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The Listeners
The Listeners: A Novel | Maggie Stiefvater
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#1 New York Times bestselling novelist Maggie Stiefvater dazzles in this mesmerizing portrait of an irresistible heroine, an unlikely romance, and a hoteland a worldin peril. JANUARY 1942. THE AVALLON HOTEL AND SPA offers elegance and sophistication in an increasingly ugly world. Run with precision by June Hudson, the hotels West Virginia born-and-bred general manager, the Avallon is where high society goes to see and be seen, and where the mountain sweetwater in the fountains and spas can wash away all your troubles. June was trained by the Gilfoyles, the hotels aristocratic owners, and she has guided the Avallon skillfully through the first pangs of war. Now, though, the Gilfoyle family heir has made a secret deal with the State Department to fill the hotel with captured Axis diplomats. June must convince her staffmany of whom have sons and husbands heading to the frontlinesto offer luxury to Nazis. With a smile. She also must reckon with Tucker Minnick, the FBI agent whose coal tattoo hints at their shared past in the mountains, and whose search for the diplomats secrets disrupts the peace June is fighting so hard to maintain. Hers is a balancing act with dangerous consequences; the sweetwater beneath the hotel can threaten as well as heal, and only June can manage the springs. As dark alliances and an elusive spy crack the polished veneer of the Avallon, June must calculate the true cost of luxury.
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jackilynn
The Listeners: A Novel | Maggie Stiefvater
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My backseat road trip buddy & I...vacation here I come!!

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Ladygodiva7
The Listeners: A Novel | Maggie Stiefvater
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A very unique novel!

AnnCrystal 💕🐶🐾🐈💝. (edited) 2d
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 2d
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julieclair
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JenlovesJT47 The whole world would be a better place, if only. Well said. 💙🩵💙🩵💙 4d
lil1inblue This gives me the vibes I get when I listen to Imagine by John Lennon. What if? 💓💓💓 4d
AnnCrystal True...beautiful vibes that inspires Hope 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎶🐝💝. 4d
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TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 4d
dabbe #totallyguttedandgobsmacked 🥹🐝🥹🐝🥹 4d
CBee I love this so much, @julieclair ♥️ 4d
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Read4life 💙💙💙 4d
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JenlovesJT47 Been thinking about this for the last couple of hours. Just wanted to say it‘s absolutely beautiful and I also love the graphics 🩷💜🩷💜🩷 4d
Itchyfeetreader This is so impactful and as Jen says really very beautiful 4d
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julieclair @JenlovesJT47 💙💙💙💙💙 So glad it spoke to you. 2h
julieclair @lil1inblue I love that song! 2h
julieclair @dabbe Aawww… 💙💙💙💙💙 2h
julieclair @CBee 💙💙💙💙💙 Thank you. 2h
julieclair @Itchyfeetreader so glad you found it meaningful! 💙💙💙💙💙 2h
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Eggbeater
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I've loved Maggie Steifvater's YA books and the premise of a hotel commandeered by the U.S. government during WWII for the use of Axis diplomats waiting to be exchanged sounded fascinating, especially with a supernatural element. But it turned out to be set at a really slow pace, and most of the characters didn't become interesting until the end.

Texreader Ahh bummer. It does sound good 4d
Clare-Dragonfly It is pretty slow! Which seems weird for a book set at the beginning of a world war! 4d
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wildwoodreads
The Listeners: A Novel | Maggie Stiefvater
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Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️☀️☀️

It‘s been a minute since I‘ve done an anticipated releases post. Last year, I was in a horrible reading slump, so I wasn‘t interested in new releases. And at the first of this year, I tried to focus on some backlist reads. But now I‘m ready to sink my teeth into some new reads.

What books are you looking forward to this summer?

Aims42 I‘m excited for “The Listeners” as well! I bought it last week and I feel like my expectations are so high right now that I need to chill a bit before starting it lol 1w
wildwoodreads @Aims42 I totally get that! I can‘t wait to see your thoughts on it though! Hope you enjoy!😊 7d
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Clare-Dragonfly
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I was fascinated by the setting of this book—a magnificently luxurious hotel in West Virginia haunted by magical springs, run by a brilliant and determined woman who is furious to learn the hotel will be used to house detained foreign nationals as World War II begins. The characters were harder to get into, since their POVs are not very deep, but the beautiful writing carried me along.

I met a sweet dachshund and had to include his picture!

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Carla
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Rainy evening in Virginia, I am spending it with an #ARC set in this general area by the marvelous @MaggieStiefvater Apparently replete with dachshunds, my spirit animal! So looking forward to this adventure.

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julesG
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Mehso-so

Although I liked seeing this time period from a non-European perspective and in a non-EU setting, I never really got into the story. Maybe it was the slower pace, maybe it was the magical realism element that I wish had either been left out entirely, or had been more "fleshed out". Or maybe, having read Stiefvater's YA work, I had too high expectations.

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

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Teresereading
The Listeners: A Novel | Maggie Stiefvater
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The day the hotel changed forever began as any other.
#FirstlineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Sharpeipup
The Listeners: A Novel | Maggie Stiefvater
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Adding to my TBR…

SilversReviews Great photo - hope there are some good books inside. Love when I get these at the library. (edited) 6mo
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