The White Octopus Hotel ~ Current Book

Current Book ~ The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell

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G👀dreads About Summary

Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover that behind its many doors, they may just find a second chance.

‘Have you travelled a long way?’ she asked carefully. A smile twitched at the corner of his mouth. ‘Well, yes,” he said slowly. ‘Yes, you could say that. But it was worth the wait.’

London, 2015
When reclusive art appraiser Eve Shaw shakes the hand of a silver-haired gentleman in her London office, the warmth of his palm sends a spark through her.

His name is Max Everly – curiously, the same name as Eve’s favourite composer, born one hundred sixteen years prior. And she can’t shake the feeling that she’s held his hand before . . . but where, and when?

The White Octopus Hotel, 1935
Decades earlier, high in the snowy Swiss Alps, Eve and a young Max Everly wander the winding halls of the grand belle epoque White Octopus Hotel, lost in time.

Each of them has been through the trenches – Eve in a family accident and Max on the battlefields of the Great War – but for an impossible moment, love and healing are just a room away . . . if only they have the courage to step through the door.

Genre: Historical Fiction, Time Travel, Magical Realism, Mystery, Romance

The How/Why: This one caught my eye a while back and has been on my TBR. I finally put it on Hold with Libby a couple of weeks ago. It became available via a partner library so I grabbed it. I just mentioned recently that I'm not the biggest fan of time travel tropes. Maybe I'm in my Time Travel era! 

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˜”*°•.˜”*°• Current Book in Progress •°*”˜.•°*”˜

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 💫  TBD I start with five and deduct if/when they lose me along the way.

🎉🎊 Overall Storytelling? TBD

  • Setting the stage. Atmosphere, Vibe
  • Likeable Characters: Protagonist, Supporting Cast, Extras
  • Unlikeable Antagonist
  • Executing the premise
  • Lives up to the promise

🎣🎏 Did it grab and keep my attention? TBD

 🗣️Would I recommend it to anyone? Yes ➕No ➖Maybe 🤷 TBD

 🕮 Would I want a sequel? Yes ➕No ➖ Maybe 🤷 TBD

 📚 Would I want to read more books by this author? Yes ➕She has one other, The Winter Garden. Another HF, Magical Realism. It sounds really interesting. Current not listed on Libby or Hoopla so I'll have to check back.

 ⚠️💣💥 📢 Content Warnings? ChïlƉ DɇaṪh & L0ŞŞ of $iblinᵷ, Ǥriɇf & $urṼiṼ0r'$ ḠuïlT, Ẁɐɼ & C0ᵯbaT Trɐumɐ

 🌶️🫑Spice? No

 🌪 Plot Twist? TBD if yes, Predictable? 

 👟 Pace? TBD

 💻 Tidbits ~ TBD

 🎧 Narrator: Mei Mei MacLeod

🎧11.0 hours (Libby) 🕮 368 pages



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