SLEEP SISTER
BY LAURA ELLIOT
Published: 31st March 2016
BOOKOUTURE
Two childhoods destroyed.
One story they will never tell.
Until now.
Beth ran away from her family when she was a teenager. She left behind a terrible evil that took her innocence. She also left behind her sister, Sara.
When Beth returns home, she is shocked to discover her terrible secret is not just hers alone…she shares it with Sara. Under the shadow of a remote headland, the sisters make an oath they promise never to break.
Eva’s birth is a mystery that remains unsolved. Years later with her marriage in ruins, and her future uncertain, she realizes that to move forward with her life, she must first understand her past.
But while Eva is drawing closer to the truth about her roots, Beth and Sara’s lives are falling apart, crushed under the weight of the secret they carry. They must confront the past and face the darkness once more. But this time, their story will be heard.
Reading more as a family saga than the psychological thriller it was pegged as and that I was expecting, Sleep Sister’s strengths lie in Laura Elliot’s innate character building and strong storytelling that grabbed me from the first few chapters.
Things grew a little muddled for me in the middle section, but became clearer as the conclusion began to be reached, albeit it in rather a roundabout fashion.
Fans of slow burners will adore this.
*Thanks to Bookouture and Laura Elliot for the eARC via NetGalley. This is my unbiased review.
3 / 5
Fans of family sagas will adore this intense story