Blue Sisters was an emotional and heartfelt character study of 3 sisters dealing with loss. Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky are dealing with the fallout after their fourth sister, Nicky, unexpectedly passes away. Each sister must deal with her own personal issues while also managing her relationships with her sisters and showing one another support. The story deals with addiction, recovery, family relationships, romantic relationships, sexual relationships, and loss.

As an only child, I was unsure how much I would relate to the theme of sisters and their connections and relationships, but I felt incredibly connected to all of the characters. Their issues and emotions are very real and relatable. For readers with sisters, I think you'll absolutely fall in love with this story.

The writing is fantastic. Coco Mellors does an amazing job of bringing each of the Blue sisters to life. All three of the main characters are very different, but they all feel very real.

TW: addiction

Coco Mellors and I didn't leave on good terms after Cleopatra and Frankenstein, but I am happy to say that Blue Sisters is a wonderful book. While Mellors is dedicated to the unlikeable MC trope, I found many more redeeming qualities in these women. Each character felt fully fleshed out and entirely unique, which is not an easy feat for an author. Grief and addiction can be difficult topics to explore, but I think the story is well balanced between honoring the struggle without glorifying it. I truly enjoyed the read from start to finish, and have selected it to be my book club pick for the month of October (I host a female-focused book club that explores topics, in this case sisterhood).

Thank you for the opportunity to read an early copy of this book, despite my late review :)

This was a fantastic read. The book dealt with some darker themes (addiction, grief), which I usually do not enjoy, but this author did a great job of finding a fresh point of view on these topics.

The characters were different- not your typical cookie-cutter heroines. They each had unique careers, perspectives, and flaws.

What I enjoyed most was how familiar the sisters felt with each other. It felt like an accurate and touching depiction of sisterhood.

I really enjoyed this story of sisterhood and grief. I knew I would enjoy it from the cover and hype around it and was NOT disappointed. The writing is beautiful and this book measures up to literary fiction classics and I believe will stand the test of time.

this was a challenging, reflective read. its about 4 sisters who couldn’t be more different from each other. it showed layers of dynamics of them, how they love and hate and everything-in-between. how their lives changed since the death of one of the sisters. each have their own problems, it’s all messy, but that’s the book’s charm.

i was unsure i’d like it at the beginning. i found it hard to grasp the plot because there’s flashbacks here and there, but i kept reading. around 40% mark i started to get intrigued. the chapters are very long, but i was glad that this book uses 3rd person POV because 1st person POV would make it extremely confusing. the ending gave me some sort of calmness, very fitting and deserved after the shitshows they’ve been through. i liked it.

Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Publishing Group and Ballantine Books for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This is the second book I have read by Coco Mellors, and once again, I am not disappointed.
The Blue Sisters, all unique in their own way. Raised in a home where the eldest sibling is more of the mother than the actual mother. The father is a violent alcoholic. Now the story is told from present day, and the sister Nicky has passed away.
This story really hits home for me. I too grew up in a less than ideal home environment, and I have 5 siblings. My siblings and I have dealt with tragic loss much like the sisters in the story. The sisters constantly questioning what could they have done differently made me cry. The grief in this book was really moving.
The end also had me in tears. After everything that happened, it was a wonderful way to close out then story.

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors. Addiction, Family, and Grief.

I rated this book 4.25 stars (4 stars).

Coco Mellors writing was beautiful, she did a wonderful job writing about addiction and what it does to a family. Written in three different POVs, Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky. You watch the three Blue sisters come to terms with their sister, Nicky’s, death.

As you read you learn about their dysfunctional family, and what each sister is going though/has gone through. When their parents decide to sell their childhood home, the sister come together to stop them. Before anything can happen the sisters have to learn to let go of the past and fix what is broken with themselves and eachother.

I was really looking forward to reading this book and it did not disappoint. Keep tissues near by just in case!

Thank you, NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group- Balantine for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for the e-book copy!

Blue Sisters follows three sisters who are still dealing with the grief of losing their sister as they reunite at their family home. I had previously read this author's debut novel and I enjoyed their writing style, especially while discussing topics like trauma and abuse. This book was also written beautifully and I felt connected to each sister through their POVs. The only criticism I have is that I wish this had a bit more direction. The sisters do eventually reunite at their family home but we spend the majority of the book following their personal lives and less on their reconciliation. I also think if we got a POV about Nicky or at least more insight into her life then the readers could have understood her choices more. Outside of that, I still think this book was a good read and if you have siblings it will hit different.

Three remaining sisters deal with family issues, the death of another sister, and addiction.

Unfortunately, I just cannot read this book. I have tried to get into it, but I've had an unexpected connection to addiction pop up in my life and reading about these sisters just makes it worse. Therefore, after reading much of the book, I cannot fairly review it. It has gotten all the buzz and acclaim, so I hope that it finds the right audience and in some way helps the right person or family member.

This is a character-driven novel that lives up to all the hype! I was hesitant to read it because of the heavy topics, but it drew me in almost instantly. Lovely prose.

This was a compelling book that was hard to put down. A great story of three sisters navigating life and bad decisions after the death of their beloved sister.

The first 3/4 of the book were very slow moving for me. I really enjoyed the last 1/4 immensely though. This is just my personal thoughts, as I have a hard time reading about people making continual poor choices.

Thanks to Netgalley for a chance to read this book! Honestly adored it, and really loved the chance to dig into each sisters story. I wish they were able to communicate better in the thick of all the struggles, but if that isn’t accurate true life I don’t know what is.

I loved this book, and at first was skeptical that I would buy the writing pulled through. I loved the exploration of lucky especially and would have read an entire other book following her specifically

This book, I was not prepared emotionally for this one but I loved it. This story follows the life of 4 sisters and tells a story of family trauma, sisterly bonding and grief. Three sisters alive and struggling to come to terms with their sister’s death. Where death and grief bring some together, it seems to have created an international sized rift for the remaining Blue sisters. Three POVs and three stories of grief and introspection beautifully captured and balanced. Through these three sisters we learn more about the life, and death, of their sister Nicky. When the remaining Blue sisters return to their home to prevent it from being sold they are able to process the grief of loss and begin to be honest to each other and more importantly, to themselves.

Check trigger warnings on this one, heavy substance abuse/addiction topics throughout. As someone who has seen how substance abuse and addiction can wreak havoc on a family system this book resonated with me profoundly.

Thank you to Random House Group - Ballantine Books and Netgalley for gifting me a copy (out now!), all opinions are my own.

This was a highly anticipated read for me, I love Cleopatra and Frankenstein. This one started out kind of slow for me and took me a little bit to get into it. But once I was hooked. I love the honesty in the portrayal of an addict and the different family dynamics.

Oh my god my heart! I loved these sisters and their stories! Definitely buying all of the books this author writes now!

This book was a story about sisterhood, grief, addiction, trauma, and identity. It follows three sisters, Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky one year after the unexpected death of the fourth sister, Nicky. They are estranged from their parents, especially their alcoholic father. But they always had each other, a group of four. With the death of Nicky, they each struggle with grief in their own ways and with finding a new dynamic as a group of three. The sisters all find themselves back in New York to sort through Nicky's belongings and find their way back to each other.

I loved that each chapter was through the POV of a different sister. It really helped you get to know each sister and their relationships with each other. The writing made them feel so real and how different but also alike they all were in their addictions, albeit to different things. We see how they each navigate their grief and try to honor their late sister as they move forward. I loved Coco Mellors' depiction of sisters and the bond they all share, especially as someone with a sister myself.

Coco this hurt my feelings!!!! Thank you!!!!

As a sister and sad gal, this was written for me I think. I love Coco’s characterization and storytelling and I will be thinking about these gals for a long time.

Oh wow. What an absolutely stunning novel.

This was my first time reading Coco Mellors and I was honestly nervous that Blue Sisters wouldn't live up to the hype that I was hearing. And I'm so happy to report I was wrong.

The Blue Sisters were full of rich, realistic women and Mellors wasn't afraid to shy away from their flaws. In fact, I think her best work was highlighting and diving into those moments—exploring the why behind their actions. Even if the characters themselves couldn't fully articulate it, either.

Mellors has such a rich, authentic look at grief as well. The regret, the anger, the heartbreak—all bled on every single page. I was blown away. This book had love dripping off every page. I loved the Blue sisters like they were my own friends, my own family. I don't know if I can truly articulate how this book made me feel. But I was sobbing, laughing, and just felt so moved.

Honestly, this is one of my top novels of the year and I cannot recommend it enough to everyone.