I did not enjoy this book as purchased on audio and the narrator had a grinding voice which turned me off. (if not a good narrator, then it can ruin a book). Liked the setting and the story, but thought a little slow and was not one of those books you cannot put down. I may go back and read the book later, but after listening to the audio, would not recommend.

First: I just want to say that Barbara Delinsky is one of my favorite authors. I was excited to receive this book, and to start reading it...I have read many of her books and liked them. I appreciate all the hard work that authors put into writing books, and realize they can't please me every time they write a new book. There were many who gave this book 5 star reviews. However, that being said, I have mixed feeling about this book. There were parts I liked, but other parts I didn't like at all....

Should we accept the life we have been given, or always search for something else?After ten years of separation, friends Charlotte and Nicole have reunited on Quinnipeague Island to collaborate on a cookbook about unique delicacies of the island cuisine. While apart each built a life with Charlotte writing about her travels around the world, and Nicole settled into the life of a doctor’s wife and envied blogger. However, Nicole wonders if the book they are producing will fix whatever drove Charl...

Well I have to agree with some other contributors who feel that they expected way more quality from an author like Ms Delinsky. I for one was not wowed. Maybe I am too tainted from reading better books but the characters get under a reader's skin and are really annoying. So many times I wanted to scream – “What are you doing!”.Nicole, one of the main characters, is incredibly whiny & immature. Someone needed to tell her to grow a backbone. Her husband, Julian, who is diagnosed with MS and for th...

Can the bonds of friendship weather a betrayal?I don't know - I gave up on page 112 as I found it not up to Barbara's usual standard.Sweet Salt Air didn't hold my attention, entrance or captivate me like her books usually do.Very disappointed.

This book was as refreshing as the title...Secrets, Island off the coast of Maine, Friendships, lobster rolls, and a love story all rolled into a classic summer read.This was my first Delinsky novel and I was enraptured by this book. It was exactly what I was looking for at this point. Best friends Charlotte and Nicole start working on a cookbook capturing all the local herbs and recipes of their youth. Charlotte comes back to stay with Nicole of the island of Quinniepeague to help spur this pro...

“Clams served on Quinnipeague were dug from the from the flats hours before cooking, and the batter, which was exquisitely light, held bits of parsley and thyme. Other fried clams couldn't compare.” Barbara Delinsky-Sweet Salt AirThis is a book about friendship. And marriage. And love.And it also takes place on a beautiful island in the beautiful state of Maine (The way life should be.) All Mainers will get that reference.I do not live in Maine but have been there many times. It is magnificent a...

Secrets both big and small but nonetheless difficult to keep. Nicole and Charlotte who had been friends since grade school and who hadn’t seen each other for ten years had secrets they couldn’t tell each other. Nicole’s secret did come out, but it was good that it did. Charlotte’s secret was definitely better left unrevealed.Sweet Salt Air is set in Quinnipeague, an island filled with quaint citizens and great cooks with wonderful recipes for Nicole’s cookbook and Charlotte’s accompanying narrat...

This novel by Barbara Delinsky is an intimate portrait of two female friends who reunite after ten years apart. Charlotte is a successful travel writer who lives on the road while Nicole is a married food blogger living in Philadelphia. The action takes place in Quinnipeague where both women spent summer as teenagers. Nicole's husband, a famous surgeon, has MS and the disease is tearing the marriage apart. Charlotte has purposely kept apart from Nicole because she has a secret that may well end

When perusing upcoming books by some of my favorite authors to put on my "to be read" shelf so I remember to pick them up as they become available, Sweet Salt Air was recommended to me on Amazon because of what I'd been adding. Immediately the book's name piqued my interest because there are fewer smells in this world that I love more than salt air. I then realized it is written by Barbara Delinsky and I was excited as I'd read other books of hers in the past and enjoyed them. When I then read t...

A friend won copies of the Advance Readers' Edition of this book, as it is not going on sale until June.When I started it, I thought, "Oh, this is not really something I enjoy," and I did skim some of the first chapters. Then, I found myself caught up with the situations and several of the characters.I would live in Quinnipeague, and I would certainly enjoy partaking of the food!Two long-time friends, Charlotte and Nicole, separated by lifestyles and also because of a secret known to one of them...

Sweet Salt AirByBarbara DelinskyMy "in a nutshell" summary...Nicole and Charlotte reunite on an island off the coast of Maine after a ten year separation. Needless to say there are tons of yummy issues!My thoughts after reading...I can't even remotely write or say anything "bad" about this book. Reading a book by Barbara Delinsky is like going home for me. Her books are just yummy, relaxing, and have just the right amount of dysfunction and secrets...and in this book...amazing food descriptions!...

Received a free ARC from Bookreporter.This book was vintage Delinsky! The predictable love story, but with very nice twists throughout. Easy reading, nice flow throughout the story. Delinsky choosing a hard subject to write about - MS - kept it cutting edge with her information on stem cell treatment. This book delved into the complexities of friendship, and how it changes over time, the change often taking on a life of its own. The stress of being hurt by a close friend, with the outcome of for...

I won this book through a first reads give away.Wish there were half stars, I would def give this one 4.5 stars. I have read a few books from Delinsky, but this is by far my favorite. I tend to think of her as a mix between Kristin Hannah and Jodi Picoult. I was nervous in the beginning few chapters, because there seemed to be a lot of secrets flying around and I get put off by books that will make hints throughout the book but not actually tell the secret until the end.This book hints to secret...

This was not quite as good as I was hoping, and I love Delinsky but felt a bit let down. Two childhood friends reunite, secrets kept, secrets revealed, love kept, love found, dilemma's and near tragedies......but in the end all is well and everyone lives happily ever after! Just a bit too predictable and flat for me. Another problem is that I really did not care much for half of the main characters (Nicole and Julian) so their part of the story didn't grab me emotionally. I will say though, I l

1.5 stars - I didn't like it.Recommended for anyone that loves a scandalous high drama with a farcical plot, a heavy focus on a medical disease, and a predictable happily ever after ending for all the cardboard characters. Personally, I hate all of these things. Anyone looking for a light and fun beach read should keep looking...don't be misled by the beautiful cover. -------------------------------------------Favorite Quote: Life is like a game of cards. It deals you different hands at differen...

I really wanted to like this book. When I read the description of what the book was about I was expecting a great summer read about two friends sharing their summer at a beach house in Maine. However, when I began reading the book I found it very difficult to get into the story. I found that I did not really get into the characters lives and as a whole the book was hard to "sink my teeth into". I contemplated giving up on this book several times but decided to stick with it to see if the story i...

Friendship,forgiveness, redemption are the key topics in this story of two women.Charlotte and Nicole are old friends grown apart. Both successful in their lives, but the similarity ends there. Charlotte lives her life on the go. A travel writer, she thrives on living out of a suitcase. Rarely content to be in one place too long, she is always looking ahead to the next location. Nicole, is the polar opposite. Married to a famous neonatal surgeon, she authors a food blog that centers mainly on t

I won an advance copy of this book on Goodreads, and I'm glad I did! I was rather torn as to whether to give it 4 stars or 5; I ended up with a 4. Within its genre, it's definitely a 5 in my mind, but I like to reserve 5 stars for those books that I find so outstanding they can compete for a top spot against every other 5-star book on my list.This book has it all: love, betrayal, secrets, friendships, relationships, mother-daughter conflicts, and more. Although it was easy to predict what was go...

Delinsky is a good storyteller. This is the tale of two best friends coming together after ten years to work on a cookbook of recipes of Quinnepeague Island. Both Nicole and Charlotte are hiding secrets as are the locals and the island. Foodies would love this book but so too would romantics. Charlotte's interest in the mysterious Leo is the highlight of the book.The low light is too much knitting done by characters I would not have cast as knitters. It just felt like the knitting was thrown in