This is the story of two sisters, one who is brain damaged following an accident and the other who is psychologically damaged with a strong sense of guilt. Each sister takes turns to tell her story, sometimes in recent times but often through flashbacks. Gradually as the story unfolds and the facts become clear the reader gains an understanding of why each sister is as they are and why one sister has made an enemy who is out for revenge. There are plenty of twists and turns along the way and right at the end there's a twist that is totally unexpected. I enjoyed the book and will definitely read anything else this author writes.

Blood sisters us the second book I've read by Jane Corry, the first being "my husbands wife" which I do feel was the better book, but this one is still a really, really good read.
The book is split into past-2001 and present-2016-2017. The story is mainly about Alison who is the older "half" sister to Kitty. There is immense jealousy running through both girls really about who is the more loved by their mother and obviously Kitty lives with her in dad whereas Alison doesn't. Underneath it all though there is a lot of love. Alison takes Kitty to the bus stop to get to school and the last day of term is when the tragic accident happens...or is it an accident??
The book is exceptionally plot rich so it's very hard to go into detail without revealing too much and spoiling it. The story moves on at a good pace and you get to know Alison and Kitty well throughout. There is a bit of coincidental happenings in this which are a little bizarre but didn't detract from the overall enjoyability from this thriller.
I would like to thank netgalley and penguin random house for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

This is the 2nd book I've read by Jane, I liked the first one but I loved this one.
The story is told by Kitty and Alison which in some books can be hard to follow, however this blended very well.
There were a few little twists that I hadn't guessed although I was so engrossed in the story that I wasn't looking!
Definitely one that I would recommend. Looking forward to what Jane writes next.

This book intrigued me as soon as I started due to the dual voices and different timelines the author used. We have the present day where we meet Kitty and Alison. Alison is moving on with her life, and a new job, but Kitty is stuck inside herself, unable to remember what happened in her past. She lives in a care home. The author tells Kitty's story extremely well, using language consistent with her mental age in the story. We also have chapters where we see the girls years before, in the lead up to the incident which is the cause of all the angst throughout the story.

This is a well written story which drew me in straight away. There are twists along the way, and an ending which works really well. Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing a copy.

An unexpected tale following the different fates of two sisters. Twists and turns make this a real page turner. Would fully recommend

Thank you to Penguin and Netgalley for this ARC, which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

The book follows two sisters Alison and Kitty and is set now and in 2001. Alison and Kitty are half-sisters sharing the same Mother. Alison's Father has passed away and her mother has remarried David. Together they have Kitty. Alison and her sister are not very close. Kitty is treated like a princess particuarly by her father and Alison feels left out. She is older by a few years so Kitty is treated rather more an only child. She has a friend Vanessa who she is much closer to.

Kitty in present day is living in a residential home, clearly disabled and unable to speak, although she has plenty to say in her head. Her speech comes out as a babble and I thought Corry wrote this very well. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be to be able 'say' the words in your head, but not being able to articulate them.
Alison is an artist working at the local Adult Education centre running a course in stained glass. She wants to earn some more money and when she sees an advert for an 'Artist in Residence' post at the local prison, she impulsively applies. She gets the job much to her mother's horror and begins running art classes for the inmates in the open prison.
Alison starts receiving threatening notes and silent phone calls - the number of which she traces to one of the huts at the prison. She finds notes within the prison addressed to her and comments on a portrait of her drawn by an inmate.

Meanwhile Kitty has fallen head over heels in love with Johnny, a new resident at the care home. Relationships between the residents are frowned upon, but Kitty and Johnny despite their limited communication manage to have a relationship under the noses of the staff and other residents.

Something has clearly happened for Kitty to be in the care home, with significant life changing injuries and why is Alison keen to be a loner? Who is sending her veiled threats and messages?
Alison doesn't have any friends, but feels herself being drawn towards on of her evening class pupils Clive - who she has named 'Lead man', because of the stained glass classes.

I found the book intriguing from the beginning. It swept me off in one direction and then into another and I was surprised by the ending. I felt the character of Kitty was very well researched indeed and felt the frustration that somebody in her position may experience.

Read this straight after My Husbands Wife, which I thoroughly enjoyed. This book was slightly differently written and whilst as enjoyable it didn't in all honesty grab my attention as much as the previous one but perhaps that's just me and the mood that I was in when reading it. Well written and all characters well described. In places it was quite sad and others funny when I could imagine the reactions to some of the things that happened to Kitty. I wouldn't say that it was a thriller but it certainly kept me entertained. Definitely going to be on the look out for more titles by this author.

Ali was the studious one, Kitty was the fun loving spoilt one. As sisters they couldn't have been more different. Kitty & her best friend Vanessa often made Ali's life hard. One morning on the way to school there is a dreadful accident leaving one girl dead, one dreadfully brain damaged and one psychologically scarred.

Kitty is in a residential home. She is unable to remember what has happened and is unable to communicate- something that she finds intensely frustrating. This understandably perhaps makes her a difficult resident, although considering the spoilt brat she was as a child it is not that surprising!

Ali is now known as Alison. She is a freelance Art teacher but is a very isolated person. Unable to cope with her feelings she self harms for relied. To make ends meet she takes a job as 'Artist in Residence' in a local open prison but soon this just adds to her fears. Someone knows something about her sister's accident, something she has spent years trying to forget.

This is the story of two (half) sisters, Kitty and Alison. Alison a few years older and always the good girl , wants desperately to have the sister of her dreams. One who stands up for her, looks up to her and sue can do fun stuff with. Unfortunately, Kitty is not that kind of sister. She likes to drive Alison nuts, likes to ruin things for her. When Kitty and her best friend and blood sister Vanessa come up with a plan to make life miserable for Alison, something goes terribly wrong.
It was a slow start for me, getting into the story. But once I got a few chapters in it was impossible to stop reading. It was painful to see how the story unfolds. The flashbacks to the time of the accident and the months leading up to it show a dysfunctional family and that it isn't always enough to be the good girl. Reading about Kitty's difficulties after the accident and how she is trapped in a body without the possibility to make herself understood, is frustrating and I wanted to yell to all the personnel in the group home that they have to listen, to watch, to see that Kitty is there, wanting to communicate. And I don't think that this picture we get of homes with disabled people is far from the truth, which makes it even more difficult to read.
I think there is only one person in this story I don't have sympathy for. And this is Vanessa. I don't understand how a little girl can be so mean and manipulative. No, I don't have any warm feelings for Crispin either. He got what he deserved and I can understand how Alison did what she did. All the other characters I could understand why they acted certain ways. Children, even sisters, can have a rocky relationship. Parents can be in situations that aren't good for their children and hurt them along the way.
Do you like reading psychological thriller, than this is the book I highly recommend adding on your tbr-list. I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Books (UK)!

An interesting idea. The opening felt slow, and the split narrative made it hard to fully empathise with either character. However, the general idea was intriguing.

Two sisters story's told in parallel, keeping you guessing all the way.
A brilliant read.

A superb novel, beautifully constructed and with ample twists and turns. The style of writing is humourous at times (Vaguely uncomfortable finding myself laughing out loud at some of the expletives from the girl with brain damage - but that's down to me, not the author!) and thrilling at others. The plot hints at a larger twist towards the end and you naturally find yourself trying to guess it but you won't, trust me.
Really enjoyed reading this and found myself even taking it with me while on a walk - which given the plot line about stepping in front of a car probably wasn't wise but it made for a great weekend's reading.

This book mesmerised me from the beginning. I sboslutely loved it, reading in one sitting - quite rare for me.

Fantastic read! This is the story of two sisters, Alison and Kitty, who are dealing with a terrible childhood accident that left Kitty with horrific head injuries and having to live in a care home, unable to communicate with anyone. Alison appears to be unscathed but is self harming and is haunted by guilt. The circumstances of the accident are gradually revealed, flipping between the accident in 1991 and fifteen years later. I found this book to be totally riveting and got hooked with all the lies, deceit, twists, turns and surprises along the way, but the final twist was mind blowing. Would thoroughly recommend this brilliant psychological thriller! Thanks to Net Galley and Penguin for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Blood Sisters is a terrifying and addictive psychological thriller exploring the relationship between two half sisters before and after a horrific accident that leaves one of them brain damaged. I loved Jane Corry's debut novel but this second novel excels. Impeccable research and authentic characters make for a fascinating read.

Wow this book had me riveted from page 1. Half sisters Alison and Kitty are involved in a fatal car accident, leaving Kitty's best friend and a neighbour both dead. Kitty has complicated injuries and can't even speak anymore. You read the story through both sisters eyes. Kitty meets a boy Johnny in her home and becomes pregnant. Johnny's parents are well off and they help pay for treatment so that Kitty gets a machine that can talk for her. Once Kitty has a voice more of what happened that fateful day comes out and Alison isn't as guilty as it first seems. I will be recommending this to all my book loving friends a great read.

This is the first book I have read of this author and I have to say I was very impressed. I liked the way the story switched between the sisters and the different years. It kept me hooked as I read the book in a day, I couldn't stop reading it! I will be looking to read more by this author. It was a very well written and thought out book and I would highly recommend it.

A brilliantly observed story about one friend and two sisters, one of whom had a terrible accident. I found it engrossing with plenty of suspense and twists.

A very well written story centred around two sisters and a plot line developing which slowly tells a story of what happened years before and led them to where they are now. I really enjoyed the book and was gripped from start to finish, it was so well written and I enjoyed it a lot

Alison and Kitty are half sisters. Alison's mum had met and married David and then along came Kitty, same mum different dad. At school Alison is the studious, serious one. Kitty the arty one. Kitty is daddy's princess, and their mum, not wanting to upset David, lets the obvious favouritism go. This does not help the tension between the girls. But things change when there is a horrible road accident, Kitty is left severely brain-damaged, in a wheelchair and unable to do anything for herself, she can only mumble incoherently.

The story revolves around the two girls alternating chapters that fill in the story from both perspectives. It gives a full account of their lives as children as well as present day events. What seems a basic story soon twists its way into something more sinister. Lies that are told though a person's life have a habit of coming back to haunt and they can also leave scars. The past will never remain hidden, you have to deal with it to be able to move forward and move on.

This is a very good story. The characters are very well described and are easy to remember due the use of nicknames, or key characteristics.The plot of the story line has a number of subplots running throughout, when you think you have solved one little mystery, you find it is something else entirely. But they have been cleverly brought to a satisfactory conclusion, and then there is another twist. Thoroughly enjoyable read, a good page turner with several "didn't see that coming moments".

I would recommend this book to readers of Crime, Thriller and Mystery genres. Also some good discussion points for reading groups.