Chloe Taylor appears to have it all. She is at the top of her career, has a handsome, successful husband. Adam, and a wonderful teenage son, Ethan. What isn't known is that Chloe is obsessed with her critics on internet websites, her marriage isn't as solid as she wants everybody to believe, and Ethan is really her step-son. His mother is Chloe's sister, Nicky. Chloe is receiving a major award and while she loves the attention it gives to her ThemToo movement, she just wants to go home. It is late when she heads out to their second home out on Long Island, but she knows that it will just be Adam at home because Ethan is at a sleepover. When she finally gets home late that night she finds her husband has been stabbed to death. And just like that her carefully crafter world has collapsed. Ethan is arrested for her husband's murder and the sister she has carefully kept out of their lives comes crashing back into their lives. Chloe and Nicky are forced to deal with the secrets of their rocky past in order to be there for the teenage boy they both love beyond measure. Will their combined efforts be able to keep Ethan from being convicted of murder?
The Better Sister was an incredibly fast and engrossing read. Chloe is an absolute "Type A" personality who likes to have control over her life. Even though she was Ethan's aunt, she played the role of his mother for years. And that is the way she wanted it. Ethan seemed like a well-adjusted young man who had a good relationship with Chloe and a decent relationship with his father. Even the reader believes that their lives are perfect because that is what Chloe wants everybody to believe. It is slowly revealed that their lives were less than perfect. First, Adam is really tough on Ethan. Then a big secret is revealed about Chloe. I wasn't all that surprised with the "whodunit" but I was surprised at the why, that secret was one that was kept tightly under wraps. The end of the book was a satisfying relief. It truly felt like they were going to get a "happy-ever-after." --
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Bottom Line - Alafair Burke is one of those authors that has a way of taking her readers on a wild ride. With the revelation of each secret, you are on the edge of your seat, waiting to see what else is waiting for you around the corner! All of the trademarks of a talented author.
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- The Better Sister by Alafair Burke
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- Pages: 336
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publication Date: 4/16/19
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- Thank you to Netgalley for the free book in exchange for a review.
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