Swan Song

By: Elin Hilderbrand

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author brings her Nantucket novels to a brilliant finish: when rich strangers move to the island, social mayhem and a possible murder follow. Can Nantucket’s best locals save the day, and their way of life? Includes special audio content!

Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious Richardsons—how did they make their money, exactly?—Ed, Sharon, and everyone in the community are swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one but two yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet. When their house burns to the ground and their most essential employee goes missing, the entire island is up in arms. The last of Elin Hilderbrand's bestselling Nantucket novels, SWAN SONG is a propulsive medley of glittering gatherings, sun-soaked drama, wisdom and heart, featuring the return of some of her most beloved characters, including, most importantly, the beautiful and timeless island of Nantucket itself.

The audiobook edition features an interview between Elin and her longtime narrator Erin Bennett.

Yet another hit!

Elin Hildebrand has yet another summer beach-read hit! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Beautifully written and development of the characters! And…Erin Bennett? Absolutely phenomenal! I just love your voice and readings! You both are just so talented! Well done Ladies!

Bittersweet!

A perfect way to close out. Loved revisiting so many characters and story lines with the addition of new characters. Erin Bennett never disappoints. I may have to start at the very beginning and listen/read all the books again.

Skip forward to hear Erin (not Elin) narrate the last chapter

I have mixed feelings about the ending. The first time I heard it, I was a little confused and I didn’t like it. The author narrated the final chapter and that made the content difficult for me to understand. There is a convo between the author & narrator afterward. If you listen to it (or skip thru it) they include the final chapter as read by the narrator. Highly recommend listening to her read it.
I understand the author is emotional about the end of this era in her career but I didn’t like the choice for her to read the final chapter. She’s a fantastic writer but not so great at narrating. I’m so glad I found out about the narrator version from a summary online.
Once I listened to that version, I liked the ending better. I have read all of Elin’s books and have enjoyed most of them with rare exception. I’m sad to say goodbye to her Nantucket and its characters.

Disappointed

I’ve enjoyed every one of Hilderbrand’s books, but this didn’t do it for me. Although great to see most of the characters come together, the story line bothered me a bit. The last chapter reading by the author was disappointing. It was hard to follow & jonws

The Wrap Up

Loved how it wrapped up characters. Always loved the chief in all the books. I have listened to all of Ellin’s books, some of them twice! Erin Bennet is the best narrator!! Hope to meet Ellin in Nantucket this December at the Stroll.