I loved Cleopatra and Frankenstein so was thrilled when I saw Blue Sisters being advertised; then even more thrilled when I was granted early access to a copy! This is a seriously emotionally charged read that follows three sisters, Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky following the death of their fourth sister, Nicky. There are some REALLY heavy topics covered in this book ( grief, addiction, and mental health) however, they are dealt with sensitively.
Another really compelling and emotionally read by this talented writer! It’s simply wonderful !!!

Coco Mellors' writing continues to surprise me in the best ways possible, I was already in love with it from Cleopatra and Frankenstein, but this really solidified her as an auto-buy author for me. The way she writes about such heavy topics is gut-wrenching and beautifully on the spot every single time. Going through the grief processes of three sisters after losing their loved one and navigating the family dynamics, while all very complex subjects were handled extraordinarily well.

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I really enjoyed reading this. The relationships between the sisters felt very real and human. My only bugbear was that the ending felt a bit too neat, but I really liked it otherwise.

Absolutely brilliant, loved it. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me an advance copy, I will definitely be recommending.

Blue Sisters is a beautifully written story that follows three sisters as they navigate their lives a year after the death of their sister. It touches on lots of complex issues such as grief, addiction, familial relationships and love. I really enjoyed this character driven book and the development of the three sisters throughout. Their complex family dynamic and the love they share is well depicted. Coco Mellors does a brilliant job at bringing these very raw and real characters to life and also is brilliant at setting the scene with her descriptions of city life.
A really enjoyable read that I definitely recommend.

Coco Mellors did it again! Though the topics of this book are heavy (grief, addiction, depression, chronic illness) and not 'fun', I really enjoyed reading "Blue Sisters" and loved getting to know these young women. In joining the Blue sisters on their very different ways to find peace after losing one of their sisters, I think a lot of people will find something of themselves.

Blue Sisters, Coco Mellors

The highly anticipated second novel from the author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein. The Blue sisters, exceptional but falling to pieces since the death of Nicky, the middle sister, has cracked a line straight through them all.

From Paris, to London to face their demons in New York the Blue Sisters navigate addiction, grief and life in this beautifully layered novel.

Complex and rich the second outing from Mellors buries itself into the darkest corners of human nature. Painful, gripping and bitter Blue Sisters is every bit as stunning as Cleopatra and Frankenstein.

Blue Sisters is a poignant tale about sisterhood and grief and covers the aftermath of the unexpected death that brings three estranged sisters again. This is my first book by Coco Mellors and it won't be my last. As someone who has also recently lost two family members, this book definitely strikes a chord. Mellors does such a great job at tackling the topic of grief and addiction. How lost or out of depth one can feel after losing a loved one. Sisterhood is complex to say the least. I felt so many emotions while reading this, alternating between laughing and crying. We need more books about sisterhood!

Thank you to Netgalley and 4th Estate for my early copy!

I loved Cleopatra and Frankenstein and I knew I would love Blue Sisters too. Coco Mellors has the amazing ability of creating characters that feel so real, allowing her reader to develop a very intimate relationship with them and love them fiercely even though they are very flawed indeed. So many times have I wished I could hold my hand out and stroke them, hug them or comfort them. All the sisters, so different to each other, are strung together by the invisible thread of their childhood and dysfunctional relationship with their parents. They struggle to come to terms with the sudden loss of their sister and the alternating POVs allow us to experience how each one of them is impacted and processes that loss. I find Coco Mellors to write sad stories exquisitely and even though they are not easy to read, I've been left both times really thinking of the characters and the story. I genuinely loved this book.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for my advance copy in exchange for an honest review, all opinions are my own.

blue sisters is a lot of things: 3 sisters grieving over the death of a sister, addiction in its many forms, complex female family dynamics (with daughters prone to perpetuating the cycles of mothers if not careful), and more. i loved getting to know avery, bonnie, lucky, and nicky as individual people as a result, but also as a family unit. because death is often the branching event that makes humans consider the before and the after in order to move forward there is so much growth to be had. i particularly loved the discussions about faith and how believing in something, whether that is a god or something else, makes the world feel less big. in mellors build up towards the sisters' acceptance of their grief, however faith manifests, the deceased can still serve a complimentary role in the lives of those who were left behind and i think that's a sweet sentiment. honestly, this sentiment is a perfect example of what i consider to be the best quality of mellors' writing, the ability hone in on the desire of people to be honest and outright above all. i hope to say "i love you too. without the too" more because of it too.

This book follows three sisters as the navigate grief following the death of their fourth sister, Nicky. We meet them on the one year anniversary of Nicky's death; Avery is living in London with her wife, Bonnie, a former world class boxer, is a living in LA working as a bouncer, and Lucky, the youngest, is in Paris working as a model. But they all find their way back to New York, to the home they grew up in, and soon find their way back to one another.

Mellors explores grief in such an interesting way throughout this novel, Nicky despite being only a memory is a firm character and place within the lives of the sisters and in turn the reader. The delicacy in which Mellors explores addiction and breaking family cycles is beautifully done. I can't express how much I adored this book. She does not shy away from the messier parts of family life. Each character was vividly alive in my mind and their struggles and battles with mental health and addiction were some of the best I have read in fiction to date.

I finished this book too quickly and it is unfair, I wanted to stay with the Blue Sisters for at least 100 pages more, but I know the ghosts of these characters will haunt me into my next novel and further still.

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors explores grief and loss, addiction and mental health issues, sibling relationships.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC to review!

3.25 stars!

I loved the dynamic of the sisters in this. It felt real and raw at times. I was really surprised how wrll I got invested in each sister and their own life. Also reading about grief, family dynamics and just sisterly love/fights felt all real and really kept me wanting to know how this would end. I can't really pick a fave sister but I really did enjoy Bonnie and Lucky the most.

Avery is the eldest sister, now a lawyer and married after drugs almost destroyed her life before she got clean and became the faultless perfectionist.
Bonnie was a world-class boxer before quitting, and is now a bouncer at a dive bar. The only place she had any fighting spirit was in the ring.
Lucky is the youngest, a gorgeous model and wastes her day drowning in drugs and alcohol and parties.
Nicky was 27 years old when she died, suffering from endometriosis. Life had been reduced to two days for the three remaining sisters: the day Nicky was still alive and the day she died.

It was easy to love someone in the beginnings and endings; it was all the time in between that was so hard.

Her representation of a messy life, of self-destructive behaviours, of how we cope, hide, lash out is beautifully, painfully realistic to read about. Not to mention her presentation of invisible pain and not having the language to properly communicate it.

This book is just beautiful. Heartbreakingly, soul-wrenching, messily beautiful.
It is incredible that someone can write with as much emotion and depth as this. Mellors has certainly become an auto-read author for me, even as someone who doesn’t typically vie towards this genre.

”Everyone's addicted to something. Might as well be something good for you."

Finally, I have to acknowledge that Mellors has such a skill at writing cities - she proved this to me in her debut, and continued to astound me in their vibrancy in this book.

READ THIS. Sit with it. Discuss it.

”I love you too. Without the too.”

Thank you to Estate Books for providing an archive of in exchange for a review!

I went into Blue Sisters with the expectation that I would love it, just not as much as I loved Cleo and Frank. I was wrong.

The ways in which Mellors captures the family dynamics of each of the sisters as well as their own struggles and personalities was so real and raw that at times I felt like I was reading someone's personal diary. The writing was evocative and eloquent, even if the pacing was a little slow for my liking in the last quarter of the book, but it was never so slow that i considered skimming.

A wonderful book that will leave you feeling both wounded and healed.

This book definitely shows how grief can effect us all in different ways as the sisters each deal with the loss in a way that makes sense for them.

Blue Sisters is a story of three sisters as they deal with the death of their fourth sister, Nicky. Avery, a recovering addict, lives in London with her wife. Bonnie fled New York for LA after giving up on her boxing career after Nicky's death and the youngest sister, Lucky is a model in Paris dealing with her own addiction issues.

I loved this book. It deals mainly with grief, addiction, sisterhood and even more and Mellors handles these topics so well. Her writing is wonderful, there was so much emotion in the story and it was perfectly paced - I was totally drawn into this book and raced through it within a few days. The sisters are all brilliantly well rounded and so real.

This was so easily a 5 star read for me, and it's made me remember that I have Cleopatra and Frankenstein sitting on my bookshelf still waiting to be read, so I'll definitely be doing that soon.

The story of the Blue Sisters, trying to find a way to cope with the loss of their sister, each in their own, usually destructive way. They all seem lost and are trying to find their way in life again. When they get together to sort out their sisters belongings a year later and start to reach out a little to each other they start to find a little hope. I didn't like any of the sisters at the start, Bonnie was probably my favourite. But later on in the story I also warmed up a little to Avery and especially loved the chapter when she visited her mother, who also had her flaws. I don't know why but I couldn't put it down through that chapter, I think I felt Avery needed her mother so much at that point. I didn't feel the same connection as I did with Cleopatra and Frankenstein, which is one of my favourite reads, and I love Coco's writing style, so I am so grateful to have had the chance to read this one before the publishing date.

This was gloriously claustrophobic. An emotional story about the bond of sisters and how we all struggle. Wonderful.

Cleopatra and Frankenstein was my favourite book of 2023 and I think this might be my favourite of 2024.

Cocos writing is endearing and heartfelt and, most of all, makes me feel seen.

She is definitely an auto buy now, this book is so real and raw. I’d recommend either book to anyone who wants to dip their toes into litfic (or anyone who is already knee deep in it). Mellors writes in a way that perfectly expressed what’s is needed in every sentence, without being too flowery or hard to follow.

The characters feel so realistic, each with their own flaws and strengths that would allow anyone to relate to them.

Incredible.