How one evening of fun ends in tragedy…

Synopsis

One chance meeting. A night that changes everything.

The Kennedy sisters, Molly, Alex and Sam, have a Christmas tradition – a night out, just the three of them, sisters together.

Lewis Stone can’t face the work Christmas party, but as he’s one of the bosses, he has to put in an appearance. He leaves as soon as he can politely get away, ready for the holidays to begin.

When Lewis Stone meets the Kennedy sisters, a train of events begins that engulfs them all.

One sister is left fighting for her life.

One sister is left fighting for her marriage.

And one sister is hellbent on revenge…

My review

Molly, Alex and Sam are sisters with a Christmas tradition, they have one night out together, having fun.
But their night of fun ends in tragedy when one of the sisters get hit by a car.
With one Kennedy sister fighting for her life, one sister is determined to get revenge on Lewis Stone, the driver who caused the accident. And the other sibling is fighting for her marriage.
But what none of the sisters realize, is that no matter how close they think they are, there are secrets that may make them think differently about each other… 

The blurb of this book intrigued me and knowing this author made it an easy decision for me to read it.  

Even I only have 1 sibling, and it’s a brother, it doesn’t take away I could relate with the bond of the Kennedy – sisters.
Because even my brother and I are having our own lives, our bond is very close. So I could understand the closeness the sisters had. 

Now, the story starts rather quickly with the accident, and it’s more about the aftermath of it, and how it affects not only each sister, but also other persons, like the driver Lewis.
The author gives us a clear idea of what happens before, during and after the accident, making us also realize that an accident happens quickly, even in the blink of an eye. 

Of course the devastation is great, and each sister is reacting differently. While one sister is set on getting revenge, even if it were an accident, the other sister wants to just move on with her life. (I am deliberately avoiding mentioning any names, or the outcome, to avoid any spoilers!).
This again shows how the same tragedy affects people differently and how reactions can be totally different. 

The many different point of views took some time for me to adapt, but once I was in the flow, I could easily understand which character had the spotlight. And it gave me a better understanding of its persona. 

The more I was into the story, the more I felt that the author would want us to like and dislike certain characters more or lesser. And with the addition of several side characters he only added more fuel to the confusion, wanting to make us wonder which direction the story would take.
But I saw through his façade, and no matter what picture the author was showing us of each character, I remained wary of each and every one of them. Because I just knew that there would be for sure a few twists towards the end that would shock. 

That made it possible for me to even see the great twists before they actually happened, and I had it all figured out beforehand, leaving me with a somehow satisfied feeling when I saw proof that my feelings were right. 

Yet that satisfied feeling didn’t last for a long time, as the author shows us that people, and even those close to us, aren’t always people we think they are. When cornered, you never know what the reaction will be. It can be a good, logical reaction, but also a bad reaction, affecting others and not in a good way…