It totally buoyed my spirits and added that extra spark to my otherwise abbreviated summer. Especially this year, having lost half of my summer due to moving and feeling unwell, I'm doubly thankful to have found this gem of a story. Summers are so special and inevitably too short. I read it almost entirely outside, soaking up the sunshine and with various fruit-flavored bubble teas in hand. No doubt about it, I just about savored every moment of this book. But I really had to reach hard to come up with this minor quibble. Thankfully, Fast Eddie only appears a few times, though it did confuse me every time he did. There's Sweet Edie (a main character) and Fast Eddie (only a side one). If I had to nitpick something, it would be that there were two characters with almost the same name. I can honestly say there wasn't a single character I wasn't fond of, and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know everyone and seeing them grow through the pages.
And while that took me a few chapters to get into, once I did, I was all in. Instead of focusing solely on one or two individuals, this story is more of an ensemble cast, with many characters taking up the pages. It transported me to Nantucket, and I fell in love with the island, the atmosphere, and all the wonderful characters. The Hotel Nantucket was the consummate summer reading experience. What if they've lost their verve and zest for writing and are now just doing it to put out one more book? But gosh, I didn't need to worry at all. I can't believe this is Elin Hilderbrand's 28th novel (of which I've only read a paltry few)! I'm always a little hesitant when an author has been around for so long.
They face challenges in getting along with one another (and with the guests), in overcoming the hotel's bad reputation, and in surviving the (mostly) harmless shenanigans of Grace Hadley herself - who won't stop haunting the hotel until her murder is acknowledged.įilled with the emotional tension and multiple points of view that characterize Elin's books ( The Blue Bistro, Golden Girl) as well as an added touch of historical reality, Hotel Nantucket offers something for everyone in this summer drama for the ages.Īh, is there a more satisfying feeling than finding the perfect beach read during the waning days of summer?
Xavier hires Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton as his general manager, and Lizbet, in turn, pulls together a charismatic, if inexperienced, staff who share the vision of turning the fate of the hotel around. After a tragic fire in 1922 that killed 19-year-old chambermaid, Grace Hadley, The Hotel Nantucket descended from a gilded age gem to a mediocre budget-friendly lodge to inevitably an abandoned eyesore - until it's purchased and renovated top to bottom by London billionaire, Xavier Darling.
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