Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for gifting me with a copy or We were sisters in exchange for an honest review.

Wow! Just wow! Talk about intense!
Let me start with story, the amount of twists and turns this story takes is impressive and at no point did I guess the outcome.
The writing was amazing, short chapters that got you addicted and kept me reading way past when I planned to stop!
I will be recommending this book to literally everyone I talk to!

4.5 stars! I thought this was a fantastic suspense thriller and Wendy Clarke did a wonderful job of keeping me on the edge of my seat for much of the story.

At first, I didn’t think I was going to like Kelly as a character, and as the story went on, I felt like maybe the author had planned for the reader to not think very highly of her in the beginning.

Kelly is a mother of three with a young baby, so it comes as no surprise that she has her hands full. While dropping her twin daughters off at school, she realizes her baby is missing and immediately goes into panic mode. But when his stroller appears parked in front of a different classroom, she not only finds her baby safe and sound but also finds a locket belonging to her foster sister. A locket she hasn’t seen since Freya died.

From there, strange occurrences continue to arise and memories of Freya flood Kelly’s mind, but her past is one she doesn’t speak of, leaving her unable to open up to those around to her. Her husband, friends, and even her daughters’ teacher believe she is just stressed and over-tired, but Kelly is confident she knows who is behind the signs and messages being left for her, as impossible as it may seem.

I really enjoyed reading this book. It flowed very well, and I liked how it alternated from past to present and gave a little more insight into Kelly’s childhood. I was very surprised by the secrets that were revealed and how everything panned out in the end. Definitely made this book worth reading!

The only reason I knocked off half of a star from my rating is because I don’t understand why someone went to such lengths to scare Kelly. When the truth was revealed, the suspense fizzled out and left me feeling like it was all just to prove a point. I figured Kelly would be more upset after having been put through hell, but it seemed like she just got over it right away and went in with her life. I would’ve liked to see more confrontation between Kelly and the person who had done this to her, who in my opinion got away with it too easily.

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This is fast-paced thriller and one that I quite enjoyed! Kelly narrates this in chapters set "now" and "before". The "now" opens with her still struggling to feel like herself three months after her son, Noah, is born and her two twin daughters are just starting school. Kelly's anxiety reaches new heights when she begins to feel like her past is haunting her present. The "before" chapters deal with Kelly's unhappy childhood and the odd relationship that she had with Freya, a foster sister that came to live with her family just after her eighth birthday.

The pacing and Kelly's general state of mind keep the reader guessing as the pages fly by. Is Kelly just a sleep deprived, unreliable narrator? Or is she being gaslit? There are signs pointing to both along the way, and the plot includes some twists that really are impossible to see coming. I wish that some of the supporting characters had been developed a bit more - though this isolation really serves Kelly's story well. I really enjoyed this, though, and plan on checking out Clarke's earlier book!

This was an easy, relatable plot that held very little formidability. Wendy Clark’s writing skill was suitably displayed but the expectation of genre was poorly met. Avid readers of this genre may find the plot predictable and anticlimactic. Other readers, newer to this forum may enjoy the slower pace and patent foreshadowing. 2 stars.

Thank you to #NetGalley for this ARC

Kelly is taking her twin daughters to the first day of school
When she turns around she finds her pushchair with her son called Noah
Missing
She is quickly found him but when she cuddles him she finds a locket that used to belong to her sister Freya
Who did put It in the pushchair
I had an ARC from Bookoutre

I loved this book! It has some twists and turns that keep you guessing. It alternates between past and present and tells a story of a mother’s love for her children and a child dreaming of a family to love them!

Kelly grows up feeling neglected and always wishing for family to love her and pay her attention until Freya comes into her life, Freya has had some trauma in her life that makes her difficult and complicated but Kelly forms a relationship with her before she disappears from her life suddenly.

As an adult Kelly has everything she could wish for a loving husband, 3 beautiful children but she can’t let go of her past. Sleep deprived and struggling with the stress of motherhood, she begins to feel something isn’t quite right.

This was a great book! Thank you to netgalley and bookouture for giving me a copy to review.

I found this book a bit too long and drawn out for me personally and I couldn't really get involved in the story line.

Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read this book but I don't think I will read any more from this author.

We Were Sisters is a fantastic and engrossing thriller. I could not put it down. Well written and well developed characters.

4.5 stars, I really, really liked We Were Sisters by Wendy Clarke. This book was definitely a thriller that I didn't want to put down.

Kelly once had a foster sister, Freya, who was supposed to be her sister and best friend. Unfortunately, that isn't the way it turned out. Something terrible happened to Freya and Kelly was alone once again.

As an adult, Kelly is happily (mostly) married with three kids. She should be happy, she has her dream family and little or no connections to her past. Until one day her past catches up with her.

The book is told in Kelly's past and present from her point of view. Ms. Clarke's characters are real with realistic problems and fears. You won't want to stop reading this book once you start!

I loved Wendy Clarke's first book and was looking forward to more of the same. I was hooked within the first few pages as young mum Kelly finds her baby gone. The short chapters kept me turning the pages. It's a slow burn as Kelly's miserable past is slowly revealed, and it's her relationship with the foster child who arrived at the family home when she was eight and who she had desperately hoped would become her sister that dominates the book. The pace does slow a bit in the middle but hots up to frantic levels in the closing chapters. Some of the revelations were a little predictable, others a complete surprise, and I found the ending a bit weak, but I did enjoy the book and will certainly read whatever the author writes next.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a free copy of this book for an honest review

This book is all about family secrets and lies and the lengths that a mother will go to to protect . This book is full of mysteries and suspense. Read and enjoy the suspense and the absolute terror of a mother both real and imagined.

Very long and drawn out, the ending was ok. Writing was a bit jumpy and scattered.

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC

I first want to thank @Netgalley @Bookouture and @WendyClarke99 for giving me the chance to read this ARC which is to be released in Aug 2019..

The book begins with Kelly, who suffers from OCD/Anxiety, She is worried about her twins starting school, and some strange things begin to happen to her. Her husband, Mitch, chalks it up to the stresses of motherhood, but is it? Especially when she finds a locket in the baby stroller, belonging to her dead sister Freya...
The book goes back and forth between the past and present, giving the readers some insight into Kellys past. Its there we learn about her foster sister, Freya. We also learn that her childhood was not that great and its then we learn why Kelly is the way she is.

I don't want to give to0 much away, but this was a creepy, thrilling read for me, and i loved it. I also loved that Kelly was a relatable character. The book was a paced well, and a great ending. I think anyone who loves a thriller will enjoy this book.
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This was the first book I have read by Wendy Clarke and I will definitely be reading more. I was gripped from the start. Definitely worth a read!

I couldn't put this book down. I started reading it and didn't stop reading until 2 am. It was impossible to put down. This was my first time reading Wendy Clarke and I became a fan after the first few chapters.

We Were Sisters follows a woman named Kelly who is dealing with her past. Secrets from her younger age have stayed with her into adulthood and when she feels her past creeping back into her life it causes panic and anxiety that she never wanted to feel again.

We get to see Kelly's perspective in the now and in the past. It added a great dynamic to the story that allows readers to get a sense of what she is feeling and the reasoning behind it.

I loved this thriller because it kept me guessing and wondering what was going to happen next. I had the chills and goosebumps many times while reading. When we met Kelly, she is bringing up the idea of getting a new sister. That sister is a foster girl named Freya. She is quiet but not when she and Kelly are alone. She frightens Kelly because she says many things that normal kids wouldn't think of saying. I admit that Freya frightened me too. The way she acted around Kelly's parents was sketchy and manipulating. As I kept reading, I think Wendy Clarke did a fantastic job of making readers feel different emotions. I was definitely on an emotional rollercoaster. I felt sad for Kelly because I felt that she wasn't loved by her parents as one should be. Freya was always the one getting all the attention and I felt Kelly's jealousy and hesitance to trust Freya.

When it comes to Kelly's adult life, she has the perfect family. She has a husband and kids that love her, but her past starts to catch up to her. When she starts noticing little things here and there like a pram being moved and a locket things get even more intense. She has never let anyone in on her secrets and is scared that it will be too real if she vocalizes her thoughts.

It was thrilling and mysterious the entire way and by the end, my jaw dropped. The ending wasn't something I expected at all, but that what I loved most about this book. I thought I had these characters figured out, but Wendy Clarke turned all that upside down.

I give We Were Sisters 5 stars. It was a jaw-dropping thriller that kept you on your toes, gave you chills, and had an awesome back story to push it to the next level. I highly recommend this book to any thriller/mystery lover who enjoys a wild ride filled with INTENSE moments.

This was my first book by Wendy Clarke and she surely did not disappoint. This book had a world wind of emotions in it for me. I really connected with all the characters and laughed and cried with them. I can’t say enough good things about this book.

This book was about a sisters bond that couldn’t be broken even through all the lies and deception that took place in the past. They were two souls bonded through tragedy and heartache.

I want to start off by saying that the characters really made this book. I was able to identify with Kelly and all her anxiety and OCD issues that she had in her life because of trying to deal with her past trauma. I also liked in the end that Kelly overcame some of these issues and started to forgive the people that caused her all this heartache over the years. I also liked the other sister Freya. The author wrote her as a character who you wanted to hate but also felt bad for her in the end. You just never knew if she could really be trusted or if her motives were pure. These sisters had a bond like no other and it truly showed in the end. This book had so many twists you never knew what was coming next. I couldn’t wait to get to the next chapter to find out what happened next. I just couldn’t get enough of this book and stayed up all night reading. I absolutely loved this book.

Between the plot, characters and all the twists in this book it made it an easy and fast read. I would definitely recommend it and happily give it 5 Hearts❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

We Were Sisters is told from both the past and the present which enables the reader to learn more about Kelly, the main character, and why she is OCD and over protective of her children.

Kelly is a new mom and also has twins so when strange things start to happen you can understand why her husband Mitch puts it down to Kelly being sleep deprived.

The story also tells the tale of Kelly and her foster sister Freya: " she lied she died " is on the cover. Her parents are beyond nasty to her.

I really liked this book, I know some say it is slow to start but I didn't find that at all. The author takes her time to let you to get to know Kelly.

Secrets and lies all add up .

I will be thinking about this book for awhile to come.

Thanks to Net Galley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read We Were Sisters

I will rate We Were Sisters by Wendy Clarke a 3 1/2 out of 5 stars. While the book is categorized as a psychological thriller, I did not find it thrilling at all. It was an interesting read, but it did not play with my mind as the psychological thrillers that I am used to reading have in the past. This book confused me in parts, but I shall dabble in that a little later in this review. The story is about Kelly who had a foster sister named Freya that was two years older than her. They met when Kelly was 8 and Freya was 10. Both girls were quite lonely and came from broken homes. While Kelly resided with her parents, she did not receive the love and attention that a child should receive from their parents and she and Freya bonded over this fact. As an adult, Kelly is a paranoid, stay at home mother that is suffering from postpartum depression. On the day of her twin daughters first day of school, someone moves her son's stroller and places a locket inside. The locket that Freya was wearing when she died... After that... Kelly goes even more berserk.

What I enjoyed about this book:
It kept my interest for awhile as it shifted back between Kelly being a child and Kelly as an adult. I enjoyed reading about Kelly's past life with all the foster siblings she had over the years and how she tried to find solace, friendship and sisterhood inside of Freya.

The story was well written to the point where I could follow along. That's probably the most I can say about this book. The storyline was interesting, but it still confused me in parts as to why the entire story was surrounded by a lie about Freya. I feel like there could've been a better reasoning behind this story than that lie, but I did read this story to the end, despite of it.

What I did not enjoy about this book:
As I mentioned before... This was not a thriller. It is more so an easy going read. The only psychological reference I could find was that Kelly was off in the head. She suffered from paranoia and anxiety to the extreme where she was scaring her children and alienating her husband.

I didn't like how Kelly's parents treated her. Especially her mother Karen. It ticked me off that her mother treated all of the foster children better than her own child and when the twist at the end of the story was revealed as to why, I was not shocked. I had already came to this conclusion early on. It still did not help how I was feeling throughout the story about how Kelly's parents neglected her though.

The story was rather infuriating to read at times from Kelly's adult point of view. The paranoia and anxiety that she displayed were enough to drive me up the wall in frustration with her character.

I honestly did not fancy any of the characters at all. Not a one and that is highly unusual for me while reading. Freya was a manipulative, lost soul. Karen was a depressed, ugly, mean spirited woman. Mitch was an awful husband to go behind his wife's back as he did within the story. That irritated me greatly. I did not like Mitch's friend, Maddie, one bit. She should have placed boundaries within their friendship. Mitch was a married man for Heaven's sake! And... You already know how I feel about the protagonist, Kelly...

Thank you Bookouture and #NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book for the exchange of an honest review.

This is an entertaining psychological thriller with a relatable plot and a positive and thought provoking message at the end.

Kelly seems to be having a perfect life with a loving husband and three children, so far so good.
But then Kelly starts acting erratically and became paranoid that she is being watched, her husband thinks she is tired but she is scared long buried secrets are creeping from her past.

Kelly had a painful childhood that she kept from her husband and it could destroy what she had worked so hard to achieve.
The narrative is told from Kelly's perspective both in the past and the present, and the flashbacks shed more light on the present and give us a better understanding of Kelly and her complex situation.

This is a unique novel with a satisfying ending and I highly recommend it.

Thanks Netgalley, Bookouture, and author Wendy Clarke for an ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

I had read What She Saw and enjoyed it so when I saw this on Netgalley, I requested it and after a slow start, the story picked up and I couldn't wait to see how it would end. I wasn't disappointed with the ending as I did think that it could have been the classroom assistant but that's what the author had planned. It's a good story and as I said, I was surprised with the conclusion. I would like to thank the publishers and netgalley for letting me have the book to review and the opinions expressed are entirely my own views and are completely unbiased