MY REVIEW
I think Suanne Laqueur is physically unable to write a bad, or even average book. Each one of her novels is pedal-to-the-metal absolutely outstanding and so unique it usually ends up creating a new tag on my shelves because they deserve to stay on a single pedestal for how epic they are.
A Small Hotel is no exception. It follows the story of Kennet Fiskare, through the years, through WWII and through love and pain. Something I always adore about this author is how real her characters feel. Each one of the characters in this book jumped out of the pages, and begged me to care about them. And so I did, even when it hurt like hell.
Even side characters, each brother in arms, each member of the Fiskare family is their own person, completely rounded and perfectly shaped in their imperfections. Another outstanding feature is the monumental amount of research Laqueur must have done in preparation. While I was reading and new facts were emerging, I kept thinking of how many hours of research it must have taken for that little tidbit to have been carefully encased in that sentence. This is true mastery of the craft.
I’ve recently really gotten into love stories in time of war and I think that Laqueur beautifully entwined the history of a family, love and heartbreak, and the experiences of a generation through her characters.
This book is absolutely in its own league, an epic tale of love, war and family. Absolutely would recommend to everyone on this planet… and possibly other planets too.
A Small Hotel
A new novel from Suanne Laqueur, author of the Fish Tales Series
Release Date: September 28, 2021
SYNOPSIS
It’s the summer of 1941. Europe is at war, but New York’s Thousand Islands are at the height of the tourist season. Kennet Fiskare, son of a hotel proprietor, is having the summer of a lifetime, having fallen deeply in love with a Swedish-Brazilian guest named Astrid Virtanen. But the affair is cut short and the young lovers permanently parted, first by Astrid’s family obligations, then by America’s entry into the war.The rigors of military life help dull his heartache, but when Kennet’s battalion reaches France, he is thrown into the crucible of front line combat. As his unit crosses Europe, from the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, Kennet falls into a different kind of love: the intense camaraderie between soldiers. It’s a bond fierce yet fragile, vital yet expendable, here today and gone tomorrow. Sustained by his friendships, Kennet both witnesses and commits the unthinkable atrocities of warfare, altering his view of the world and himself. To the point where a second chance with Astrid in peacetime might be the most terrifying and consequential battle he’s ever fought.
With her signature blend of soul-stirring prose and emotional complexity, Laqueur takes readers on a journey through events that shape an American family’s weakest moments and finest hours. A Small Hotel illuminates the experience of ordinary people thrown into extraordinary circumstances, and their once-in-a-generation camaraderie, courage and resiliency. It’s a novel for the world, a heartbreaking, uplifting story of family, love and human endurance.
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AUTHOR BIO
Suanne Laqueur’s An Exaltation of Larks won the Grand Prize in the 2017 Writer’s Digest Book Awards. Her debut novel The Man I Love and its follow-up, Give Me Your Answer True, won gold medals in the 2015 and 2016 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards. Both were finalists in the 2015 and 2016 Kindle Book Awards, and Laqueur was named a gold medal Debut Author with Feathered Quill Book Reviews.
Laqueur graduated from Alfred University with a double major in dance and theater, and taught at the Carol Bierman School of Ballet Arts in Croton-on-Hudson for ten years. An avid reader, cook and gardener, she started her blog EatsReadsThinks in 2010. She lives in Westchester County, New York with her husband and two children. Visit her at http://suannelaqueurwrites.com. All feels welcome. And she always has coffee.
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