Mark Twain wrote: It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.
Category: Suspense
Average Rating: 5.0
There's only been one time that Rose couldn't stop me from doing the wrong thing and that was a mistake that will haunt me for the rest of my life.
Fern Castle works in her local library. She has dinner with her twin sister Rose three nights a week. And she avoids crowds, bright lights and loud noises as much as possible. Fern has a carefully structured life and disrupting her routine can be...dangerous.
When Rose discovers that she cannot get pregnant, Fern sees her chance to pay her sister back for everything Rose has done for her. Fern can have a baby for Rose. She just needs to find a father. Simple.
Fern's mission will shake the foundations of the life she has carefully built for herself and stir up dark secrets from the past, in this quirky, rich and shocking story of unexpected love.
Rating: 5
The Good Sister is an utterly engrossing psychological suspense novel with wonderfully drawn characters and a story that held my attention from beginning to end. At the center are twin sisters Fern and Rose, two very different women whose complicated relationship drives the story.
Fern is an especially memorable character. She works at her local library, avoids crowds, bright lights, and loud noises, and has built her life around a carefully structured routine. She even has dinner with Rose three nights a week. Fern's distinctive way of looking at the world provides some genuinely laugh-out-loud moments, even as the story around her becomes increasingly tense. Her carefully controlled life also makes the disruptions that follow all the more compelling--and sometimes rather alarming.
Rose is equally well drawn, although she is certainly not the funny sister. The contrast between the two women is one of the novel's greatest strengths, and Sally Hepworth does an excellent job making both characters feel complex, believable, and fascinating.
Barrie Kreinik gives a very satisfactory narration. I might have wished for somewhat greater distinction between the character voices, but I had no trouble following the dialogue. Fortunately, her Australian accent is subtle enough that it never gets in the way of the story.
The suspense builds steadily, and the story becomes particularly intense as it reaches its climax. I was thoroughly caught up in what was happening and appreciated that the ending is complete and satisfying rather than leaving loose ends dangling.
Fans of The Maid will likely find much to enjoy here, particularly in the combination of an unusual, memorable protagonist, flashes of humor, and a mystery that gradually becomes much more serious and suspenseful.
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