After reading the excellent Girl Last Seen last year was I curious to see if Nina Laurin next book What My Sister Knew would be just as good. I'm glad to say that it worked very well for me.

One thing I want to say about this book and that I didn't find the story that surprising, actually I had a pretty good idea about what would happen, and what secrets Andrea had. Not that the whole story was predictable, some nice surprises occurred. However, despite the fact that I suspected the truth is the writing so compelling. And the characters, especially Andrea and her brother Eli, are so interesting that the book hooked me and wouldn't let me go. The flashbacks to their childhood and to the fire that killed their mother and stepfather made the book extra interesting. And, since the present story was interwoven with the flashbacks do we get a little bit of the past at the time which makes the story even more compelling.

I will end this review by stating that Nina Laurin has once again made it. What My Sister Knew is great thanks to excellent writing and character that got under your skin. Now I can't wait to read Laurin's next book!

I want to thank Grand Central Publishing for providing me with a free copy through NetGalley for an honest review! ( )

I don't quiet know what to say about this book. I liked parts of it well enough but others left me feeling that I had missed something rather important but I couldn't figure out what it was. It's a story about twin a twin brother and sister, a sad childhood, and an escape from a house fire that affects their lives in later years. It covers all of the fallacies and mistakes of life. It had a good enough climax but a really sudden ending. It left me wondering about the outcome of the other characters and just wanting more. ( )

Remember those good old days when twins always knew each other's minds and they didn't go all psycho on you?

Yeah, me either. That's why I really liked this particular mystery. It reminds me that siblings are never (or are always) exactly what they seem. :)

Confusing? Nah. This thriller will keep you turning those pages from the first car crash all the way to the last lit match. :) You know, to shine a little light on the problem.

I admit I figured out the big twist pretty early on, but it's not always about the end of the journey. The destination is usually not the biggest thrill in most mysteries. :)

Definitely worth the read if you like well-crafted characters and the slow descent into the secret past. ( )

Though I read the book, I plodded along and found that it lagged terribly in some chapters. A mother and father died in a tragic fire. Their daughter and son survived. The daughter was pulled from the fire by her brother. Her brother spent 12 years in jail for intentionally starting the fire.

The book begins with the daughter/sister Auddie, waking from a terrible car accident. When lucid, she believes she had the accident as a result of turning away from her brother who was in the middle of the road.

The book is a series of trying to escape her brother, while Addie lives with her adoptive mother and sister.

While the author tries to write so that the reader is not sure who set the original fire, this book falls flat in many ways.

Two Stars

Really great audiobook. Could figure out the direction the book was going but still twists and turns! ( )