“Blue Sisters” by Coco Mellors
Early last month, New York Times bestselling author Coco Mellors released her second novel, “Blue Sisters.” Mellors continues to define herself as an emerging voice for literary fiction by developing and growing the strengths she showed in her debut novel, “Cleopatra and Frankenstein.”
“Blue Sisters” follows three estranged sisters who reunite in their family home in New York after their other sister’s death. All three sisters deal with grief in their own way and also grapple with the family’s history of addiction.
Avery, the oldest, is a lawyer who lives with her wife in London. Bonnie, a former boxer, works as a bouncer for a Los Angeles nightclub. Lucky, the youngest, is a model working in Paris.
The most engaging aspect of “Blue Sisters” is the depth afforded to the characters. All four sisters—even Nicky, who is already dead at the novel’s start—are equally complex and feel like they could walk right off the page.
Mellors writes these sisters as if they’re real people and uses them to explore universal themes like loss, hope, and family. “Blue Sisters” is an engaging new release you won’t want to miss.
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