I was quickly sucked into this book. At times I really enjoyed it but then it started to ramble and I found myself annoyed by the main character. I must say it kinda picked up again more than half way thru and finished with an unexpected ending. I thought it was a bit predictable at times but I still enjoyed it. Would make a good beach read

This excellent novel caught my attention and drew. E in right from the beginning. It is the story of Beatrice, a wealthy socialite who longs for a more meaningful life, and finds it with the local lighthouse keeper on Montauk. But it’s not that simple. I found the characters extremely likable, except of course for Harry, and Jeanie. We cheer Beatrice on right up to the surprising last page.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

"Montauk" was not only a terrific historical look at what has become one of the top destinations of the summer for socialites in NYC, it was also a poignant story of a woman trying to recapture her sense of self.

The main character Beatrice was extremely relatable and easy to identify with as she attempted to live in both social circles - her rich husband's and the town's locals. The other socialite women were also amusing and the story was very easy to get lost in because it felt like it could have been a true story.

I love reading books about the rich and glamorous, and Montauk certainly doesn't disappoint. Reading about Beatrice and her husband as they summer in Montauk is truly captivating. I found myself almost immediately caught up in their world and I didn't want to book to end. However, the ending is where this book lost me a bit-without giving anything away, I found it to be a bit too convenient. A stronger finale was the only thing lacking in this sure to be a bestseller read!

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Montauk by Nicola Harrison is a peek into the world of the wealthy, who are making Montauk, Long Island, NY the place to summer. Beatrice thought she would spend the summer reconnecting with her husband Harry, who she felt was drifting away from her, and helping him with his business ventures by making friends with the wives of his associates. However, she was not really cut out for the wealthy life, having not been raised in that life. She makes friends with some of the hotel staff and the summer she planned, does not turn out to be the summer she has.

This enthralling novel will keep you riveted as you enter a world gone by. Ms. Harrison's descriptions of the hotel, the beautiful clothing and the sea will sweep you right into the 1930s as if you were there. Montauk is a beautifully written first novel, I can't wait to see where she takes us next!

This book took some time to get into. I enjoyed the overall story but found it quite slow moving most of the time.

I was really eager to read this book because I grew up on Long Island Sound and knew of Montauk. What I didn't know was any of the history of Montauk. This was a story of wealth and privilege as well as poverty, love, and loss. In 1938, when the rich from the city get away, they head to the newest "in" summer vacation spot - Montauk. While the men head back to work in the city during the week, the women and children stay behind to relax and make their place in society. Beatrice is having difficulties having children with her husband Harry so she has very little in common with the other women, who are all pretty shallow anyway. She forges a friendship with one of the local woman and starts spending time away from the resort. While it might appear that this story is predicable, it is not at all and it doesn't resolve until the very end of the book. I recommend Montauk and I had a difficult time putting it down.

I received a copy of Montauk for free in exchange for an honest review.

Montauk is the debut novel of Nicola Harrison. For me Montauk started rather slow, but by 20% into the story I was "into" our heroine, Beatrice. Ms Harrison gives us the story of Beatrice and Montauk in 1938 and shows us how some of the rich lived in those times. Fair warning, there may be a few tears along the way. I was given an early copy to review.

I enjoyed the book. The characters were relatable and believable, and the plot was interesting from start to finish.

I think Montauk will be the perfect beach read this summer. It is an engaging, easy to read, fun novel. The author does a great job of giving the reader a good sense of the time and place in which this story is set (Montauk in 1938). I loved the main characters and related to Bea in the way she related to the locals versus the snobby summer vacationers with bad manners. I don’t read many romance type novels, but I really enjoyed this story. I believe I saw a comment from someone else that the story had a bit of a Downton Abbey feel and I agree. I was captured from page one and finished this book in a couple of days. Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC!

Loved this book. I loved how the author weaves the story and characters together and loved learning more of the history of this area of the ultra rich

Oh Montauk! A beautiful place, which I visit frequently, so, on a personal level, I loved reading about Montauk of the 1930's, peppered with many facts of its history and culture. This book will make a great summer read, full of gossip, sunshine and love affairs. I really enjoyed it and found it very hard to put down. Thank you NetGalley for the early reader edition, all opinions are my own.

Montauk tells the story of a summer resort in the late 1930s, and although it is set a decade after The Great Gatsby I thought it had a similar feel.

Beatrice is the young wife of a wealthy businessman and banker who is summering in Montauk for the first time. The novel is full of parties, gossip about the lives of the rich, happy and unhappy marriages and friendships. It also explores some social issues through the contrast between rich and poor, women’s increasing freedom, anti-semitism and the early rumblings of war in Europe.

Montauk is not always an enjoyable read because some of the characters are very unpleasant, but the writing really captured the setting and the characters, and I was interested right to the end.

I honestly cannot say that I was completely drawn into Montauk in the beginning but as the story progressed, I found myself more vested in the lives portrayed and in the outcomes of their interactions.

Loved this epic page-turner about the elite Manhattan crowd of the late 1930s and their early summers at the tip of Long Island, on newly developed Montauk. Beautifully written and well researched, the historical backdrop of how Montauk was transformed from a small fishing village to a summer playground for the rich gives this novel a true cinematic quality. Readers are quickly drawn into this world with all of it's evident beauty and contrasting hypocrisy that lies just below the surface. Beatrice Bordeaux, a converted-by-marriage New York socialite who never quite fits into the society scene, is the central figure in this sweeping story and a character that you cannot help but root for from the very first page. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel from debut author Nicola Harrison. Thanks to Net Galley and St Martin's Press for the ARC - I have no doubt this will be one of the great beach reads for summer 2019!

Woah, what a read! Life in the higher echelons of 1930s American society- ladies who lunch, the movers of Manhattan. The descriptions of the lives these women led were eye opening, the pursuit of prestige, the need to support your husband’s career, the lack of choice the women really had. Beatrice, not long married, travels reluctantly to Montauk for the summer so that she can support her husband’s business ventures. Harry, her husband, is keen to persue his own affairs in the city, and Bea spends each week day looking for something to fulfil her. Fans of Beatriz Williams will enjoy this, as well as anyone interested in this period and the social history of the era.

A lovely and well written first novel about a difficult to find, history, of Montauk. One does not often comtemplate the history of this tiny village, found at the tip of Long Island, N.Y. The setting just before World War II reminds one that life was still quite different for residents residing there and the wealthy summer visitors.

The lighthouse keeper and his meeting with one of these summer visitors is the setting for a romance that brings peril to many entwined in the lives surrounding this endearing couple.

Nicola Harrison's Montauk is the epitome of good women's fiction. Add well researched history, lovely realistic, but lyrical writing and a protag who grows on the pages to become a woman to be reckoned with and you have a keeper. Loved it!

This book is bound to be a hit during the summer of 2019. While some of the story was a little slow to me I have to admit that I was entranced in the story. I look forward to seeing what else the author has to offer in the future.

Full review to come closer to release.

Anyone who has been to Montauk will enjoy this beach read. The story takes place in 1938 when Montauk was not 'the place to be' yet, but, just a sleepy fishing village. A group of investors from Manhattan thought it would be a great summer place for their wealthy society wives while they worked in the city weekdays and joined them on the weekends. I especially liked the fact they dined at Duryea's, we did too when vacationing there a few years ago. I also liked the added history of the 1938 September hurricane. #montauk #netgalley