Thank you to NetGalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK for the arc of One of the Family by Sadie Pearse.

This follows a woman named Samantha whom went missing a mere 18 years ago.... . Out of the blue happens when she contacts her sister Freya.. She needs Freya whom is now a grown up woman with a family of her own. but she asks her to take in her son Dino. Dino is not a happy child, even though the warmth of Freya's welcoming family he cannot settle in. He gets scared at loud noises he hears and he's is very likely to angry, violent outbursts. He's one of the family, Freya knows he is, but why doesn't it feel like that....? In order to keep her daughters safe, Freya is forced to go and find of the truth... What is going on with Dino, and what really happened to her sister the night she left 18 years ago... ?

This is a beautiful story talking about real life issues highly not spoken of much ! It is a truly sensitive and gripping novel about genders, identity and even family Sadie does this with such great storytelling and though! issues like this arent really spoken upon and to see them in this book was excellent to see them mentioned for once well done for this Sadie!!!

A definite recommend!!
5 Stars!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This was an exciting drama that I had a great time reading. The book was very well written and the characters were believable. Highly recommended!

I received an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book wasn’t the worst or the best psychological thriller of late, but it was perfectly serviceable and did the job. 3.5. rounded up.