Another beautifully written family drama from this author whose books I have only recently discovered. Loved the play on words with the gin sisters title as this combined the names of the three sisters Georgia iris and Nola.

This was a story of love loss grief and family dynamics and how once the sisters father died his will brought them all back together and as events in the story unfolded being back in ballycove helped them to heal and find themselves again.

An absolutely gorgeous read. This was my first book by Faith Hogan (although I have another waiting…) and I will definitely be back for more.

Following the lives of the Delahaye sisters, Georgie, Iris and Nola, as they come to terms with not only the death of their father but a return to their childhood home in Ballycove is full of fun, mishaps and rivalry.

I loved finding out the backstory for each of the sisters and what led them to this point, where they don’t appear to like each other.

Whilst the story could be said to be predictable, that does not detract from the heartwarming journey and antics along the way. Meeting the very real characters who make up the community evokes such a glorious picture of rural Ireland.

A totally delightful read!

This was my first time reading a book from the author but I am delighted to say I thoroughly enjoyed the story and I look forward to reading more books from the writer in the future

Georgie, Iris and Nola are three sisters who are so different but forced to come back together after their father dies.

Faith Hogan is so talented at making Ireland come to life and her characters too.

Of course, there are many realistic life issues thrown in like divorce, sibling rivalry, and parent-child relationships.

Her books are always gripping and emotional and I treasure every one I have had the pleasure of recieving as an ARC.

Thanks to Faith Hogan and Head of Zeus for my ARC in exchange for an honest and voluntary review as well as a blog tour slot for this.

I can’t wait for the next Faith Hogan novel and every one of her novels that I have reviewed so far makes me proud to be half Irish.

5 stars.

A brilliant read and one I really enjoyed. The characters are loveable and varied, the plot is one that is engaging and medium paced. I found myself completely drawn into the story and enjoyed the writing style.

The Gin Sisters’ Promise by Faith Hogan. Georgie, Iris and Nola are the Gin Sisters, there mum died when they were younger, when they promised always to be there for one another. However as time went by there were many argument and disagreements and they can’t stand the sight of one another and all have their own lives, lives that none of them are happy in! As grown woman there father dies, whom again there relationship with has been strained however his death forces them to come together and admit truths to themselves and each other. I was first introduced to this author when I read The Ladies Midnight Swimming Club, so was intrigued to see what was next from the author. At first I wasn’t sure about this book and by no means was this the best book ever but it was a grower and a nice read. It’s about family dynamics, family secrets and about finding yourself! The three sisters are strong women but proud women, women that are to proud to admit that they have weaknesses and actually what they sought to succeed in isn’t actually what they dreamt it would be. The sisters are determined and stubborn but actually the barriers they had put up, slowly begin to come down after the death of their father and the reading of his will. Even though we don’t meet the character of the father it is evident even though he was estranged from his daughters in many ways, that he knew his daughters and knew that they just needed to be together, in the same space for a long period of time. I love the vulnerability these three sisters have because it’s so relatable and I love that the sisters are so much stronger than any if them believe because they are just scared of what taking that step into the unknown will mean in the long term. When they actually admit there fears they have a lot more in common than they think. You know from the beginning where this book is heading but it’s the way the characters get there that makes this worth a read! I like that that the author mentions the previous book, in that one of the sisters may join the local Ladies Midnight Swimming Club. This is an author to watch I think and this book is worth a read weather you are new to the author or not. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I'd been waiting for this one as Faith Hogan is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors. I've loved all her other books, devouring each well written story always with well developed characterisation and a jolly good story to boot.
When a phone call informs the three sisters their father has died, the inheritance comes immediately to mind. There's enough to inherit, but the sisters must live together at their father's house for six months. We immediately see and hear the sibling rivalry - always a great trope - with all that that entails. We hear of betrayal and rivalry, but also reconciliation and, of course, love.
The characters are flawed - aren't we all?- they're human and believable and Hogan has used great skill in portraying the emotions of each sister through superb characterisation.
I read a while ago that Hogan is stepping into the very clever shoes of Maeve Binchy and, after reading The Gin Sisters' Promise, I couldn't agree more. I think this is Hogan's best book so far. Already looking forward to the next!!

I loved this quaint story about irish sisters. The premise was excellent and the writing was good. Loved all the characters.

The Gin Sisters’ Promise is the emotional, engrossing and mesmerizing new novel from the heir apparent to Maeve Binchy’s crown as the queen of Irish women’s fiction: Faith Hogan.

When their mother had died and their father had been completely and utterly consumed by his overwhelming grief, Georgie, Iris and Nola had made a pact: that whatever happens, they would always be there for one another. Unfortunately though that pact had been broken into a million tiny pieces as, many decades later, the three sisters can barely stand to be in the same room, let alone spend any meaningful time together. However, will their father’s ill health end up bringing the three of them together? Or is there simply far too much grief, resentment and anger for the sisters to ever have any kind of relationship ever again?

Their father’s will stipulates that in order for them to claim their inheritance, they must first live together in their childhood home in Ballycove, Ireland for six months – which is quite a tall order for three sisters who haven’t spoken in years and years! Yet, Georgie, Iris and Nola have got no other choice but to grin their teeth and bear it. With tensions being sky high, sparks immediately begin to fly, yet each one of them will realize that having lost so much already, fate – and their father – has given them an opportunity to let go of past grievances and resentments and to figure out what is more important: their pride or their family.

Will the three sisters find their way back to one another again? Or is it far too late?

I love Faith Hogan’s books. Written straight from the heart and full of real, complex, flawed and believable characters, curling up with one of her books is like having a chat with one of your dearest friends. The Gin Sisters’ Promise is a wonderful story about second chances, new beginnings, healing from old wounds and the power of love that held me spellbound from beginning to end. This book made laugh, cry and I didn’t want it to end.

A captivating, emotional and superb page-turner, Faith Hogan is at her unputdownable best with The Gin Sisters’ Promise.

Such a great emotional book I shed tears. I enjoyed the is book so much. It was a change from my usual genre but lovely neverless.
Well worth a read.

The GIN sisters are Georgie, Iris and Nola. Their mother died relatively young and their father was lost in a pit of grief. But the sisters stuck together and vowed that they would do so forever. However life has a funny way of making other plans.

Years later, the sisters are not in contact, they do not speak. There only thread that is common is their father. When he dies, they find out what he had planned for them in his will. Before they can claim any inheritance they have to move back and live in the family home for six months – together.

For Georgie is strong willed and outspoken, her hard persona has stood her in good stead at work. But times are changing and when she gets overlooked for a promotion and there are rumours of her behaviour to other members of staff, perhaps a change of scenery is what she needs.

Iris, the only married one of the sisters who seemingly had it all until she discovers her husband is leaving, his mistress pregnant and perhaps his behaviour from years past picked up by the family was not a like at all. Iris finally needs to step out from the shadow.

Nola the baby sister, the one that needed looking after the most when their mother died. The one who has the most resentments it seem. But everyone knows Nola as she is the actor of that soap and the voice of a synonymous advertisement. Working in a café and leaving in a hovel, what has Nola got to lose?

As all three sisters return to their home, their father business, the village that they grew up in. Everything that they have tried to ignore over the years bubbles over and tempers are frayed. If they can get to the end of the six months they can all go their separate ways again and for the final time.

As time goes on, things change. Outlooks and perspectives shift in and out of focus and all three sisters find something being back in their home. Will it be enough to heal the wounds of long ago?

Being an only child, stories of sibling rivalry and conflict I find intriguing because I had none of that growing up and still don’t. The way it all plays out is handled well and the story kept me interested as it showed the highs and lows of family life, no matter how old you are.

Add into that the setting if Ireland and the wilds of the landscape and weather, village life and then a gin distillery what more could you possibly want from a book!

This book is perfect for fans of family sagas and like their female characters strong, dynamic and not afraid to change.

Georgie, Iris and Nola are back in their childhood home and have to remain there together for six months. They had a falling out a number of years before and all have some resentment to their sisters. They are also all carrying their own secrets and lies! How will they survive this six months?
As always with Faith Hogans books I loved it! They are all great characters and have a lovely back story. Even though they all have secrets they are human and I became very invested in each of the sisters.
Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for granting me an advance copy

A predictable family saga, about siblings and their turbulent lives. It was nice to return to setting of the ladies midnight swimming club and that kept me going.

A sweet story about three Irish sisters. Their father has just died and although all have been living in London, they are estranged. Fathers will means they have to live together on the extensive estate before the property is either sold or divided. There are ups and downs , but the story is well told and is a good and interesting read, if a little predictable.
A good summer read, you do not have to think about the book too much and it all works out . Location is somewhere in the West of Ireland, but the Irishness is not overdone. Characters well portrayed and relationships well described and seem believable .
Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

Georgia, living in London is a high powered marketing executive with prestigious firm Mellon & Sandstone. She is at the top of her game, a shoe in for the upcoming promotion.

Iris, also living in London is dealing with the shock revelation that her husband of so many years is leaving her for another woman. Who also happens to be pregnant, further rubbing salt in her wounds.

Nola was once an actress. She had a regular role in a popular primetime tv soap. (No not Fair City) Then there was that one advert for tea that she appeared in. However she is on the out with that acting community after daring to fight for gender pay equality.

The Gin Sisters are all in London except for not one has seen the other since a massive argument over 12 years ago. When their father passes away suddenly they are all summoned home to Ballycove and to each other. Along with an unusual clause in their fathers will making them need to stay together in Soldier Hill house for six months before agreeing how to divide up his assets.

What could possible go wrong between these fueding sisters.

Told from the alternating perspectives of the three sisters. Set firstly in London and the. in Ballycove a fictional town somewhere along the west coast of Ireland (I think).

I love the business opportunities that their fathers estate turned up. I adored the distillery as a plot point.

My first of Hogan’s books that I’ve read, I do however have The Ladies Midnight Swimming Club on my book shelves. The title of which is mentioned in this story and it made me smile so much.

I really enjoyed this book - I knew everything would be ok but didn’t know the when, the why or the how as the Gin sisters persistently told lies about themselves to each other.
This was about the growing as individuals and cementing their futures by working together.

A story of sisters, promises, loyalty. Set in Ireland. Such a heartwarming story of 3 sisters and how they come together after the death of their father.

This story follows the ‘GIN’ sisters, Georgie, Iris and Nola, after the death of their father in Ireland forces them all back home from England. This is the third novel set in Ballycove, and was the location of Hogan’s previous novel ‘The Ladies‘ Midnight Swimming Club‘.

When the sisters return to Ireland, their personal circumstances were difficult, and they had all been estranged from one another. In an attempt to unite them, their late father had a very specific condition to the distribution of his estate, by forcing the sisters to live together in the family home for 6 months before making a decision on the house and the family business, a distillery.

There are many difficult issues for the sisters to deal with, from career disillusionment, to divorce and to a stalled/failed acting career. As the sisters work together they find a reconnection that helps to heal old wounds.

The relationships between the sisters and the long held resentment between them felt very authentic, and realistic. Family dynamics can often be complicated and the story reflected that. I loved the way they all grew as the story progressed, with them finding strength and support from one another as they addressed their flaws, and as their unity increased.

This was a heart-warming delight of a story set in an idyllic coastal location in Ireland. I loved the way the story developed, and it was nice to see some familiar faces from The Ladies’ Midnight Swimming Club.

The Gin Sisters’ Promise is the seventh novel by award-winning best-selling Irish author, Faith Hogan. It is utterly ridiculous, his three daughters exclaim, the condition that Gerald Delahaye has put on the inheritance of his estate. The sisters, who have been estranged a decade, are to live together in the family home at Ballycove for six months. Eventually, they all reluctantly agree…

Georgie, the eldest, thinks she could look upon it as a break from her high-pressure London job, a reset, and return with renewed vigour to a grateful boss. Iris can stick it out for six months if her share of the Delahaye legacy will tempt her husband back from his pregnant lover. Nola decides it is worth doing so she can get a decent flat in London near the theatre district and win roles that have been eluding her.

They all make out that life back in London is just grand, but each is putting up a good façade: Georgie has just been passed over for partnership despite all her hard work and excellent track record; Iris doesn’t want to accept that her marriage, never the idyll she’d hoped for, is over, and she is now on her own, childless; Nola’s early success hasn’t panned out to a stellar acting career, she’s been making ends meet doing shifts at a slightly shabby little Moroccan coffee house and is about to be evicted from her bedsit.

Not wanting to waste those compulsory six months in Ballycove, they each get involved in what they see as temporary activities: marketing the Delahaye Distillery, drama classes at the local secondary school, and turning the old gate lodge cottage into a much-needed B&B. They manage to get on together OK, but have never actually addressed the issues that saw them estranged all those years ago. Until nerves frazzle and tempers flare in the very public forum that is the annual village fete…

Eventually, though, they agree that “Perhaps Dad’s idea of bringing us back to Ballycove may have been wiser than we gave him credit for that first day.”

As always, Hogan gives the reader characters who are easy to invest in, care about and hope for, and each of her protagonists grows and develops as the story progresses. Readers of Hogan’s earlier novels may recognise other Ballycove characters making cameo appearances. The conclusion is most satisfactory in this heart-warming and uplifting tale.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Head of Zeus/Aria

The Gin Sister's Promise by Faith Hogan is such a fun and inspirational read! From childhood promises to broken promises as adults. Broken trust, hard feelings, falling out, out of touch. But when Georgia, Iris, and Nola's father dies, he brings the girls together one more time with his final wishes... Will he be successful? The girls must all leave their homes and jobs in London and live together in the family home in Ireland for 6 months. Each of the girls is convinced that they can't possibly leave their careers come up their jobs come up their homes, and a spouse. Each is convinced that they're living their best life and I'll write where they need to be. They were each comfortable and couldn't imagine leaving the known for the unknown. But life's circumstances steps in and for different reasons, each of them decides to go home and give it a shot. It's not easy to go back home, to forge a new path, make, maybe even a new life? But each of them finds a job that speaks to their heart and gives them their souls back. They are each inspired and motivated and ways that they have not been for a very long time. And when their complicated relationship comes to a head and all the perceived betrayals come up, the old wounds are opened, the girls find their way back to each other, their roots, their history, their own true selves, and their futures. I loved this story, I found it incredibly inspiring and thought provoking. This is a page turner that you'll have a hard time putting down!