Genre: Contemporary / Chick Lit / Romance
Book Type: Physical
Author: Elin Hilderbrand
Pages: 357
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; Reprint Edition (May 13, 2008)
Book Description:
In The Beach Club, the juicy first novel by Elin Hilderbrand, a series of personal dramas are played out during one summer at a Nantucket Beach Club. It’s about the love of summer, summer love, and the special feelings we all have for that special summer place–in this case, a hotel and an island.
Mack Petersen, manager of the hotel, has been working at The Beach Club for 12 summers. Only this summer is different. His boss, the owner of the hotel, Bill Elliot, shows up in the spring with a new set of demands. His girlfriend Maribel is pressing Mack to get married and Vance, the African-American bellman, who has hated Mack since the day Mack stole his job 12 years ago, threatens him in a deadly scene. Mack knows something’s got to give.
Love O’Donnell, the new front desk person straight from the slopes of Aspen, is desperately searching for a stranger to father her child. The bellman, Jem Crandall, who posed as Mr. November in his college calendar, is on his way to LA to break into agenting, until he falls in love with Maribel. Emotions are at a peak when a hurricane threatens to wash away The Beach Club and all it stands for.
An engrossing, sexy novel that will sweep you away to the beach any time of the year.
Thoughts:
I love a good summer read and forgot how much I love Elin Hilderbrand. This was a re-read because I decided I was going to slowly tackle all of her books (between my usual thrillers/suspense).
While there were multiple storylines, the way the lives of Mack, Maribel, Love, Vance, Jen, The Elliotts, and Lacey all weave together, was done in such a great way. There was plenty of “mystery” around how they were all going to make certain decisions by the end of summer, it was also a light hearted and an enjoyable summer read for me. There were plenty of secrets, relationship complexities, losses, decisions on Life the direction we each are going in this crazy life. This was a nice story about weakness and strength, and the various paths we all choose to take.
I wanted more at the end of the book, as I felt very vested in the character development of this book, as I wasn’t ready for it to end. It left me wanting more, but in a good way, as I felt like I knew these characters.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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