Erin's Reviews > The Five-Star Weekend

Happy Publication Day to Elin Hilderbrand on her 29th novel!!

Grab the bathing suit, the towel, the sunscreen, and the wide-brimmed hat! The Five-Star Weekend is without a doubt going to be an essential accessory in your beach bag this season.

When Hollis Shaw finds herself a recent widow after the death of her husband, she and her adult daughter, Caroline find their relationship quite strained. Once an active social media influencer, Hollis feels more than a little lost. When a fan on her blog suggests getting a group of friends together from different points of her life, Hollis decides it's the remedy she has been seeking. Hollis invites her childhood friend, Tatum, her college roommate DruAnn, her friend from the child-rearing years, Brooke, and a fan from her blog that she has never met but feels connected to, Gigi. Add in an invite to entice daughter, Caroline to film their holiday weekend on Nantucket and it's bound to be exciting.

But Hollis isn't the only attendee of this weekend that is struggling...

All of the above share the narration and I enjoyed having each woman's back story and voice in this novel. It's one of the reasons I continue to return to Elin Hilderbrand's writing. Did I sometimes want to shake them for some of their decisions? Yes! But I read this story in one sitting because each character was so compelling.

I have read enough EH to realize that some of the plot was going in a direction that was pretty clear BUT it wasn't even a quibble I had about the story. That's because this novel just had the Elin Hilderbrand magic. I don't know what we're all going to do when this woman takes her retirement. Who will keep us visiting Nantucket every summer?


Thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown, and Company for access to this title. I am auto-approved for this publisher. All opinions expressed are my own.

Publication Date 13/06/23
Goodreads Review 13/06/23