Nantucket Sisters

Let me begin by saying I really did enjoy this book. It was a fast and easy read. I thought Thayer did a great job with the molding the characters - you really got to know Maggie and Emma and other minor characters in the book. The reason for the 4 stars is this - there were places where she missed details - or a character would find a detail out and she (meaning Thayer) would not act on it or continue that thought. It was very frustrating. So as not to end on a negative note, this was a good book and it would be very fitting to read this novel on the any beach, especially the beaches of Nantucket.

Many thanks to librarything.com for providing the Advanced Uncorrected Proof of Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer in exchange for my honest review.

The author has a rare ability to paint vivid pictures with words of Nantucket Island. Her descriptions are so captivating that after reading the novel, I have added Nantucket Island to my vacation wish-list.

Unfortunately, the story itself was not as engaging as it's setting. The novel read like a young adult romance novel instead of adult fiction. The third person narration was distracting; the story would have been more effective if written in the first person of one character or alternating chapters of various characters. The characters did not seem to grow and develop as the story show more progressed. The two main characters, Maggie and Emily, were children when the novel began and their youth and innocence made perfect sense. However, as the girls became older their naïveté seemed unrealistic and misplaced. Their dialogue didn't mature nor did their dreams or insights.

I am sure many will find this story to be an easy going beach read, but even light hearted summer novels can tell stories with substance and create fully developed characters. Sadly, I cannot recommend this book. show less

I love all of Nancy Thayers books, but this may be my least favorite to date. It was too cliche and sappy, yet some parts were endearing enough to plow through in one sitting.

This your classic rich girl - poor girl story, or maybe rich girl - poor girl, rich boy-poor boy-nerdy boy story with an expected amount of pre-teen friendship between the girls, the crush on poor girl's brother, then romance, sex, distance between the friends as life takes them in different directions, with ultimately a happily ever after finish (except for rich boy). It includes many very nice descriptions of Nantucket Island and notable places and events there which will no doubt be a pleasure for those familiar with the area. What troubled me however was the relative lack of accountability of Emily (rich girl) for her deception that impacted so many lives, including her own. While circumstances explain why she may have behaved the show more way she did, I am troubled that the author never truly required her to come to grips with this. A privileged, somewhat spoiled child, Emily looks like she will go into the next phase of her life with minimal acknowledgement of how she has impacted so many other lives and choices.

But I do not think this is a book about one is supposed to think too deeply, and that is perfectly ok. This is a great light, beach read. Enjoy.

Thanks to Library Thing Early Reviewer and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this novel. show less

This is a wonderfully beautiful romantic story! This got very mixed reviews from Amazon (mostly 4s &5s but a few 3s, 2s, and even 1s) but this book was PERFECT for me! This is just the kind of book I love!

Ho-ly crap this book is full of little surprises and a lot of suspense for a romance beach read!

This is a story about deep, long lasting friendship, two girls, best friends. One lives on the island, one a summer vacation resident. This is the story of their lives growing up - summer loves and loves lost, growing apart and growing closer, how things change and how they stay the same. And does money really matter - having a lot of it, or the lack of it?

This starts out almost like a sweet little fairytale, everything going just right, as show more sweet as sugar pie.

Then... Whoa! the sweet fairytale goes very wrong, I totally didn't see that one coming!

I really don't know why but this kind of reminded me of "Sisterhood Of the Traveling Pants" - it just had that feel to me.

This book is paced really well. There are some jumps in time - 4 yrs, 6 yrs. 4 yrs, but you don't feel it. You just flow along with it. I thought the time span was done very nicely.

The romance parts were also done very well. There were a few sweet awww moments that really just caught my heart in my throat. There are a few medium sex scenes, but nothing too explicit (and some swearing in a few spots). But mostly just a very sweet romantic story. And - of course a GREAT ending! To be honest I bawled my eyes out through the whole last forth of the book. It wasn't all sad, but I even cried at the happy parts thats how connected I was to the characters. Speaking of characters - Oh my goodness, the character development was fantastic.

A really wonderful summer romance that will truly warm your heart.

Looking for a great Beach read this summer? Well grab this one and head to the beach!

Thank you "Librarything Early Reviewers" and "Random House Publishing" for sending me this beautiful book for my honest review! show less

Nantucket Sisters is a social commentary of a beach community where the year round residents are made to feel like second class citizens by the wealthy Summer people. This tale may center around the friendship of Emily and Maggie but the elephant in the room is the vast difference of the worlds the girls live.

Emily and Maggie share their love of Nantucket and wish to preserve the natural beauty of the island. While the girls are young the economic difference does not matter but as the years go by Emily's parent's money and status create a wedge in the girl's friendship.

Nancy Thayer is one of my favorite authors and this new novel is definitely my new favorite novel of hers. This book will be one of the top beach reads.

A beach book that isn't a beach book, since it's locals... but a beautiful setting on Nantucket. It was a nice change of pace to read a book set on Nantucket that talked of something other than the tourist areas. It was well written in an easy to read style, but I felt that the plot line was a bit of a stretch, and a little too pat of an ending for my tastes.

Review based on ARC provided by the publisher