A great book love the style would read her books again plot good read in A day enjoy this book so easy to read good strong characters easy to read a good book just like her others

I usually love the books by this well know Irish author, but this one unfortunately came up short. I have always been a fan of Cathy’s books, her great understanding of family dynamics, the dramas that come with friendships and relationships, changes that occur in people’s lives.

Between Sisters is essentially a story of two abandoned sisters Coco and Cassie. Their mother was there one day and vanished the next, nobody talked about her, just that she is never coming back. However, there are always two sides to every story and the girls’ lives turn out to be affected more by their past than anyone could have ever predicted. They both have abandonment issues, which nearly destroy their relationships with the loves of their lives.

So far so good. However, then we have grandmother Pearl, who is suggested to be holding on to this massive secret about their mother, which makes you think she’s done something terrible. We have Phoebe, a country girl, studying fashion. We have Antoinette, the mother in law from hell. We have best friend Jo and her daughter Fiona. We have Shay, Red, Lilly, Beth, Eddie, Gloria, Elsa, the whole village and their dogs.

Just too much in this one. What could have been a great read became a hard labour of getting through and skipping paragraphs, because it just wasn’t that interesting. Which is a shame as the basis of the novel is good. So give it a go, but I feel Cathy’s other books were just a bit better and clearer.

I have read and enjoyed Cathy Kelly's books in the past and remember them as being warm, interesting stories about real people. I am sad to say that I just couldn't get into this story at all; the characters seemed quite banal and their introductions went on for so long I lost interest before the actual story began and did not read it to the end. I am therefore unable to provide a full review.

Cathy Kelly used to be one of my go to authors as I love a good story set in Ireland. This one was too slow to get going for me although it did pick up towards the end. The storyline sort of ambled around and a few of the characters were surplus to requirements. A little bit disappointed I'm afraid.