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Last book of the month!

People have been recommending Hilderbrand‘s novels to me for years. I finally tried one, and I didn‘t love it. Definitely a beach read, but I felt like I couldn‘t connect with almost any of the main characters. They were all so incredibly selfish. This is part of the trilogy, and I have no desire to read the next one. Just not my cup of tea. If you love her books and think this was the wrong one to start with, tell me which one I should read!

Of course I had to pick our island expert Hilderbrand for the #islandvibes #titlesandtunes read! Add to that our Carribbean Queen with an all time cheater dis track and my May is complete! A couple of great guilty pleasures! The book was a near to a pick. There were just a few things that seemed off & a little overly dramatized that took me out of the moment. But I enjoyed it & will probably read the next in the series.

I love this author! This was a different setting than her normal Nantucket books but I loved it. I can‘t wait to read the rest of the series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#roll100 @PuddleJumper

This book covers so many countries for #readingtheamericas! Here goes:

#Bahamas
#Barbados
#Belize
#Cuba
#DominicanRepublic
#Haiti
#Jamaica
#Martinique
#USVirginIslands
#VirginIslands

@Cinfhen here's a list for #acityorcountryinthetitle for #52bookclub2023, as it doubles up with #propernouninthetitle for #booked2023.

@alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle

I love Erin Hilderbrand books. I had never read this particular series. It pulled me in and kept me interested. I look forward to reading her other 2 books in this series.

@Cinfhen Here are my #tripleplay books for #52bookclub2023 #booked2023 #readingtheamericas2023 - you may need to screenshot to read them.

I'll try to work out how to show you my #doubledips tomorrow, as it's getting late now and the list was rather long!

@alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle

The 2014 winner of the Center for Fiction‘s First Novel Prize, this was a novel that I read mostly during bouts of insomnia. The magical qualities & lack of sleep blended together to make a read that was filled with dreamy sequences in my mind. I‘m not sure I totally understood everything but it left an impression. The story is part family history, part historical (when St. Thomas becomes a US territory), part love story. Bit of a slog but 👏🏼👍