What I Read in August
This is a working document- books will be updated as I read, so check back later for more! 🙂
Favorite parts:
- I loved reading a romance between “middle aged” adults. It felt so much more relatable to read about someone in a similar season of life.
- I loved the organization/decluttering subplot…IYKYK 😉
Parts I could’ve done without:
- Perhaps a little too “perfect” of a storyline?
Overall: I loved it! A quick paced, relatable, light hearted summer read, with just enough depth to make me care about the characters. Solid 4.5/5 stars
Favorite parts:
- I loved the description of the setting. I saw many reviews that compared it to “Where the Crawdads Sing”, and although the settings take place in different geographic locations, the descriptions of the settings were very similar. I also especially loved them, being from the PNW myself.
- The story was interesting and kept my attention. I wanted to keep reading and was invested in the characters and their outcome.
Parts I could’ve done without:
- I thought it was strange she made up the Indigenous tribe, it almost seemed lazy and like she didn’t want to put effort into researching one of the hundreds of existing tribes that do exist.
Overall: I enjoyed reading this and it would have been a solid 4 star read without the imagined Indigenous tribe. 3/5 stars
Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for providing a digital ARC of the book to read and review.
This novel is written from the perspectives of different family members over the time period of one summer. I didn’t find myself invested in the story or connecting with the characters. This is the second Erin Hilderbrand book I have read and they’ve both been “just okay” for me. I think a reader who has vacationed near Nantucket might be more interested in her stories (I’m not familiar at all growing up on the West coast!)
