First of all, welcome to the month of September! This is my favorite month and season all rolled into one.
A couple of days ago, I began reading The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand. I am now at the halfway point, and must tell you that I found an uncanny resemblance to reading a Stephen King novel, specifically, Needful Things. The stories are completely different, but I’m still getting that vibe, and even waiting for the bad things to start happening, as the story unravels in more and more detail.
It could just be the way we jump from character to character in the story, with a narrator that just kind of sneaks up on us right from the beginning. Or the way we dive into their sneaky lives with a glimpse of each character as we go along. I have favorites already, I adore Lizbet and Edie, and the jury is still out on Chad, while I am affronted by Alessandra and Xavier, sneaky and a bit appalling. I find Magda to be a complete mystery, and well, I definitely find fascination in our haunted hotel’s famous mystery, Grace.
I am however, unequivocally enraptured by this tale. I have quite the diverse background in employment of my own, and one of those jobs was working front desk at a hotel for a short while, and boy, the author REALLY knows what she is talking about when discusses guests, and their reviews, which of course, leave themselves in a favorable light, even if they are not so savory characters.
I have just met the new night auditor in the story, and well, I trust Grace’s instincts. I am instantly on guard waiting for the terrible story behind his veil of perfection.
Yes, this summer drama is definitely worth a second look. Surprisingly I found this book through a bargain store, and got an amazing deal on it. I’m not sure how it ended up there, but so far, I am definitely liking the vibe of it. Certainly worth putting on your reading list.
Full review to come later!
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