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World Hotels - The Blue Bistro
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List Price: $7.99
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Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 8136
EAN: 9780312992620
ISBN: 0312992629
Label: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2006-05-30
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date: 2006-05-30
Studio: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Adrienne Dealey has spent the past six years working for hotels in exotic resort towns. This summer she has decided to make Nantucket home. Left flat broke by her ex-boyfriend, she is desperate to earn some fast money. When the desirable Thatcher Smith, owner of Nantucket's hottest restaurant, is the only one to offer her a job, she wonders if she can get by with no restaurant experience. Thatcher gives Adrienne a crash course in the business...and they share an instant attraction.
But there is a mystery about their situation: What is it about Fiona, the Blue Bistro's chef, who captures Thatcher's attention again and again? And why does such a successful restaurant seem to be in its final season before closing its doors for good? Despite her uncertainty, Adrienne must decide whether she’ll move on, as she always does—or finally open her heart…
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Summary: Blue Bistro but RED Sox
Comment: This was a well-crafted story that kept me coming back for more. I loved the Nantucket aspect-- terrific setting-- transported me to summer. Also enjoyed the food descriptions and wished the restaurant was real so I could go there some August. Oddly, I couldn't form a clear picture in my mind of the two main characters, Adrienne and Thatcher, but I was interested in their journeys regardless. I think the author could do a better job differentiating between the dad and love interest in terms of dialogue (they almost seemed identical character-wise). Gripe: she writes about the White Sox at Fenway; this book takes place in Massachusetts-- it's the RED Sox!
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Summary: Wonderful!
Comment: I devoured this book in a weekend. Hilderbrand creates characters you truly care about. I couldn't wait to pick the book back up to see what would happen next. Very enjoyable.
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Summary: Can't Stop Thinking about the Characters!
Comment: I finished this book several days ago and have yet to open another book. Normally when I finish a book, I immediately start on another. However, these characters got into my heart, and I can't stop thinking about them. I want to go back and check on them. I want to peek into their lives again and see how they are doing, what they are doing... I am an avid reader like so many, and this story is the one I now carry with me. I have read other Hilderbrand books and loved them all. However, this is the one that touched me the most.
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Summary: Fun Beach Read
Comment: Elin Hilderbrand's, The Blue Bistro, was a fun book to read in the summer. The story takes place in Nantucket which is always a great location to read about in the summer months.
The Blue Bistro is a fine dining restaurant located directly on the beach of Nantucket. The author presents inticing images of Nantucket.
The owners of this magnificient restuarant are Thatcher Smith and Fiona Kemp. They are long-time friends from childhood and they have a powerful bond to one another. Thatcher, a very conflicted character in the novel, loves Fiona deeply, as a friend, but his love runs so deep that this unique friendship has interfered with his love interests. Girlfriends cannot compete with Thatcher and Fiona's friendship -- it can be isolating and infuriating to others. Fiona suffers, since childhood, with Cystic Fibrosis. An outsider cannot compete with Thatcher and Fiona's relationship nor with Fiona's illness.
Fiona, although small in stature, is a tough, strong-minded individual. Fiona is the exceptionally talented chef at the Blue Bistro and Thatcher is her business partner, and this is the final year for the restaurant. Fiona's health is suffering; she is on the list for a lung transplant, and she and Thatcher both need a rest.
Adrienne Dealy, escaping from a drug addicted boyfriend who stole her life savings, arrives in Nantucket with the sole purpose of making money and paying off her debts. Her mom died from Pancreatic Cancer when she was a young girl and she and her dad (a very loveable character) have been running ever since. Adrienne has been working all over the world in the hotel industry. She has made numerous poor choices in men, her last boyfriend being the last straw.
It is really Adrienne's story, even though there are many stories taking place at the same time. Adrienne is hired by Thatch to run the front of the restaurant. There also is a love interest between them, and Adrienne has to cope with this unusual friendship between Thatcher and Fiona.
There are many varied characters in the book. Each has a very interesting story to tell.
It was so interesting learning about the restaurant business and being part of all of the hustle and bustle. Additionally, the food is described so deliciously -- the reader longs for a sampling. The author clearly shows her love of Nantucket. You want to make the trip there, if only for the descriptions of the food and the sunsets on the beach.
I loved the book, but found the ending flat. There were story-lines left hanging. Adrienne needed to be given more of a voice. I don't need endings tied up in a bow, but it felt as though the story was leading to a big climatic ending, but it never materlized. It is hard to end a book that way.
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Summary: Could not put it down!
Comment: This was my first EH book. I loved it...could not put it down. The relationship dynamics are deep and complicated. However, the ending was rushed. However the book was SO Good it took me a Month to get over it! Deep stuff! Wish there was more to the end.
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