The Winter Sister by Megan Collins

The Winter Sister by Megan Collins

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


The Winter Sister by Megan Collins

February 2019

I received this digital ARC from NetGalley and Touchstone Simon & Schuster in exchange for an unbiased review.

“Demeter had an only daughter, Persephone . . . the maiden of the spring. She lost her and in her terrible grief she withheld her gifts from the earth, which turned into a frozen desert. The green and flowering land was icebound and lifeless because Persephone had disappeared. —Edith Hamilton, Mythology”

It had been sixteen years since Sylvie’s sister Persephone snuck out to see her boyfriend and never returned. Her body was found but years later her murder still remained unsolved. There were several suspects but no clear evidence which exacerbated the guilt of those who loved her.

It has always been Sylvie and Persephone. Their mother Annie claimed to not need a man in her life. She raised them herself on her meager salary as a waitress in the local diner. Though the years they notice Annie becoming more bitter and acerbic drinking and kicking herself in her room for days.

Annie’s sister Jill is the consistent stable person in their lives. She takes care of Sylvie until she goes away to college and tries to forget the tragedies of her past. It’s only when her aunt begs her to come home to help care for her ailing mother that truths of the past start to unravel.

This is a powerful story about family, lies told to protect, destructive behavior and redemption. It is well written and hard to put down. It pulls you into the story wanting to know how it ends.



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