Book Review: The Good Sister

The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: April 13, 2021
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Publisher’s Description:

Fern Castle works in her local library. She has dinner with her twin sister Rose three nights a week. And she avoids crowds, bright lights and loud noises as much as possible. Fern has a carefully structured life and disrupting her routine can be…dangerous.

When Rose discovers that she cannot get pregnant, Fern sees her chance to pay her sister back for everything Rose has done for her. Fern can have a baby for Rose. She just needs to find a father. Simple.

Fern’s mission will shake the foundations of the life she has carefully built for herself and stir up dark secrets from the past, in this quirky, rich and shocking story of what families keep hidden.

I just love reading books that have neurodivergent characters. They have such an honest, refreshing, and usually humorous take on the people and world around them. In The Good Sister, that character is Fern. Her sister Rose wants to have a baby but can’t so Fern decides to get pregnant for her…without telling her. As you can probably guess, this was not the best decision.

This story had twists that kept me guessing and was thoroughly enjoyable. Recommended.