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Best Mistake Ever by Christy McKellen

  This is a new to me author but I am delighted to feature on the celebrations for the latest novel by Christy McKellen , Best Mistake Ever . It was published by Boldwood on 16th January. Some mistakes are worth making Beatrice Donovan would do anything for her identical twin sister. Including stepping into her hotel management job temporarily and pretending to be her - she’s desperate. What could go wrong? A lot apparently! Because her sister Delilah has hugely understated her role – the hotel is at risk of closure and she’s promised she can turn it around. Now Bea has to find a way to fly under the radar, get the job done before anyone notices their switch up. Sounds easy, all Bea has to do is avoid her temporary new boss Jonah. However, that’s a lot harder than she thought. Not only does he have impossibly high standards, he’s also out of this world gorgeous, an ex-rockstar with a chip on his shoulder and he's watching her like a hawk! So Bea uses her charm to keep him fo...
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The Forgotten Sister by Caroline Bond #Review #PublicationDay #CorvusBooks



I am delighted to be taking part in the blog tour for Caroline Bond's The Forgotten Sister, especially on its Publication Day.

To lose your family is heart-breaking.

To be forgotten by them is unforgiveable.



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 birth identity Cassie learns that her adoptive parents have kept a terrible secret from her her whole life, a secret that now threatens to destroy everything she has ever held dear.


The Forgotten Sister is a heart-rending, profoundly moving novel about protecting the ones you love from the secrets that will hurt them most. 

My Thoughts

There are some key moments in life after which nothing can ever be the same again. Cassie has one such moment in this novel when she realises that she has a birth sibling and that her adopted family have not told her. Suddenly everything she has thought of as fact becomes questionable and her relationship with her adopted family is seen through a different prism. 
    This story develops and shows that here are many layers to relationships. You get to understand Cassie's adopted parents' fears and actions. Of course, the most fascinating part for me were the three sisters: Cassie and her birth and adopted sisters. For me, all of them can be described as the 'forgotten sister'. Leah is the most difficult to understand but as you find out more about her, you see how her life has been affected by others and she has a big decision to make. Cassie has the assurety of a stable upbringing but you feel for her parents as they try to cope with the fallout of their past decisions. This is an emotional and thought-provoking read which delves beneath the surface of family relationships and which shows you that there are seldom simple solutions. 

In short: affecting, moving story of family dynamics.


About the Author

Caroline Bond was born in Scarborough and studied English at Oxford University before working as a market researcher for 25 years. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Leeds Trinity University, and lives in Leeds with her husband and three children. Her first novel, The Second Child, was published in 2018.

You can follow Caroline here: Facebook   |  Twitter 

Book links: Amazon UK 

Thanks to Caroline Bond, Corvus Books  and Anne Cater of Random Things Tours  for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.


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