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A review by tirwinreads17
The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
5.0
When you are approved for an Elin Hilderbrand advance copy, YOU DROP EVERYTHING, even if it doesn’t release until June. I feel like I’m part of an elite club for getting my hands on an advance listener’s copy of this gem!
I think a common misunderstanding is that this author is a romance writer. While her novels are very light-heartened and beachy, that is not at all the truth and I am very glad I gave her a shot.
Hotel Nantucket focuses on a quirky group of individuals, alive and paranormal, who form unlikely camaraderie while working in the opening season of the haunted and once dilapidated hotel that was repaired to perfection by a British millionaire with questionable motives. The story unfolds over the course of one summer where the group tries to achieve what has never been done before, earn 5 “keys” (stars) from a harsh, undercover travel review blogger. Everyone has their own secrets and there is no shortage of drama that summer… but can they pull off the 5 keys? And will they uncover the truth about the hotel’s haunted past in the process?
This story was a great escape to a faraway summer paradise. I felt like I was in the hotel alongside the characters and knew them intimately.
Additionally, I am admittedly biased, but having gone to college in Ithaca myself, all references to the area warmed my nostalgic heart and was a nice unexpected addition.
This was a truly enjoyable book and I devoured it fast. The narrator was also amazing and one of the best I’ve heard for audiobooks thus far.
Brb reading Hilderbrand’s entire back list!
Thank you so much to NetGalley, Hachette Audio, LB&C, and the author for this ALC!
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Even though a 28 y/o male certainly isn’t the target audience for this novel, my husband’s unsolicited thoughts from listening to 1/3 of the audiobook with me during a road trip: that the author used “blue hydrangea” too often (even when I tried to explain it was because of the hotel’s signature colors and painting the scene, which did not bother me at all) and he believes some of the references to pop culture (peloton, Olivia Rodrigo song, etc) will date the book quickly
-@tirwinreads
I think a common misunderstanding is that this author is a romance writer. While her novels are very light-heartened and beachy, that is not at all the truth and I am very glad I gave her a shot.
Hotel Nantucket focuses on a quirky group of individuals, alive and paranormal, who form unlikely camaraderie while working in the opening season of the haunted and once dilapidated hotel that was repaired to perfection by a British millionaire with questionable motives. The story unfolds over the course of one summer where the group tries to achieve what has never been done before, earn 5 “keys” (stars) from a harsh, undercover travel review blogger. Everyone has their own secrets and there is no shortage of drama that summer… but can they pull off the 5 keys? And will they uncover the truth about the hotel’s haunted past in the process?
This story was a great escape to a faraway summer paradise. I felt like I was in the hotel alongside the characters and knew them intimately.
Additionally, I am admittedly biased, but having gone to college in Ithaca myself, all references to the area warmed my nostalgic heart and was a nice unexpected addition.
This was a truly enjoyable book and I devoured it fast. The narrator was also amazing and one of the best I’ve heard for audiobooks thus far.
Brb reading Hilderbrand’s entire back list!
Thank you so much to NetGalley, Hachette Audio, LB&C, and the author for this ALC!
***
Even though a 28 y/o male certainly isn’t the target audience for this novel, my husband’s unsolicited thoughts from listening to 1/3 of the audiobook with me during a road trip: that the author used “blue hydrangea” too often (even when I tried to explain it was because of the hotel’s signature colors and painting the scene, which did not bother me at all) and he believes some of the references to pop culture (peloton, Olivia Rodrigo song, etc) will date the book quickly
-@tirwinreads