"Nantucket Blue" by Leila Howland (294 pages)

When Cricket is invited to Nantucket for the summer by her friend Jules and her family, she jumps at the opportunity. However, a fatal incident causes Jules to revoke the invitation. Thinking that Jules will regret her decision, Cricket boards the ferry to Nantucket. The Jules she used to know is no longer the Jules standing in front of her on the doorstep. Jules wants nothing to do with Cricket, so Cricket is forced to find somewhere to stay and find a job to support her for the summer. Cricket planned to spend the summer with her best friend’s family. She planned to fall in love with Jay Logan and get a nice tan. She planned to get away from her mom’s sadness and her dad’s new marriage. Not all of her plans actually happened.

The Cranberry Inn offers Cricket a place to stay and a job for the summer. At the time, the island of Nantucket is mourning a loss of an important political figure, which brings a new job opportunity to Cricket; an intern for a journalist. As Cricket keeps track of interviews and cleans hotel rooms during the day, she secretly falls in love with someone completely off-limits at night. Not only does she find out who she really is, she finds out who her mom was years ago. Does Cricket’s life turn out to be the perfect Nantucket blue? Dive in and find out!                                                

This book is full of self discovery and romance. I really enjoyed watching Cricket's relationships begin and grow. I am really looking forward to reading "Nantucket Red" in March! 

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