Endings and Beginnings

I literally read this one straight after The Sisterhood. After finishing the first one, i couldn't wait for the next. It was left in such a way that you just had to know! Know what happened, know how they coped. The Sisterhood made you care enough to want to know. Now that in itself is a rare commodity nowadays and shows you the brilliance of the writing and the skill of the author.

What the blurb has to say:

SOONER OR LATER, ALL THINGS MUST END... Even within the bonds of The Sisterhood, there is change all around. As Naomi fights to preserve the marriage she has worked so hard to preserve, so Cathy bids her married life farewell and Phoebe begins to hope that the solution to her own problems is an easier one to bear than she had ever dared to dream. Meanwhile, Jo has to confront the most fundamental change in her life for many years, whilst Sarah finds herself facing immeasurable upheaval from every direction... Many things are about to end for our girls... but will there be new beginnings to follow them? The transwomen of The Sisterhood face yet more challenges and changes in this, the second volume of their adventures! Roz White is a well-known author of transgender fiction; in this, her second full novel, her explorations of this unique condition go deeper and more comprehensively than ever before.

I have to start by saying, Roz. you've done it again. When you have a novel as good as The Sisterhood, you do wonder if the author can keep the level up and standards high. The answer to this is yes.

In endings and beginnings we meet again, Naomi, Cathy, Phoebe, Jo & Sarah. We follow their progress through life as their situations change and evolve around them, some quite drastically. From family relationships and dynamics to the workplace. Roz has given us here not just characters but friends. You can easily imagine yourself as the sixth member of the sisterhood. Wandering around shops enjoying yourself, to being there during tough times, when you just want to hug them. I found when reading this book that, although a work of fiction, it is that good with the descriptions, feelings and realism you can't help feeling there is an element of personal experience. I just loved it. Unfortunately, when i finished this one, i did have to wait for book number 3. But, wait no more...Book 3 is out on Nov 1st 2016. If you haven't read any of these i'd definitely recommend putting time aside and reading them one after the other. The continuation is second to none, once again, heartfelt and brilliant.