This book was a little difficult for me to read, because the mixture of love-hate in a sister relationship is so real.
The book is the dark tale of two sisters, their relationship, what they did and the secrets they hide. The end has its own surprising twist. A true psychological thriller.

Sister of Mine by Laurie Petrou is a story about two sisters. The story is told by Penny, the oldest sister. Penny tells us the story mostly in the present, but at times shares memories of the past. Slow at times, but Ms Petrou has enough twists to keep the reader interested. I was given an early copy to review.

This is my first book by this author and will not be my last. I believe it may be a debut? If it was, I was very impressed. Very well written and kept me engaged until the end!

This story is about Penny and Hattie, two sisters that are very close and who have a lot of secrets. A great read about the bond between sisters and just how well they handle all the secrets they share when things heat up... I will be looking for this author's next book!

I would like to thank Crooked Lane Books, the author and NetGalley for allowing me an advanced copy of this book, greatly appreciated!

Oh, this is a thrilling beach read!

Our two sisters are very unexpected. There's a lot of darkness in this book and it went in completely different directions than I anticipated.

I honestly didn't like either of the sisters, though for very different reasons. Even at the end of the book, when shocking secrets were revealed and I finally knew who these people really were, I hated them.

But, even as I hated them, I loved to read them. The book simply kept me riveted (and horrified) all the way through.

This is definitely a 4-5 star thriller. Really delves into that sister bond, and what people will do to protect their sisters. It's a very twisty thriller, with many shocks and surprises, but one that makes sure the reader is engaged and continues.
Will highly recommend in Chapter Chatter Pub closer to release date!

An acclaimed professor at Ryerson University in Toronto, Dr. Laurie Petrou has written a book that won a literary prize before it was even published. “Sister of Mine” was awarded the Half the World Global Literati Award, a substantial literary prize that honors unpublished work featuring women as lead characters. After reading the novel, I applaud the decision of the celebrated panel that sorted through entries from 59 countries before making the award.

“Sister” is a riveting thriller that examines family loyalty, secrets between loving siblings, deception, and the ever-threatening threat of exposure of committing a deadly crime. Petrou, a neophyte writer, pulls it off with great dexterity while displaying a talent that is astounding.

The first pages of the book describe the death of Penny’s abusive husband in an intentionally set fire. The incident constitutes a secret shared by her and Hattie, her younger sister, a secret that churns throughout their life. As Petrou discusses in a blog, where is the limit of keeping a secret? In this book, that limit is stretched over and over, with a devotion that each sister has for the other keeping lips sealed … at first. But cracks appear in the wall caused by increasing tension, the suspicions in human nature, and increasing annoyances. The bond begins to crumble. The characters are motivated by an overwhelming sense of honor to each other but that slowly changes into destructive divisiveness. The suspense of the book is if the secret will be kept.

There’s a stunning grace to Petrou’s writing style. Her prose and characterizations are fluid and coordinated. Tremendous insight permeates every thought in the novel. I strongly suggest that you don’t miss the opportunity to read this riveting and somewhat disturbing book. This is a talent to celebrate.

(If I could, I would rate it 3.5/5). I wasn't quite sure I was going to finish this book. I read a little ... contemplated stopping ... then decided to give it one more chapter. By the time I got to Chapter 6, I decided to keep going. Overall, it was a decent story about sisters and how far they would go to protect each other.

How far would you go to help your sister? Penny and Hattie have always had a very close, if dysfunctional relationship, and now that Penny needs to escape her vicious husband, she’ll enlist the help of her sister. A tragic fire leaves Penny a widow, and for a time at least, the sisters are content. But a year later, a new man enters the picture and threatens to awaken a bitter rivalry between Penny and Hattie, and soon the little favor that one sister did for another threatens to surface. A solid thriller about the bond between sisters, the good, the bad and the really ugly