I loved this book. I've not been writing professional reviews for a while now, but I strongly recommend this wonderful story about strong women. It covers several important topics pertinent to women's issues Everyone should read it.

Nice and interesting story of the estranged Flynn Sisters and their dysfunctional family. All have suffered adversities which brings them back together. I enjoyed each sister's backstory. The only thing I found strange about this book was that the fourth Sister seemed to be the only one not affected by adversary and was seldom touched upon.
Thank you to Netgalley and the Author Aisling Delaney for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Loved it!! Couldn't put it down. Very well written, well rounded characters, great plot line. The only thing that bothered me about this book was the mention of a Victorian house built in the 1700s!!

Ava's life has fallen apart and she goes to Grandmother's B&B on Orchid Island to recover and lick her wounds. But she's in for more than she bargained for, as her sisters Sarah and Charlotte are also heading to Orchid. They're also dealing with their own traumas and, like Ava, they crave the gifts that the beautiful island offers. With Father issues to deal with and Grandmother talking of them leaving the story plods along with some issues for me. Not sure if I'll be looking out for book 2 or not. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Tough one to review. Although it wasn't my favorite book, there were parts that were well written. I think an editor should have tightened it up a bit.

A great introduction to the Orchid Island series when sisters come to their grandmother's B&B to get a fresh start with realistic characters you feel like you know and a story that pulls on your heart as they navigate life's joys and heartbreaks. I look forward to reading more about this picturesque New England island. I received an advance reader copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an e ARC of this book.
The first in a new series, this book is the setup for following books. The sisters are well drawn, mostly likeable characters. Lots of loose ends to make you want to keep reading. Light, readable. Ill probably follow along.moo

I liked The Orchid Inn. This story is about three sisters who have come to crossroads in there lives and come together to regroup at there Grandmothers Inn. They lead very different lives and each has there own story. Not a fan of the mother. I liked the ending. This is going to be a six book series.
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I can recommend THE ORCHID INN only if someone needs to feel a happy ending wrapped up with a bow. Aisling Delaney has clearly defined chapters hopping through the perspectives of three sisters: Ava, Sarah, and Charlotte. My main issue is that this feels like a book that needs one more revision.

There is a fourth sister, Samantha, who is Charlotte's twin. There's no reason for this character to exist. She's mentioned a couple of times merely to say she's not there at Orchid Island and their grandmother's bed and breakfast.

There's also the estranged father who hasn't been in their lives for 17 years. The last two chapters he pops up and purges his story garnering the sympathy of three of his daughters. Oh, and he returns to explain that he's a gambling addict who won the Irish lottery and is offering each daughter $1.5 million. It does conveniently get all of the sisters out of the bottomless pits of despair they were in and forgiveness abounds. That story could have been much more of the focus. We could have seen the father's struggles throughout instead of this info dump as he catches them up on his depressing life.

There are great parts to two of the sisters' stories: Sarah and Ava. They had gotten into a fight and stayed away from each other for a decade. Each battled problems that the middle class probably doesn't think about when it comes to the well-off not to mention obscenely wealthy like Sarah. Sarah's story gets into important topics of domestic abuse that involve gaslighting, manipulation, isolation, and financial control. Ava is a hardworking lawyer who pisses off the wrong rich client and she gets fired. At that moment, misfortune sucker punches her. Her musician husband, who has never contributed financially to the family, cleans out their account and leaves her with nothing but their teenage daughter.

Sure, rich people have problems too.

Unfortunately, it's obvious that this book started as something else. I went to GoodReads to try and add it to my Current Reading list so I could update my progress along the way. I found a different book by Aisling Delaney but some of the names are the same. It's basically the first version of The Orchid Inn. Interestingly, that book which was named some other inn, is no longer listed. Probably a good thing because it was confusing to read that summary and then read The Orchid Inn's nearly parallel story.

After the final chapter wraps up, there's an author note that this is the first book of six in a series. Great news for her and possibly the forgotten character Samantha.

I rarely give anything less than 4 stars because writing a book is a grueling process and revisions can boggle an author's mind turning it into mush. The Orchid Inn has a few of those mushy moments in repetitive sentences within a paragraph, the occasional mixed up name, the missing fourth sister who serves no purpose, and the father being sprung on everyone at the very end with a sad story and millions of dollars.

Rating: 3 stars

Ava Flynn was just fired from her high-profile attorney’s position for telling the firm’s most powerful client that she really wasn’t paying attention to what he was saying, only to get home and discover that her husband had left and taken half a million dollars from their joint savings account with him. Sarah, Ava’s sister, is reeling from the death of her boyfriend of 12 years, who never bothered to divorce his wife and now Sarah is penniless while the wife inherits everything. And younger sister Charlotte is stunned to learn that her husband no longer wants to be a husband, and very definitely does not want to be a father. All three girls end up at their grandmother’s B&B for the summer, until they are able to figure out their next steps.

I had a difficult time with this book. Earlier this year, I read a very, very similar book, with Ava Flynn, an attorney, who was fired from her attorney position for insulting a client. In the other book, Charlotte was Ava’s daughter, married to a chef who did not want children. They all end up on Nantucket, in a B&B, but a former client of Ava’s left her the property in his will, instead of it belonging to their grandmother. Author’s names were different, so I don’t know if it’s alternating pen names or what the story is, but the books were way too similar and I found it off-putting. I also felt the author was trying too hard to force the storyline.

This sounded like a story about sisters that are going through a rough patch and come together at their grandmother's B&B in Newport to regroup and find themselves. 

I found the stories about each sister fascinating and there was more to their stories than we are led to believe in the beginning. Each one has something devastating happen to them, hence the journey to the inn, but they had also grown apart from each other and did not ask for help or rely on their siblings as you might expect in most families. However, as their stories came to light and the details involved, it was understandable why they might have been afraid or ashamed to ask for help or share what really happened, especially in Sarah's situation.

There is a mystery about their father and what happened to him and why he left when they were young. The answer explains it and it reflects on what a dysfunctional family they really had, at least when it came to parents because the mother was no winner either. However, I thought it felt rushed and somewhat unbelievable how quickly they forgave him.

This was a good story overall and I did enjoy it and how each sister came to terms with changes that needed to be made in their lives.

We give this story 3 paws up.

The Orchid Inn is the first of a series by Aisling Delaney set on the fictional Orchid Island off the coast of Rhode Island. This story is extraordinarily close in plot and dialogue to the book The Nantucket Beachfront Inn written by the same author under the name of Ainsley Keaton.

Characters and their names are mostly identical, although not necessarily the same age groups, as are much of the central plot lines. Again, there were many simultaneous threads interwoven, sometimes distractingly so. And the conclusion seemed rushed.

Although the central plot is interesting, as are the subplots, so much is going on that it’s sometimes hard to follow. This series has great potential but in my opinion needs reworking.

Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read The Orchid Inn by Aisling Delaney. I had hope this would be a good feeling sisters books, but I was disappointed. I wasn't really interested in the storylines, the pacing was slow, and the ending was not believable. Several plots were left open I assume because there are other books coming. I don't really recommend this one.

The Orchid Inn by Aisling Delaney is the first book in the Orchid Island series. It is the story of three sisters, each with their own heartbreaks and tragedies, gather together at their grandmother’s bed and breakfast, the Orchid Inn, for the summer. Ave Flynn has hit rock bottom. Her husband has left her, wiped out their savings, all on the same day that she loses her job at a high powered law firm for “insulting” a billionaire client. Her only thought is to gather Moira, her 13 year old daughter, and head to Orchid Island. Little does she know that her sisters are also on their way, Sarah is left penniless when her millionaire boyfriend suddenly dies, leaving her with nothing. Charlotte comes to the island to figure out how her decisions had led her life down the path she seems to be on. One thing is haunting all three sisters: the disappearance of their father 17 years prior. Will they ever get the answers they need? Will the explanations be enough? Will they finally have the chance to chase the dreams they never dared to before?
The Orchid Inn was a hard book to stay engaged in. While it started off well with the majority of the book covering the women’s journeys to the island and their stories. But that last half of the story sped by and the end seemed abrupt with any resolution or fallout left for the next book. Ava was a hard character to care for especially her attitude about Sarah’s life choices. Ava and Sarah hadn’t spoken for ten years. Once they are both at the island, they seem to forgive and forget fairly quickly. It seemed to be a theme of the story: tell your story and you will be forgiven. I’m all for forgiving those who have hurt us; but realistically, it doesn’t always happen in one conversation, especially with deep hurts. The sisters’ mother was a real piece of work who loved to say “I told you so” when her daughters’ lives were falling apart. I was looking forward to an endearing, even a hard-hitting story of sisters, their pasts and their drive to move on. Unfortunately, The Orchid Inn did not live up to my expectations.

The Orchid Inn is available in paperback

3- stars is generous
Three unhappy sisters staying at their grandmothers place to regroup and sort out relationships. Three sisters with bad problems, primarily their significant others. They also want to know why their father left them 17 years prior. This is a character driven novel that didn’t quite make the mark for me. Some of it seemed a bit far fetched and repetitive. Old hurts are revisited as they try to be supportive of each other.

I usually love sister stories, being one of 3 myself. It started off ok, but eventually my interest waned and I could not really connect with the characters,, or care much what happened. Then that ridiculous ending topped it all. Overall a disappointment for me and did not leave me feeling satisfied with the time spent on this.

My thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for the complimentary e-arc for the opportunity to express my honest opinion of this work. Release date today, 4/1/2022

The Orchid Inn caught my interest for the sisterhood. Being one of 5 daughters, the intricacies of the sister relationship are not lost on me. They come and go and get closer and move far away all through your life. So, I started off strong. Unhappy sisters getting together and trying to support each other. As the story went on, however, it started to lose my interest. In the end, I was a little disappointed. It is so hard to remember the parts of a book you liked when you really dislike the ending.

The Orchid Inn
Orchid Island Book One
by: Aisling Delaney
Debra Moore, Sunrise Books

This book is first in author Aisling Delaney's Orchid Island series. It promises to be a good series, with this solid first installment. It's excellent for those who like light women's fiction with a focus on family. The setting, plot and characters all come together for a good read.
Thank you to Debra Moore, Sunrise Books, and Net Galley for the advance reader's copy and opportunity to provide my unbiased review.

The premise of this book caught my attention. Three sisters who have suffered heartbreaking life events gather at their grandmother’s inn on Orchid Island to heal, reconnect, plan for the future and find second chances. They all are hoping the island where they spent so many happy summers, will work it’s magic and help them find new paths to happiness. The book started out pretty well introducing and giving background on the main characters but I found it a bit difficult to connect with them. The resolution to their issues really didn’t have enough depth and didn’t really show how they worked through things to find those resolutions in their relationships with each other. The book held my interest enough that I wanted to see how it would end, but ultimately it ended up being just an ok read for me.

While I’ve enjoyed other books by this author, I really didn’t connect with this one. I felt like the characters were contrived and unlikely, and while the plot could’ve worked it felt flat to me.

I will try other books by this author in the future to see if this was a one-off.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book, but my opinions are my own.

Three women return to the Inn on the island, where they spent their youth, to try to rebuild their lives. They help out at the Inn while living in the converted barn.