A Complete Guide to Elin Hilderbrand's Novels

So, kicking things off with The Beach Club.

One summer at a Nantucket beach hotel, the staff and guests are all dealing with messy relationships, career decisions, and personal drama.

The hotel manager is under pressure from every direction while several employees find themselves caught up in unexpected romances.

As tensions rise, a hurricane threatens not only the hotel, but everything the characters have built.

In true Ellen fashion, she starts her writing, her publishing journey by writing a book about a real place in Nantucket.

So it is written about the Cliffside Beach Club, which is literally a hotel in Nantucket.

I actually passed by it on the beach when we went last year.

I remember this book being very enjoyable.

It sets the scene, you know, it's the first Nantucket book that she published and I guess the first book that she published and I think really was, you know, a stepping stone for the rest of her books.

I would not consider it one of my favorites.

It sort of just falls into that category of it's a like, not a love.

I ended up giving it three stars when I rated it.

I think if I was going to recommend you start with a book, it would probably not be The Beach Club.

Now that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it.

Again, I think it's a great book, classic Nantucket backdrop that Ellen is known for, but I think her writing just gets better and better with each book.

So I don't think I would recommend The Beach Club first, but it is a really good book.

Okay, next is Nantucket Nights.

Three lifelong friends have a tradition of reuniting each summer on Nantucket, but one year the tradition ends in tragedy when one of them disappears during their annual midnight swim.

After the surviving friends emerge from their grief, they realize that the repercussions of their loss go far beyond their little circle, and they begin to uncover layers of secrets and their connections to each other that were never revealed on the beach.

What has made their friendship strong now has the power to destroy their marriages, families, even themselves.

I ended up giving this book three stars as well.

I remember enjoying it at the time, but I did have something written down in my notes that said I did not love the ending.

I'm so glad I took notes when I read these books, but I don't remember what the ending was.

I just remember not really loving it.

So again, a like, not a love, but I remember thinking it was a cool, unique concept and that's something that I think will be just a common thread throughout all of these books.

So, kicking things off with The Beach Club.

One summer at a Nantucket beach hotel, the staff and guests are all dealing with messy relationships, career decisions, and personal drama.

The hotel manager is under pressure from every direction while several employees find themselves caught up in unexpected romances.

As tensions rise, a hurricane threatens not only the hotel, but everything the characters have built.

In true Ellen fashion, she starts her writing, her publishing journey by writing a book about a real place in Nantucket.

So it is written about the Cliffside Beach Club, which is literally a hotel in Nantucket.

I actually passed by it on the beach when we went last year.

I remember this book being very enjoyable.

It sets the scene, you know, it's the first Nantucket book that she published and I guess the first book that she published and I think really was, you know, a stepping stone for the rest of her books.

I would not consider it one of my favorites.

It sort of just falls into that category of it's a like, not a love.

I ended up giving it three stars when I rated it.

I think if I was going to recommend you start with a book, it would probably not be The Beach Club.

Now that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it.

Again, I think it's a great book, classic Nantucket backdrop that Ellen is known for, but I think her writing just gets better and better with each book.

So I don't think I would recommend The Beach Club first, but it is a really good book.

Okay, next is Nantucket Nights.

Three lifelong friends have a tradition of reuniting each summer on Nantucket, but one year the tradition ends in tragedy when one of them disappears during their annual midnight swim.

After the surviving friends emerge from their grief, they realize that the repercussions of their loss go far beyond their little circle, and they begin to uncover layers of secrets and their connections to each other that were never revealed on the beach.

What has made their friendship strong now has the power to destroy their marriages, families, even themselves.

I ended up giving this book three stars as well.

I remember enjoying it at the time, but I did have something written down in my notes that said I did not love the ending.

I'm so glad I took notes when I read these books, but I don't remember what the ending was.

I just remember not really loving it.

So again, a like, not a love, but I remember thinking it was a cool, unique concept and that's something that I think will be just a common thread throughout all of these books.