I loved the story being told from all the sisters' perspectives. I enjoyed reading about the family dynamics. Its been a long time since I read just a general fiction story that was as compelling as this.

Wow!!! This novel is better than most! Fans of family drama have to read this one. For context on just how good I thought this was: I loved Hello Beautiful and this is even better!
The writing is so freakin good! I can't wait to talk about specific scenes with my friends because they were just so vivid and so heartbreaking. As the mother of 4 kids (3 sisters) I felt this book completely, and I cried so much, just proof of how powerful Coco Mellors writing is. Unbelievable 10 out of 10- Highly recommend!!

Three sisters come together to their childhood apartment on UWS in NYC after the loss of their fourth sister. The writing is messy, emotional, and raw. Each sister has a different perspective on their childhood, parents, and most importantly their lost sister Nicki. Ultimately they learn ways to find joy and hope after a loss that has been deeply traumatic.

I heard Coco Mellors say, the only person I would die for but also kill, is my sister. This books captures that emotion of sibling love so well!

Thank you NetGalley, Random House, and Ballentine Books for the ARC for an honest review.

This was a beautifully devastating story of true sisterhood and navigating grief when one does not even know how to process it. This novel touches on so many heavy topics in a way that makes it feel like a light read. I devoured this novel in less than a day. I was up on a work night trying to finish it up and was crying at work reading the conclusion. Brutally honest description of the relationship between sisters and the shared trauma that impacted them differently.

I resonated so much with each of the sisters but truly felt stripped bare in my connection with Avery. As an eldest sister I have always felt the implied/assigned role of taking care of my youngest sisters. The burden that could be real or not sometimes cripples us in our life and is a constant push to do more since we never do enough. Each sister's guilt was palpable throughout the story and their yearning to have done differently and changed the outcomes of their sister's ultimate demise. Accepting that they each have their faults and learning to accept them and do better was incredible to read. I was especially glad to see how messy it all got and not everything immediately had a clean end. BUT THE EPILOGUE made the ending so perfect.

This has easily joined the top of my ranks for my favorite books. I am excited to constantly visit these characters and their lives.

Thank you to Ballantine Books, NetGalley, and Coco Mellors for allowing me the extreme honor of an ARC of this book and allowing me to process it before I was able to buy the book for my own and relive it.

OUT NOW! Blue Sisters in an intricately woven story of 3 sisters mourning the loss of their sister, and how grief and addiction have affected their family. The dynamics between the sisters are, of course, dictated by age and personality. However, this is thrown off kilter by the loss of Nicky and they have to navigate how to exist as a trio now. The characters are developed well and by the end you truly feel that you know them. These are messy characters!!! Which is not a bad thing, people ARE messy. A complicated family hardly ever makes a bunch of normies. Anyway, I don't have sisters and after reading this I really do not know if that is a blessing or a curse. The bond that they share and the loyalty to each other makes me wish I did. My only complaint with this book is that it might have the most similes of all time... it was simile-maxxing.

FOR FANS OF:
-MESS
-family dynamics
-realistic characters
-alternating POV
-character driven plots

Please make sure to check the TW!

Thank you to Ballantine & Netgalley for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.


I will post this review on goodreads now, and will post a review on my bookstagram feed (@yeahimreading) before the end of the month.

A love letter to sisterhood.

There are no words to express how much I loved this book. I was entranced from the very first page. Coco Mellors is now an auto-buy author for me. She just has such a way with words and this uncanny ability to express emotions I was unaware that I needed someone else to put into words.

If you have sisters or if you are a sister, read this book. You will feel a kinship within it's pages.

Unfortunately not for me. Naturally we will get a copy as this will be very popular (BOTM pick, Jenna book club pick, etc.) but I wasn't a fan.

all the bad parts of Cleopatra and Frankenstein with none of the good. The fascination with depressed beautiful women who are "gritty" and "raw" is old imo. Also the characterization of the sisters, thoughts on grief, and 'family is everything' plotlines were too heavy-handed yet somehow superficial. The whole book was a cliché

I love me a good family drama. This one had a little bit of everything. I loved their dynamic and was completely captured by the girls story. Highly recommend this one!

Funny, moving, heartbreaking, and messy. Truly a fantastic book with sisterhood at its core. I loved every page of this.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the arc!

This is a powerfully written novel about sisters, in a dysfunctional relationship, surviving a challenging upbringing. Avery is the oldest, a successful lawyer with past addiction issues, who feels responsible for her younger sisters. Bonnie is a professional boxer who was trying to find her way back to the sport after the death of their sister Nicky. Nicky was a teacher, who suffered terribly with pain from endometriosis, and her death impacts the other three in different ways. Lucky is the youngest sister, a model on her teens, with addiction issues. There were parts of the book difficult to read due to the extreme dysfunction, but the author did a great job making the reader care about the sisters and providing some hope. Recommended with warning about the addiction issues. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Hopefully this is my first Coco Mellors book of many. I loved everything about this novel. Mellors tells a complex story about four sisters, one of whom died a year before the novel begins. She's not a POV character but I felt her presence so deeply in the grief and heartache of the remaining Blue sisters, so it felt like I had a good picture of who she was by the end. This is a story about grief, addiction issues, what we pass on, and what we inherit. A thoroughly moving book with poignant writing. Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the arc, this is hands down one of the best books I've read this year.

i am a siblings girl.
the great love of my life is one i've had almost the whole time. my sisters and my brother are now and forever, since the day they were born, the favorites, the most important people to me.
so when i heard that the creator of one of my favorite characters was writing about the relationship that has defined my time on earth, i was both nervous and excited.
fortunately this is a really good book.
no depiction of sisterhood may ever feel as wonderful as mine does to me, but this book was swirling with emotion. its depictions of feeling and of place were striking: i'm not sure how the author has the twofold ability to make you feel like you are in a lovingly restored house in hampstead, spinning with anger, or in a crumbling cabin upstate confused and needing your mother, or in an atelier in paris about to throw up, but it made for a consuming and grounding read.
oddly for an author whose characters have stuck with me, that was a bit where it lost me this time around. while the sisters' dynamics, feelings, and even homes felt so very real, i didn't feel the same for their selves.
but you can't win them all, and with this book, you win most.

Coco Mellors’ Blue Sisters is a beautifully crafted exploration of family dynamics that resonated deeply with me, especially as someone with five sisters of my own. From the first page, Mellors captures the complex, often messy reality of sibling relationships—the love, the tension, the misunderstandings, and the unbreakable bonds. The way she portrays family feels authentic and raw; you can sense the affection and frustration that come with being so closely tied to others yet feeling worlds apart at times.

Mellors has an incredible talent for creating characters that feel incredibly real. Each sister is distinct and fully fleshed out, with her own strengths, flaws, and secrets. As a reader, I found myself connecting with each of them in different ways, appreciating their unique perspectives and struggles. It’s rare to find a book where all the characters are so well-developed that you find yourself rooting for each of them, even when their actions are at odds. The prose, too, is a standout—Mellors writes with a lyrical yet grounded style that makes even the quiet moments feel significant.

The emotional weight of this novel hit me hard, and I think that's a testament to Mellors' skill in depicting the complexities of family life. She doesn’t shy away from showing the challenges of being close to people you love but don’t always understand, and that honesty is what makes the story so compelling. There were moments where I saw myself and my own sisters in the pages, and I think that’s why this book moved me as much as it did.

Overall, Blue Sisters is an evocative, beautifully written novel that captures the essence of family in a way that feels both specific and universal. Coco Mellors has a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of the human heart, making this a story that lingers long after the last page.

My first Coco Mellors book, and I had some mixed feelings about it. I went in knowing almost nothing about the storyline (as I like to do) but for this one I kind of wish I had.
There are a couple of trigger warnings here...drug/alcohol abuse and a sexual act coercion (adult/adolescent, which was thankfully only briefly mentioned).

We are able to view different perspectives from each of the three Blue sisters (with a fourth alluded to). There are the usual squabblings, competitiveness and jealousies that seem to be inherent in sibling relationships (perhaps especially for sisters), and we are able to see these as they develop, beginning in childhood right up until the present day. At times it's a bit confusing keeping their personalities straight, but as they are different in significant ways it wasn't a big deal for me.

At one point, I honestly was ready to throw in the towel as I found myself depressed over the heavy topics and frustrated and tired over the sometimes immaturity of the sisters' actions. I stuck with it because I did enjoy the writing style of the author (some beautiful passages), and I felt that something more uplifting would be coming. And while, yes, there was some uplifting hope to the ending, there was also some continuing sadness which would likely follow through for the rest of these characters' lives. The takeaway though was that they had each other, an unbreakable bond, and no matter how alike or different they were, how much they hated each other at times or how much conflict they had to overcome, they were family.

Happy to have discovered this author and will look forward to reading more from her in the future.

My thanks to the author, NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine for providing the free early arc of Blue Sisters for review. The opinions are strictly my own.

I loooooved this book!!! Very flawed characters but you couldn't help but root for them. A fantastic sister story. Highly recommend.

I love Coco Mellors and she again, did not disappoint. This book was beautiful and heart breaking. I cannot recommend it enough

Give me a beautiful story of a dysfunctional family and I’ll give you all the stars! This book is everywhere - @readwithjenna pick, @bookofthemonth selection, @barnesandnoble book club pick- and it’s absolutely well deserved.

We meet 3 the Blue sisters on the one year anniversary of the death of their fourth sister. They are broken and grieving. If you’ve followed my page for even a minute you’ll know I love character driven novels and this one is done so well. These sisters are so perfectly created and fully developed, you will know these people throughout the book. When you are raised in a home with difficult parents, an addict for a father, your only refuge becomes your sisters. When one of those sisters is removed from the equation, you’re bound to fall apart. This is that story.

“That was family, she thought sadly. The root of all comfort and chaos.”

I was so excited about reading this book. Jenna had touted it as one of her book club picks. Reviewers were raving about it. I saw it everywhere as one of the fall's most anticipated books. I am so sorry it didn’t work for me.

It’s about three wildly different siblings who are grieving their fourth sister’s death. Avery is the oldest. She’s a recovering addict who’s become an attorney living with her wife in London. Bonnie is a former boxer who now aimlessly works as a bouncer in Los Angeles. Lucky, the youngest, is a party-girl model living wherever the next job and party is.

First, the positives. The writing is outstanding. I have no bone to pick there. And the emotionality is deep and believable. But though these were interesting characters I hadn’t seen before, I didn’t love or particularly sympathize with any of them. I get it about grief—it can bring out the worst of us—but I didn’t want to read about bad decision after bad decision. That’s frustrating. You could definitely make the case that each character grew in a positive way, but I didn’t enjoy the journey. Also, I’m not a fan of explicit sex scenes. When I got to one in particular, I thought, “Okay—on to the epilogue.”

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advance review copy.

Growing up an only child sometime makes it hard for me to identify with sister stories. But i found this to be an exception. You meet each of the Blue sisters on their own, so you fully get to know them as individuals before seeing them in their sibling roles. I can’t imagine the pain a family suffers with the loss of a sister/child. Blue sisters is a realistic look at family trauma and the lasting effects. I loved each characters individual strengths and felt sorrow for their struggles. I loved that the sister’s paths were messy even self destructive-few of us escape with no scars. If you love a realistic family drama this is for you!