The Identicals - Elin Hilderbrand

The Identicals

By Elin Hilderbrand

  • Release Date: 2017-06-13
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 1,369 Ratings

Description

The instant New York Times bestseller is "a fun, delightful, un-putdownable novel" about two identical twin sisters who couldn't look more alike . . . or live more differently (PopSugar).

Nantucket is only eleven miles away from Martha's Vineyard. But they may as well be worlds apart for estranged twin sisters Harper and Tabitha Frost.

After not speaking for more than a decade, Harper and Tabitha switch islands-and lives-to save what's left of their splintered family. But the twins quickly discover that the secrets, lies, and gossip they thought they'd outrun can travel between islands just as easily as they can. Will Harper and Tabitha be able to bury the hatchet and end their sibling rivalry once and for all?

Before the last beach picnic of the season, there will be enough old resentments, new loves, and cases of mistaken identity to make this the most talked-about summer that Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket have experienced in ages.

"Parent Trap vibes with an adult twist...One of Hilderbrand's most binge-worthy confections." —Elisabeth Egan, New York Times 

Reviews

  • Very entertaining

    5
    By KloMotion
    It’s easy to become wrapped up in each character’s side of things.. very glad to have found such an engaging author!
  • Great!

    5
    By LaiJayy
    Love this book! It was an easy read and I think everyone can relate to at least some of the family drama in this book. Great read! Impressed by Elin’s work, as usual.
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  • Good read

    5
    By Psychnurs123
    This was a little hard to get into initially, but then things got interesting, and it was hard to put down. I recommend this book.
  • The Identicals

    5
    By Mwmelcode
    I don't know what the haters of this book are talking about. I loved it and had a hard time putting in down to sleep and work. The characters are very interesting and while there are many it was easy to keep them all straight if you have half a brain. Loved it!!
  • The Identicals

    4
    By Fun but incomplete
    This books was fun and eay to read. Felt like being on vaction while stuck inside an airconditioned house in 100 degree weather or in the passenger seat of a car on a business trip home. My only dissapointment was it shold of been 3 chapters longer giving each charectors perspective once the “storm” calmed. I was left wonder about Tabitha and Ansley at least.
  • Awesome

    5
    By S in New England
    This was one of her best. I really enjoyed it!
  • Loved It!

    5
    By pegg12
    The Identicals is a brilliantly crafted, complex, family drama. Eleanor Frost is a driven career woman. Her success, however, would come at a hefty price. Eleanor sacrificed the love of her family for her business. She divorced her husband, Billy, and insisted that one of their twin daughters live with her, and the other with Billy. Tabitha and Harper, were identical twins, and inseparable until their parent’s divorced. Tabitha stayed with Eleanor, much to her dismay, on Nantucket, and Harper went with Billy to Martha’s Vineyard. Eleanor had no idea at the time of the separation, just how much her selfish decision would cost her daughters. The twin’s relationship would suffer terribly, and they would not see one another, for any length of time, until Billy died, fourteen years later. Tabitha thought her sister had it easy. Harper didn’t have to contend with her mother’s impossible demands. She also didn’t have an out-of-control teenage daughter to raise. Harper had a perfect life, Tabitha thought. She did what she wanted to do and had the matching reputation to prove it. Harper didn’t care about anyone. But, that wasn’t true, Harper cared a great deal. She also carried a heavy load of guilt around with her every day. However, after their father died, Tabitha thought she had the perfect punishment for Harper. They would switch places for the summer. Instead of it being a punishment, however, it turned out to be a positive learning experience for both of them. And for Tabitha, the best thing that could ever happen to her. Love, forgiveness, and healing would touch many lives on those two Islands. Owning up to selfish mistakes was the first step in healing for the Frost family; the second was forgiveness. I loved this book. It’s a well-crafted, complex story, with realistically flawed characters. They all had lessons to learn, and by the end of the book, I knew every character intimately and felt deeply for them. The Identicals completely captivated me until the very last page. I highly recommend giving it a read. Thank you, Little, Brown and Company and NetGalley, for my advanced review copy.
  • The Identicals

    4
    By SeedyDale
    You need a spreadsheet to keep track of all the characters, but it's an excellent read.

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