The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand- Battle of the Book

It's the start of the fourth week of July... 

Which means....

This Tuesday is when The Spine Breakers meet!

Which means... 

This post is for the monthly Battle of the Book!

*The crowd cheers* 

I’m going to start off this review by saying that this is the BEST Elin Hilderbrand book that I’ve ever read.  And I’m totally a fan of her.  When I met her at Bookcon in 2015, I totally had a fangirl moment.

Jess did a really great job at explaining how The Perfect Couple opened. You can read that here.

Just to rehash- Greer Garrison Winsbury is hosting her son, Benji’s marriage to Celeste. The morning of the wedding, Celeste, finds her best friend and maid of honor, Merritt dead! (Yes, you heard me correctly- dead!!). 

Will Celeste still marry Benji? What happened to Merritt?

But, the story isn't all about solving this murder. No no. There is more covered!

Celeste's mother was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and her prognosis isn't good.  The story looks at Linda's relationship with Bruce and how Celeste sees them as being the "perfect couple".  The story also looks at the relationship between Greer and Tag - do they fit the notion of being a "perfect couple"?

Heck, are even Celeste and Benji the perfect couple??

Hilderbrand tells the story of what happened and how everything came to be in past tense and present tense. She does so in such a way that it’s not confusing (which is *awesome*).

She also unravels all of these relationships to show what is beneath the surface and how everything isn't always as it seems. 

I'm with Jess on this one - 5 coffee beans out of 5!!

This is seriously an awesome beach (and you betcha I've been telling patrons who check out this book at the library the same thing!).

It's even a great rainy day read! Since that's what the weather will be like here for the next few days.

~ Jillian

The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand- Battle of the Book

Okay, so I finished the last Spine Breaking book a while ago, and I forgot to write the review.  Our next meeting isn't for a couple of weeks. I really hope I don't forget the book by then!

So for July we read Elin Hilderbrand's latest novel The Perfect Couple.  Hilderbrand is the QUEEN of the summer beach read.  It is not summer unless I have a Hilderbrand novel in my hand.  I love the way that she writes so authentically in her own voice while conveying the voices of her multiple characters.  I also love how she gives the Island of Nantucket it's own character perspective and voice.  It's just perfectly well done.

So unlike her other novels, this novel opens up with pure thriller drama.  A body was found in the ocean!  It's very Spine Breaker's-esc. But this body...It was the body of the maid of honor in a wedding that was supposed to happen that very day.  The woman who pulled the body out of the ocean?  That was the bride.  Hildebrand's novel delves into the whodunnit, while exploring family relationships, romantic relationships, life, death, and summertime.  If that doesn't make you want to read this book, I don't know what will.  

I give it 5 out of 5 Sizzling Coffee Beans.  

~Jessica   

P.S.  My Grandma read this book and LOVED it as well.  She probably gives it 100 and 1/2 Coffee Beans.  I'll have to ask her.  

P.S.S.  I wrote this review maybe a week or two ago and forgot to post it.  

The end.