Such a fun Christmas book! I loved the way the characters lives intermingled and connected. To me the best part was the descriptions of the town, bookstore, and hotel! It was immediately transporting, and it made me want to cozy up with a book in a wintry snowy setting. A bit predictable at times but I will never complain about that with a holiday read!

This book is delightful, sweet, and so nice if you don't mind a langurous path to telling a story. It centers around four women who end up at a hotel together. Three are already friends and decide to hold their destination book club there. There they meet the fourth women. Together they build, strengthen, and help one another to grow. Great themes! Thanks #netgalley for the read.

A fun tale of friendship, family, and taking chances. Loved the setting and the book club theme. 3.5 stars

A very enjoyable novel with all the delight of a real romance work! I was surprised by what a fun read this was.
Great Christmas book .
We meet Hattie at the Maple Sugar Inn which she is trying to run on her own after the death of her husband. ( I must say the way his death was described seemed pretty far fetched and I kept wondering if it might turn to a murder mystery) Hattie has a young daughter De[phi who definitely stole the show. Add in a handsome and helpful neighbor, and 3 young women who book rooms for their annual book club. One of them has a hidden agenda in choosing the venue. The story alternates between the 4 women and the reader learns of their history and current struggles. They are all likable characters with interesting lives that one can learn from.
The resolution the author achieves is truly wonderful!
This is a feel good read I can heartedly recommend for those who love a feel good easy read.
It's got to be a Hallmark classic!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a chance to read and review.

Hattie is the proprietor of the Maple Sugar Inn, widow with both parents deceased, and single mom to her five year old daughter. She feels like balancing everything in her life is more difficult with her husband gone and two years later she's still trying to figure out how to live.

Erica was raised by a single mom after her dad left when she was born. Her mom taught her that to be successful she had to work hard, and asking for help wasn't an option. As an adult she struggles to build meaningful relationships, aside from her two college friends who have stayed attached to her. These three women have vastly different lives but come together once a year in an annual book club trip for a week. This year it's around Christmas time and Erica has booked them at the Maple Sugar Inn -- for a reason only she knows.

I loved each character separately; so different, yet so sweet to see them bond, support each other, and call each other out on their crap. The idea of a week long annual book club trip with best friends, made better by set at a cozy snow-covered Inn in the NE -- SO DREAMY. I literally wanted to cozy up in the library at the Inn, eat in their kitchen, and visit the quaint town's stores.

This was a sweet read that, while mildly guessable, is perfect for cuddling up with a blanket by the fire. A little bit of mystery, romance, heartbreak, and drama, all wrapped up in a satisfying Christmas time bow.

Where have i been? Sarah Morgan has written/published around 85 books ... and this is my first read by her. Well, I have to say that I sure am glad I happened upon The Book Club Hotel. This was just such an enjoyable book! (The UK title is The Christmas Book Club. Personally I think The Christmas Book Club Hotel would be even more appropriate, but maybe too wordy for a cover.)

Three college roommates get together annually to have a "mini bookclub girls weekend". This year their summer get away didn't happen and it was postponed til the Christmas holiday.

Erica suggests this quaint little hotel in Vermont and after the other two ladies check out the website, everybody agrees. A great wine list, boutique hotel, great food, charming village.

I started The Book Club Hotel yesterday and was 80% complete at the end of the day (and finished today). It was a perfect Christmas novel. I really loved the characters and I really fell in love with 5 year old Delphi. For example her mother is getting ready to go out to dinner ... "What do you think of this dress?" "It's too black. It needs more glitter. Or maybe feathers. I have some in my art box. We could stick them on." Glitter? Feathers? That was what hapended when you asked a five-year-old for fashion advice.

Many thanks to NetGalley for introducing me to (yet once again) a new to me author. I'll definitely be looking forward to future books by Sarah Morgan. Thank you to NetGalley and Canary Street Press and Harlequin Trade Publishing for approving my request to read the advance read copy of The Book Club Hotel in exchange for an honest review. Publication date is 19 Sept 2023 (which is odd because my request was approved 09 Nov 2023.)

The perfect cozy mystery of a group of friends visiting a hotel for a week to discuss their book club book. Each friends brings her own set of unique drama. I adored every second of this one. It took place around Christmas time but wasn't super Christmasy yet it still got me in the spirit.

A very charming book featuring a hotel where a group of friends meet to discuss their book choice for the year. There is some mystery and intrigue, but not too much.

Recommended for book clubs and public libraries.

I love reading cozy books like this one and since we visited Vermont this past summer I knew I would enjoy this one.
I am attracted to books about book clubs and the idea of having a book club vacation sounds fun to me. This is a cute story about friendship.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with this ARC. This is the story of three women friends on the cusp of forty who meet for a week every year to catch up and discuss a book. This year, high pressure career girl Erica has uncharacteristically booked their week at a rural inn. Anna is a contented married woman with twins who are getting ready to go off to college. Claudia is a California chef who had her ten year boyfriend walk out on her six months before and has just been fired from her job. Things start to happen when they check in and meet Hattie, the young widow who runs the inn.

A heartwarming holiday story about a grieving widow and single mother and the sister she didn't know she had plus a group of three friends who always get together to bond over their love of books. This might be my new favorite from Sarah Morgan, it's a great combination of romance and women's fiction featuring four women in later life figuring out what they want and who they love. Great on audio and perfect for fans of authors like Mary Kay Andrews or Debbie Macomber. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

Really cute book. I loved the Christmas feel and the idea of having a book club vacation. It was a little predictable but that was good. The characters are fun to get to know. It was a little slow and could have moved a bit faster and could have used a little less personal narrative.

Thank you to @netgalley and @HarlequinTradeBooks for this ARC.
Hattie owns a boutique hotel in Vermont that she is running by herself after her husband passes away. Erika, Anna and Claudia meet up once a year for a week for a Book Club get together. They choose to spend a week at Hattie's hotel and only one person knows the real reason they are there. A sweet story or friendship, love and books. #TheBookClubHotel #SarahMorgan #Sept2023

This book needs to be on your must-read list! It has all the feels! You'll laugh and you'll cry as you take a journey of friendship, family, love, loss and new adventures. These are the girlfriends that you aspire to be! Supportive, understanding, loving, tough, good in a crisis and always just there through the good times and the bad. Set at Christmas time, this book will totally put you in the holiday mood and make you want to reach out to friends and family just to check in! The characters are so well developed that you will forget that you are reading a book and rather feel that you are living through the experiences as a friend alongside the other characters in the book. I really wish that this was a real hotel that I could visit so I could also enjoy the quaint small town, the wonderful Christmas setting and the fabulous hospitality while of course, snooping on the characters to see what is going on with their lives. I always enjoy this author and I can't wait to see what she entertains me with next.

The Book Club Hotel
By Sarah Morgan

This is a light romance, a feel good book appropriate for the holidays. Three close friends, who have been through thick and thin together for the past twenty years, are all facing turning forty. The three – Erica, Claudia, and Anna – are as different as can be. And yet they are as close as sisters. They plan a week each year to go away together – in the guise of being a book club. This year each is facing major changes in her life.

The spot they pick for this vacation is called the Maple Sugar Inn, a perfect spot for Christmas with its snow covered hillsides, its Christmas trees and fireplaces, and its renowned kitchen. It is owned and run by Hattie, a young widow with a five year old daughter. While the Inn appears to be picture perfect to the guests, Hattie is over her head – close to drowning – trying to keep the Inn afloat.

The convergence of these four women leads to some astonishing discoveries about their lives and their pasts. By the end of the book, the reader will walk away feeling good about having read it.

I didn’t finish this story so I will not be giving a full, in-depth review. I enjoy Sarah Morgan’s books, along with stories of friendship and holiday tales, but I had trouble getting into this one. It felt very slow and too focused on the characters’ drama. Unfortunately just not a fit for me this season.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

4.25 🌟

This book is everything you'd expect from Sarah Morgan. Cute hotel, setting in Vermont, book club... what more could you ask for? 🤷‍♀️

I really enjoyed The Book Club Hotel. I enjoyed hearing narration from all of the women and loved that they have a book club. This is a light, easy book to pick up the holiday season!

Thanks, Netgalley for the ARC of this book.

Sarah Morgan is incredibly skilled in writing and bringing to life female friendships and this book is no exception. Three friends plan for a get-away to a picturesque inn to review their book club pick but it’s found out once they arrive that one of the characters picked the inn for a very personal reason. The story is told from each of the three friends’ perspectives as well as the inn owner’s perspective (alternating each chapter). This story kind of reads like a hallmark movie; it’s sweet, festive, and fun and, of course, there are a few love interests!

I enjoyed reading this book - the character growth for each character is very well portrayed and the inn seems like a place I would love to visit (especially after Hattie finds her voice). I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys hallmark movies and/or a lighthearted festive book!

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced electronic copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

A wonderfully written story of love, loss, friends, family, moving forward, getting out of your own way, getting “unstuck” and figuring out what is next. Hattie is trying to keep it together for her daughter and the memory of the love of her life, who is gone, while doing all she can to keep what was their dream alive. She is exhausted and questioning everything. When three lifelong friends have their annual meet up at her truly magical hotel, she recognizes they’ve got some heavy emotional bag as well. The author has crafted a terrific story about…life. Great characters, beautiful backdrop and a great wrap-up. An enjoyable holiday HEA.

Read this if you like:
•small towns
•found family
•womens fiction
•a touch of hallmark romance

This book was so cute. I also aspire to have a book club where we go to hotels around the world to discuss books for book club 😂

Thank you Harlequin for the copy!