Hotel Laguna Book Review

 

Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison

After enjoying reading the author's book Montauk, I was looking forward to diving into Hotel Laguna. Set in the early days of World War II, our main character is Hazel, a small-town girl, who leaves her midwestern home for the California coast to become a Rosie the Riveter to support the war effort.  She finds that not only is she really good working on the warplanes but it's work that she really enjoys.

After the war ends and the men return to their jobs that the women were temporarily filling, Hazel finds herself jobless and homeless.  She ends up in Laguna, California where she finds a friend and finds employment with a famous and very quirky artist, who has a very colorful and mysterious past.  In this book, Hazel slowly finds her place in Laguna and finds herself.  

I found Hotel Laguna to be equally compelling as I did the book Montauk.  I was able to sit down and read the book in a couple of days because it pulled me right in and I wanted to keep reading it until the end.  

I received this book from St. Martin's Press for free in exchange for an honest review.  As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.