This was a well-written and very enjoyable read. I'll definitely be reading more books by this author!

I received an advance reading copy of this book courtesy of Lake Union Publishing via Netgalley.

For some reason, I could not download this book to my kindle. I ended up purchasing it on Amazon once published. Nice read.

This novel alternates between two time periods, both from the perspective of the same character. In one, Ginger is 13 years old with a kind of crazy family with 3 younger siblings and somewhat unhappy parents; in the other Ginger is now an adult with a rebellious 17 year old daughter, and her mother is getting a bit senile. So, not the summery kind of book you might think from the book cover (though part of it is set on Martha's Vineyard), but a dysfunctional family novel, also propelled by the revelation that the adult Ginger only has one sister in her life, with the other sister estranged and her brother having died as a child. Ginger is a sympathetic character, but I had a little trouble getting into the book because most of the other characters range from annoying to worse, and it's kind of a bummer. But I found myself moved at the end. 3.5 stars.

This was the first book that I've read by this author, and I'm still not quite sure what to make of it. 'Sisters One, Two Three' certainly wasn't my usual type of story. It ended up being "okay", but not particularly interesting or compelling - at least, not for me.

I listed to the Audible version of this book and the narration was fine. However, the characters were unappealing and awkward for me. I just didn't like any of them...and boy, did I try.

The story is told from the POV of Ginger and jumps back and forth between her present-day adult life and her childhood. The reader/listener is provided a front row seat to the inner-workings of two generations of strained mother-daughter relationships. There is the present-day relationship between Ginger and her daughter, Julia. Then, there is the relationships between Ginger's mother, Glory, with Ginger and her sisters, Mimi and Callie.

Right from the start, I was appalled by Julia's disrespectful behavior toward her mother. Oddly enough, while it seems that the intent of the author is to portray Ginger as some sort of over-bearing, out of control, worry wart, I didn't find any of Ginger's behaviors to be alarming. In fact, if anything, I found the lack of concern from her husband and the daughter's bratty, entitled behavior to be the source of my outrage. I was with Ginger all the way. Her teenage daughter needed to be reined in and her husband needed a foot in his a$$.

Accordingly I didn't buy into one of the major premises of this story, which was that Ginger's over-bearing nature chased off her daughter. Apparently, when your underage teenage daughter hangs out in her bedroom with her boyfriend, it is going too far to expect her to keep the bedroom door open. Similarly, it should be alright for said teenage daughter to respond in a mouthy, disrespectful manner to her mother if she dares to ask "where she is going", "who she is going with", "what she is doing", etc. I call bullshit! That is called "parenting".

Of course, while I spent most of this book wanting to bitch-slap Ginger's worthless husband, who spent most of this story mentally checked out, I couldn't really jump on the "horrible Ginger bandwagon" that seemed to be driving the storyline. Nope. Nothing was going to convince me that a reasonable parent wouldn't be concerned when their underage teenage daughter decided to run off with her boyfriend to become a...wait for it...STREET PERFORMER! I could definitely understand Ginger, it was every other adult in this book that concerned me. To think that Ginger's husband was actually a counselor of some sort terrified me.

Meanwhile, Ginger's memories provide a glimpse into her own relationship with her mother. If Ginger is overbearing, her mother was anything but. In fact, I'm not sure that her mother had a nurturing bone in her body. Glory was one of the most self-absorbed characters that I've ever encountered. Her children were little more than "accessories" or a "captive audience" to stroke her out of control ego. Toward the end, a little light was shed regarding her motivations for some of her actions. By that point, it made little difference to me. I loathed this woman.

I don't want to give too much away, but there are many lies and secrets that prove to be pivotal in this story. Aside from highlighting some very troublesome mother-child relationships, this book illustrates how lies can be ruinous. There was so much dishonesty and it left destruction in it's wake.

Overall, this ended up being a mediocre read for me. I didn't feel like all of my questions were answered. For example, I still have questions about the nature of Glory's relationship with Casper. I also felt like the "big reveal" was a bit anti-climactic. I guess after all of the waiting, I expected something more. In the end, it just never happened.

There are three sisters in the story, but we only get to know the oldest one up close. I needed to know all three, especially the youngest. Some things don't make sense and I have unanswered questions. Overall I found this to be an interesting story.

I was really intrigued by this book. I’ve always been interested in the relationships between sisters, probably because I don’t have any sisters of my own.

This novel had a lot of really good pieces to it. As always, I love a novel that jumps back and forth between the past and the present. I love to see how characters were is their younger years and how those experiences shaped them into the characters we see today. As this novel unfold you discover the tragedy that happened to the Tangle family and you see what that’s done to shape them.

As much as I loved the story, I really disliked Ginger and her family. Ginger worries about EVERYTHING and tried to control EVERYTHING and it drove me CRAZY. Her daughter is a brat. And her husband is a pushover. I’m giving this book a B because I liked the story so much, but I really wanted to smack Ginger and her family in the face.

Still, I’d recommend this book. The story itself is good enough that despite how annoying Ginger is you still want to make it to the end. And the mystery is intriguing! So check this book out. Hopefully the characters don’t drive you too crazy.

Lake Union Publishing and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Sisters One, Two, Three. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

After a tragic accident on Martha’s Vineyard, the secret of that summer becomes second nature for the Tangle sisters: Mimi, Callie, and Ginger. When part of the story is revealed, will the sisters revisit their lost childhood and make up for lost time?

The book bounces back and forth between Ginger's adult and child lives. As her family unravels in the present, it echoes the slow decline of her life in the past. The part of the plot involving Julia, Ginger's obstinate and disrespectful teenage daughter, detracted from the book as a whole. In the author's attempt to draw parallels between characters from the past and the present, she just simply went too far. My interest waned in a big way, only to regain once more of the mystery surrounding Charlie was revealed. I was not drawn to the story or the characters as I was expecting, leaving me feeling that Sisters One, Two, Three was a missed opportunity by the author to tell a compelling story about profound loss. I would be hesitant to recommend this book for the reasons I outlined above.

Perfect read for a slow day or when you need time to de-stress. The three sisters are at different ends of the character spectrum, but they come together in the end. I appreciate the drama that the author built her novel around.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publishing house and the author for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

This was a very great book. I love books that jump back and forth from past (childhood) to present time (adulthood), I did find it hard at times to follow along, but I really enjoyed it. This was a very enjoyable book with many mysteries unfolding along the way, lots of twists and turns. I loved the character, Glory, she was by far the best, but all of the characters were well written. I thought the ending was appropriate and it left me satisfied.

Will definitely be looking or more books by this author.

Dysfunctional families fascinate me...reading this book about one very dysfunctional family was intriguing. Honestly, I truly could not imagine why a family would keep such a secret and erase some very important treasures from their shared history. I mean this family is a master at hiding secrets until one fateful day when Ginger, one of the sisters, whispers about the "unspoken memories" and her daughter, Julia, happens to catch the forbidden words. Things begin to unravel but perhaps things will actually become pieced back together. Glory's family reminds me of a puzzle with crucial pieces missing. Glory loves to work jigsaw puzzles. It is her favorite past-time, in fact. A missing piece would drive her crazy, and yet her own family is just like that and she doesn't even recognize it. Denial keeps this family going for a long time....but it's about to crumble. Will the revealing of the truth bring the needed healing to this family?
I found the Tangle family to be quite sad and I couldn't help but feel pity and compassion for them. I'm very familiar with secrets and denial, so perhaps that's why I feel this way. I also was very eager to find the "big secret" as I read. It seemed that it would never be told. When I discovered it, I was shocked that the family hid it for so many years. This was a family who desperately needed to grieve.
I am rating this book 5 stars and highly recommend it to readers who enjoy contemporary fiction and family drama.
I received an ebook of this novel from netgalley and Lake Union Publishing in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Unfortunately this just wasn't for me, I couldn't get into it. Not the authors fault, just not my type of book.

Tangle by name tangle by nature!
Loved this book, sooooo many totally dysfunctional characters in one book. How secrets can affect everyone in the family in different ways and how each individual copes with that, it was a great read flipping back and forth told through Gingers eyes and I really enjoyed it. I hated Glory and felt for her children, won't say too much and spoil it for everyone go get a copy!!! What a gem of a book.

Loved it. Very compelling read with a reminder about keeping secrets. Tragedy and family drama a winning combination.

I didn't leave a review for this book on Goodreads, since I don't like to leave reviews for books I consider to be fewer than three stars. The prose was engaging, but I found myself very annoyed by the lies told by the characters, and the secrets that for no good reason were never revealed by the mother before her death. Ultimately, I'm sorry to say the book was unsatisfying, but I thank you for the opportunity to read this novel.

Unfortunately, I was unable to finish this title therefore I will not be leaving an online review.

I love a good family drama, and if it’s connected to anything remotely beachy, that only increases my enjoyment, so you can imagine that I leaped at a chance to read and review Sisters One, Two, Three.

I was not disappointed.

The Tangle family (aptly named, because their lives and secrets are all a giant, tangled ball of confusion, contradiction, affection, and family bonds) quickly found their way into my heart and my head, as their secrets, both big and small, were revealed to us.

Nancy Star does an amazing job at peeling away the onion-layers of family connections. Perhaps it’s because I’m an only child that I am so drawn to stories of people who are not, but I was enraptured by the bond each of the sisters had for each other, and intrigued by the way each of them was both independent, but also part of a whole.

This is a perfect January novel. It’s a palate cleanser after all the sweetness of last month’s holidays, at once tender and bracing (yes, it’s possible to be both) and it’s also a reminder that even the best families have their issues.

Goes well with a cup of black tea – Earl Grey, perhaps, or English Breakfast – and multigrain toast with organic peanut butter.

It was OK! There were too many disfunctional people in this book and it was hard to keep track of everyone.

Secrets and lies, even out of love, make for good novels and lousy families. Star has created a situation and a group of siblings which is and who are quite believable. This is the sort of book people tend to love or hate depending on how they feel about the event which serves as the catalyst. I liked it- it's well written, carefully plotted, and sensitive to Callie, Ginger, and Mimi. You might not like Glory or agree with what she did but she's one heck of a character. THanks to Netgalley for the ARC and to Goodreads (I also won a copy from them!)

This is told from Ginger's perspective. It's a slow-moving book but I enjoyed reading about the Tangle's, especially in the early years. They're dysfunctional and have their quirks and I didn't always like how they handled things but you can't help but like them just the same. It's a realistic portrayal of how keeping secrets and not talking about memories and your feelings can damage relationships.