK: https://m.facebook.com/SherylBrowne.Author/
TWITTER: @SherylBrowne
PUBLICATION DATE: 29th January 2020
PRINT LENGTH: 308 Pages
PUBLISHER:Bookouture
ASIN: BO81B4JWNR
GENRE: Psychological Thriller
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