I am late to the party of discovering Elin Hilderbrand. I really loved Swan Song. A mysterious rich couple move to Nantucket into a very talked about house. They throw parties that everyone wants to be invited to, but who are they? Where did they come from? The local police chief just days away from retirement finds himself in the middle of mayhem and possible murder.

Another wonderful book by Ms Hilderbrand

I think I have read all of Elin Hilderbrand's books and Swan Song does not disappoint. It is an interesting contrast of 'old timers' vs the 'come from aways', with a very interesting mystery. Lots of pointers to previous books. Highly recommended.

Thank you to the publisher who lent me an e-arc via netgalley. This review is optional and my own opinion.

Hilderbrand is the queen of the beach read for a reason. Her books are always pure entertainment, and this one lived up to that. This had a mystery element that was so fun and kept me intrigued. I still have so much of her backlist to read, but even with the books I have read, I recognized so many characters throughout and loved all of their cameos and life updates. So fun, loved it, and the audiobook narration was amazing!

Thanks to Little Brown and Company and NetGalley for the DRC, and to Libro.fm for the ALC.

Another hit by one of the best!

I am a huge Elin Hilderbrand fan, and I am so glad that I loved her latest book, Swan Song, since it was the last one she wrote before retiring. I have a feeling it won't be her last book, though.

Swan Song is the perfect title for this book. I always saved a Hilderbrand book to read on my summer vacations. It became sort of a tradition. Her books are light and fun, and since this series always took place on Nantucket, I felt like I was vacationing with the characters in the book. Although Swan Song can be a standalone book, I loved all of the little "nods" to her previous books throughout the story. It was like reminiscing about your childhood.

This book has more mystery than usual, friendship, family drama, romance, but my favorite part is always the characterization in Hilderbrand's novels. You feel as if you are living the story with them. My favorite character was Coco, who didn't actually grow up on the island. She was fierce and vulnerable at the same time. I just wanted to take her under my wing. I also loved the Chief, but I usually do in her books. He is someone I would want to hang out with in real life.

I gave this book five out of five stars. It's a great summer read.

Thank you to NetGalley, Little, Brown, and Ms. Hilderbrand for my free copy of this book. This review is my honest opinion.

I hope inspiration strikes Elin again at some point, I will miss these titles so much! This one is great, I loved the intrigue around the mysterious new couple on the island. I liked the storyline of the young people on the island. And of course, the setting is everything. Thank you for every summer novel Elin!

I'm giving 4 stars because it's Elin Hilderbrand and it is, of course, written really well and is very entertaining, as almost all her books are. However, the constant name-dropping got under my skin. Ok, we get it, Nantucket is awesome and we all should visit but if I have to read about The Chicken Box one more time, I'm throwing this book across the room. And we get that you're "with it", Elin. You don't have to use weird slang and throw in all the popular songs and trends just to invoke the mood. You're a great writer, just tell the story. Also, please stop with the odd names no one else in the world has. I don't think it helps keep characters straight; it just makes me roll my eyes at the pretentiousness.
Anyway, Swan Song is one last hurrah for some of the locals that are featured in a good many other Hilderbrand books. This will be # 4 and you absolutely can read this as a standalone. It's just kind of fun to revisit some of the more beloved characters in Hilderbrand's other books. Swan Song features Chief of Police Ed Kapanesh and his daughter, Kacy. Kacy is a NICU nurse who runs away from San Francisco after a double-heartbreak. Her father is about to retire so she goes home to Nantucket to lick her wounds. She ends up meeting Colleen (Coco) Coyle on the ferry and they form a friendship. Coco has scored a concierge position with the Richardson's, Nantucket's newest jetsetters. But the Richardson's are not all they seem and the tight-knit community might never be the same when the summer is over.

*Thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown and Company for this e-arc.*

It’s not summer until the Elin Hilderbrand takes us back to Nantucket! This is the grand finale in her series, and it is a phenomenal one!

All of Elin Hilderbrand's favorite Nantucket characters are back again in this novel. In the final summer of Chief Ed's career as Chief of Police, a new couple moves to the island to stir things up. The Richardsons and their personal assistant Coco are just what the island needs to spice things up. Their themed parties and fancy lifestyle draw everyone's attention. Will they get a coveted hand-delivered invitation to one of the Richardson's infamous parties? However, the people of Nantucket soon learn that these invitations come at a cost.

Once again, Elin Hilderbrand does not disappoint! The old characters we all know as friends are back. In addition, we gain some new ones that we will all love to hate! If you love Hilderbrand's books as much as I do, spend this summer reading Swan Song. It's THE perfect summer read.

I have read all of Elin’s books and always mark the beginning of each summer by reading the latest one. This one while compulsively readable was not one of my favorites. I feel like it’s just a bunch of phrases she is repeating to sound up to date that she has learned from hanging around her kids. I did enjoy the sekf referential humor and the usual nods to local places.

Wow. Thank you NetGalley and Little, Brown and Company for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I am so sad that this is (potentially) her last Nantucket set novel. I have looked forward to these for the past few years and have adored every single one of them, including this one.

Swan Song was a beautiful good bye to this series and one of my favorites so far. Absolutely loved it.

4.5 stars

Reading an Elin Hilderbrand book has become synonymous with summer for me ☀️ I love being in her world where she masterfully flips between timelines and povs, making you turn the pages until you finally reach the end. Swan Song is her retirement novel and of course set on Nantucket's beautiful landscape.
It begins at an end of summer retirement party of the infamous chief of police Ed Kapanesh. The Party is disturbed when his dispatcher calls him to let him know a will known mansion is on fire. From there you head back in time to the beginning of summer with a story unfolding. A full cast of characters, some you will recognize from other books and some new friends as well will keep you reading to find out what happened. I loved this book!
4.5 stars
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Swan Song is the end of an era--the last of Elin Hilderbrand's yearly Nantucket beach reads, and what a wonderful read it is! I loved every moment and cried like a baby at the end. Here's hoping that after a much deserved writing break, we will get another book to spice up our summers or a book set during the Christmas season.

In Swan Song, the police chief Ed Kapanesh is finishing one last summer of service to Nantucket before he retires. When the Richardsons move to town, they make quite a stir with their exclusive parties and unconventional decisions. Then their personal assistant, Coco, goes missing toward the end of the summer, and Ed wonders what secrets everyone has been hiding. Swan Song is the beach read of the season, with all of Elin's signature details, including descriptions of mouth-watering food, gorgeous scenery, and page-turning secrets about a richly-drawn cast of characters. Additionally, there are so many characters from previous books to make long-time fans happy. I will be re-reading Elin's previous books next summer and beyond and hoping that we will get another book someday in the future. Thank you to Netgalley, Little, Brown and Company, and the author for the librarian preview copy!

Lifestyles of the rich and the shameless. When Bull and Leslee Richardson arrive on Nantucket for the summer, the old guard of the island is shaken up by glamour, parties, and summer gossip. This book weaves the story of island locals, newbies, hustlers, and wannabes. Elin Hilderbrand has such an entertaining writing style that she makes you feel like one of the locals hearing the latest gossip on the island. Swan Song is one of the books you should read this summer.

Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand is a perfect book. It has beaches, romance, and mystery for a story that readers can get lost in. This might be Elin Hilderbrand's last Nantucket book, but I hope she continues to write. She's been one of my favorite authors for years.

Set on Nantucket, as all of the queen of beach reads do, this was a comfort read to me. I love becoming lost in the island life and the characters that live on it. In this novel, a new couple, the Richardson, moves to Nantucket, and they want to be integrated into the high society through throwing lavish parties and living extravagantly. Coco moves to Nantucket to work as the Richardson’s personal concierge, where she befriends Kacy and Lamont. In true Elin form, there are varying POV that carry the story, and I loved them all. There’s drama, love, friendship and family relationships that bind all of these people together as well as to the readers. I am going to miss reading a new Elin book every summer. Say this isn’t the last!

Time to say good-bye to the Nantucket location, characters and lovely beach-reads that author Elin Hilderbrand has provided us for all these years. SWAN SONG provides just enough that all of her readers will be happily satisfied and curious about her next steps. Summer friends are always hard to let go, but we wish her well. I received my copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

I’ve held off reading this one because I didn’t want to say good bye to the Nantucket series! I loved this one like all of the others and was so glad I had read Elins previous books so I knew all the ties to the characters and their back stories. I really enjoyed this one ; only a few things I wished she put in is that she eluded that Leslie was drugging her guests with something either in alcohol or the brownies but never confirmed it - I would have liked to see more of a falling out - especially between Phoebe and and Leslie and Phoebe never stuck up for Dahlia…. And if the ending is what I think it is with the chief dying…. Gutted so I am just waiting to read what everyone else thinks about those last few paragraphs! I will miss her Nantucket series she brought the world to life for us…. I guess I can go back and read the backlist but still; thank you for this NetGalley and thank you Elin!!!

I look forward to all of Elin's books. Swan Song was another great summer book filled with some interesting characters. It kept my interest until the end.

Thank you for my gifted copy!

Elin Hilderbrand never disappoints. Except for the first 8% that I read earlier in the week, I devoured the entire book in just over 36 hours. Every character was so engaging - it was quite the ensemble so I wonder if I would have struggled to keep everyone straight had I been listening to the audiobook version.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance ecopy of this title. The Nantucket chief of police is on the edge of retirement. It's his last summer on the job when a wealthy couple arrives in town, and shakes up the island. His daughter is visiting for the summer, and her new friend works for this couple. When the friend turns up missing, the chief must try to recall all the incidents that occurred over the summer that may provide clues to the mystery. This novel includes an eccentric cast of characters who make it all the more interesting. The ending, though, is what elevates this title over most of the other Nantucket books written by this author!

A wonderful conclusion to the Nantucket Hilderbrand canon! Delightfully juicy, wonderfully descriptive...all the things that one would want in a Hilderbrand summer novel. However, the ending was shocking and disappointing...perhaps it has been changed for the final printed copies.