Title: The Blue Moth Motel

Publisher: Breakwater Books

Pages: 280

Rating: 4/5 stars

Author: Olivia Robinson

Genre: YA fiction/NA fiction

The Blue Moth Motel is definitely an interesting read, I say that because it was written in a way you wouldn’t usually write. Dialogue not in direct quotations, and a book was written like someone was telling a story, with many flashbacks to the past. The main character is Ingrid, and she has a sister, Norah. Ingrid has moved out of the motel that they both grew up in, the Blue Moth Motel in PEI, to go to England. The book phases through a lot of what happened in the past and what’s happening in the future. I’d say most of the book is actually just stories from the past and Ingrid’s life before. I thought it was very sincere, very sweet, and very sentimental.

This is definitely a book that targets your emotions, nostalgia, and longing for home. Where you grew up and where you came from. Reading this book is peaceful and calm. Everything feels like a dream. It feels like you’re underwater when you’re reading this book. It feels strangely surreal. I love that feeling. I loved this book.

Official synopsis:

Ingrid and Norah have an unconventional upbringing—growing up in a motel, raised by their mother and her partner. The girls’ grandmother, Ada, who owns the Blue Moth, has always kept them at a distance. But when she buys a piano for the motel, that all changes. Years later in England, training to be a soloist, Ingrid loses her voice and must decide what to do. She hears from Norah, who’s reviving a party that began during their childhood to celebrate the arrival of mysterious and elusive blue moths. The Blue Moth Motel is a Haunting and evocative exploration of the meaning of family and home.

I recommend this book, and I hope you get a chance to check it out 🙂

The Blue Moth Motel