Three sisters struggle with the death of their fourth along with their own issues. Addiction features heavily.
It was fine if somewhat dull. ( )

I waited an age to read this, being messed around by the library reservation system and finally getting the Kindle edition cheap, and was it worth the wait? Not in the slightest. This is Sweet Valley High for TikTok, where four beautiful, successful women struggle with first world problems while pretending they're not like other girls (newsflash, honey): 'Blue-eyed, blond-haired, and, most importantly, female, Bonnie was not exactly typical bouncer material.'

The four pretentiously named sisters are all overgrown children, especially the eldest ironically, and I only warmed to them in the final chapters of the book. The mother is by far the most human and honest character, but she's only there to flip a switch in one of her daughters and bring them all around. Everyone is an addict - I'm guessing we're blaming the alcoholic father - even though Avery was only on heroin for like a week in her 20s and kicked the habit instantly, but I think the author secretly believes that getting wasted is 'cool', like smoking. The only exception is Bonnie the world champion boxer, who was groomed by her trainer instead. The reason for the sisters' excess is that the one of the number tragically died from an overdose of painkillers, because suffering the excruciating agony of endometriosis to become a mother is a fair trade, apparently ('She wanted to be a mother more than she wanted to be free.)

The eldest sister Avery lives in London with her wife, but the author or her editor apparently decided that, nah. everyone is American at heart, and have the British Asian wife talk about finding 'Plan B' (not available in the UK) in the 'trash can'. But then none of the characters are exactly believable, and we only learn about them through the author's cod psychological 'tell don't show' narrative (she can't even let the reader work out what 'coq no vin' might be without explaining). I really did have flashbacks to my Francine Pascal years, only I'm no longer a teen impressed by beautiful hair and 'bad girls' smoking in secret, sorry.

At least I only paid 99p! ( )

A story of four sisters and their family trauma. ( )

A family drama focusing on the life of 4 sisters who grew up with not such great parents. Too much focus on the trauma and not enough on coping and recovering from trauma. ( )

Calling this at 120. The prose wants to be literary but mostly is not. The sisters are all contrived avatars for types of sad girls, there only to make a point. It's not terrible, but it certainly isn't good either. (There is a main character named Bonnie, a rare occurrence, so I was rooting for it to be good. I swear.) ( )