{"id":1598976,"date":"2020-06-04T13:47:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/?p=1598976"},"modified":"2020-06-04T13:47:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:47:31","slug":"divine-reads-sister-dear-by-hannah-mary-mckinnon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/divine-reads-sister-dear-by-hannah-mary-mckinnon\/","title":{"rendered":"DIVINE Reads: Sister Dear by Hannah Mary McKinnon"},"content":{"rendered":"

About the Book<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When Eleanor Hardwicke\u2019s beloved father dies, her world is further shattered by a gut-wrenching secret: the man she\u2019s grieving isn\u2019t really her dad. Eleanor was the product of an affair and her biological father is still out there, living blissfully with the family he chose. With her personal life spiraling, a desperate Eleanor seeks him out, leading her to uncover another branch on her family tree\u2014an infuriatingly enviable half-sister.<\/p>\n

Perfectly perfect Victoria has everything Eleanor could ever dream of. Loving childhood, luxury home, devoted husband. All of it stolen from Eleanor, who plans to take it back. After all, good sisters are supposed to share. And quiet little Eleanor has been waiting far too long for her turn to play.<\/p>\n

The Review<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Eleanor Hardwicke doesn\u2019t have it easy.\u00a0 She has a cold, distant mother that she can\u2019t seem to please.\u00a0 Her sister, an actress, doesn\u2019t care about her either.\u00a0 Eleanor has a lack of self-esteem brought on by both of these women. \u00a0She is anti-social because of her own issues with her appearance.\u00a0 \u00a0Her one solace, her father, dies early on in this book.\u00a0 She then finds out that her father, the one person that she could count on, isn\u2019t her biological parent.\u00a0 When she meets her birth father, he is as cold and distant as her mother.\u00a0 Life just hasn\u2019t been kind to her.<\/p>\n

You feel for Eleanor \u2013 and she is a well-developed character.\u00a0 Her sister, Victoria, who she meets mid-way through the book, is also very compelling.\u00a0 It would have been interesting to see the author write from both of their perspectives, but that would have ruined the ending.\u00a0 Suffice it to say, that Eleanor becomes more powerful as her relationship with her half-sister develops.\u00a0 She also beings dating her sexy neighbour, Lewis, who is the most likeable character in the book.<\/p>\n

While you feel for Eleanor, it\u2019s hard to really like her because she is so desperate.\u00a0 This doesn\u2019t make \u201cSister Dear\u201d any less enjoyable, in fact, her desperation drives the plot forward.\u00a0 It is an easy book to read with a twist at the end<\/a> that begs for a sequel.\u00a0 McKinnon, wisely, steered away from turning Eleanor into a caricature. You will want to see where the next book takes Eleanor, and if she can finally, come into her own.<\/p>\n

Favourite Line From the Book<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This line appears on the very first page and it sets the tone for not only the rest of the book, but how Eleanor\u2019s lack of self-confidence became her undoing.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter our first meeting, I\u2019d concluded she must\u2019ve known early on \u2013 before she shook my hand with her icy fingers \u2013 that I was a liar.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Sister Dear” is available in bookstores and online<\/a> now.<\/p>\n

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