Blue Sisters- Coco Mellors

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Sisterhood in all its forms and glory has been my north star. Obviously, the universe decided not to give me a sister as a sibling yet sisterhood finds its roots in the most other-worldly relationships. But if I am actually being honest, sisterhood is also tiring. Being a "girls girl" requires empathy and sacrifice and a perpetual positive outlook on the circumstances life happens to throw at you which in my candid opinion, is not my cup of tea. Furthermore, if I am actually traversing the path of candidness and deadpan hilarity, the universe also decided not to humor me with the gift of an all-encompassing and enriching female friendship thereby leading to this defeatist attitude. 
Emotional vomit aside, Blue Sisters was my attempt at sisterhood, one step towards my north star in order to simply understand and for once, enjoy the ever-giving love that popular culture said sisterhood brings with itself. And boy, was I let down again (haha, bi*ch). 

I love Mellors for the world she can create and how flawed yet human her characters are. Avery the eldest, is a lawyer and a recovering addict; Bonnie is a boxer turned bouncer; Lucky the youngest is a model who parties like the world is ending tomorrow and Nicky is the one who dies. The author brings forth the reticent character of the girls with an almost difficult yet comforting sentiment of being back home. 

After her debut novel, Mellors recently released Blue Sisters, a story about four sisters and a family dealing with drug addiction, loss, and self-destruction. Unlike Cleopatra and Frankenstein, this group of characters tries hard and eventually does come out of their self-destructive tendencies to become better people but somehow without any resolve backing those healthy decisions. There seems to be a lot more internal struggle of the characters than the interpersonal which makes the writing seem uninspiring and flat. 

For the Blue sisters, the grief of losing their own and the new dynamic from four to three is a transition that carries, entangles, and ultimately makes for a prosaic plot. 

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