#BlogTour: The Forgotten Sister by Caroline Bond @Bond2Caroline @CorvusBooks @annecater #TheForgottenSister #RandomThingsTours

Book Synopsis:

To lose your family is heart-breaking.
To be forgotten by them is unforgivable.

Cassie and Erin are sisters. They are close – in age, looks and personality – but there is one crucial difference: Cassie is adopted.

At seventeen, Cassie sets out to find her birth mother. She is hungry for the truth, but she discovers her adoption was far more complicated than even she could have imagined. In uncovering her past identity Cassie learns her adoptive parents have kept a terrible secret from her her whole life, which now threatens to destroy everything she has ever held dear.

A heart-rending, profoundly moving novel about protecting the ones you love from the secrets that will hurt them most, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult and Jojo Moyes.

The Forgotten Sister is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase a copy of both using the link below.

My Review:

The Forgotten Sister is a heartbreaking and emotional page turner. It’s quite an intense read at times but is also an incredibly absorbing one.

The plot covers a lot of questions regarding family and loyalty that makes for a very interesting read. It starts off quite slowly but soon gathers speed as we learn more about Cassie and her biological family. The last part of the story is especially full of drama and intrigue which made the book hard to put down. There were some quite dark moments but these were contrasted nicely with some much lighter ones which stopped the book becoming too dark and gritty.

Cassie was a very interesting, though complicated character, that I couldn’t decide whether I liked or not. On one hand I felt quite sorry for her as it must be hard to not know where you come from but on the other she annoyed me by her attitude towards both her sister and her adoptive parents. She seemed a clever girl who was obviously adored by her adoptive parents and I felt quite frustrated that she listened so much to Leah. There were some great secondary characters too who were very well evoked, including some great baddies who were out to manipulate Cassie.

Overall I thought this was a very interesting read which I will be thinking about for a while to come. I particularly liked the way the nature/ nurture debate was included into the story as that is something that’s always fascinated me. Could Cassie have ended up like Leah if she hadn’t been adopted? The writing style was very clever and I liked how the author shows the same situation from different points of view as this showed how differently people can interpret things.

This is the first book I’ve read by this author and I’d definitely be interested in reading more from her. I think this would make a great book for a book club or buddy read as there is lots to discuss.

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Kirsty from Corvus books for my copy of this book which I received in exchange for an honest review.

About The Author:

Caroline Bond was born at the seaside and still feels happiest when walking into a headwind with the prospect of fish and chips on the near horizon. She had a fulfilling career in research before becoming a writer. 

Her debut, The Second Child, was inspired, in part, by her experiences working with, and raising, a disabled child. Her second, The Forgotten Sister, reflects her belief that our life chances are hugely impacted by our upbringings. 

She is a slow, but tenacious runner and not a bad cook. She prefers red to white wine.