Buy The Series: The Seaside Saga Series
Book 1: Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans
Book 2: The Denim Blue Sea
Book 3: Beach Blues
Book 4: Beach Breeze
Book 5: The Beach Inn
Book 6: Beach Bliss
Book 7: Castaway Cottage
Book 8: Night Beach
Book 9: Little Beach Bungalow
Book 10: Every Summer
Book 11: Salt Air Secrets
Book 12: Stony Point Summer
Book 13: The Beachgoers
Book 14: Shore Road
Book 15: The Wait
Book 16: The Goodbye
Book 17: The Barlows
Book 18: The Visitor
Book 19: Stairway To The Sea
Book 20: The Liars
Book 21: The Mistake
Book 22: Miss Moonchild Starbeam
Book 23: The Shack
Book 24: August Dove
Book 25: Hush
Book 26: The Diner
Book 27: The Architect (Publication Date: June 2, 2026)
Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author in exchange for my honest review.
Book Description:
From New York Times bestselling author Joanne DeMaio comes The Diner, Book 26 of The Seaside Saga.
Like misty wisps of salt air, The Seaside Saga weaves its way into readers’ lives and hearts. The fluid, ongoing storyline not only makes for an immersive literary experience—it redefines modern fiction and the very notion of a novel. At 26 books (and counting) and nearly 8,000 pages, The Seaside Saga follows the tangled adult lives of a group of beach friends on the New England coast.
Quite simply, The Seaside Saga’s made a distinct splash. And it does once again in The Diner, picking up from DeMaio’s most stunning cliffhanger yet.
And The Seaside Saga continues.
My Book Review:
In The Diner, the beach friends' story continues where Hush left off. Author Joanne DeMaio transports the reader back to the tranquil seashore town of Stony Point, Connecticut. The story takes place during one week in late October where the readers will catch up with the beach friends' lives.
Just like in the previous installments, The Diner is an intricate story of interweaving friendships and ever-changing life events. In this twenty-sixth installment in The Seaside Saga Series, the author stuns the readers with a near tragic incident that involves Jason and Kyle, while also continuing to focus on Celia and Shane's relationship. And The Seaside Saga continues.
The Diner opens up with a shocking near tragic incident that involves Jason and Kyle at the diner. This was a very heavy storyline to read; I felt the full gamut of emotions as I followed the aftermath of the incident. As Jason and Kyle struggle with the aftermath of the incident, their community of friends and family surround them with love and support and downright anger at the senseless incident. This was a very sobering story to read, you can't help but sense how the incident affected everyone, while also bringing this little beach community together even more.
I loved how this installment also continued to focus on Celia and Shane's relationship. As Shane returned to Maine for his lobstering job, Celia struggles with the long-distance between them and takes Aria up there to surprise Shane. They profess their love and commit to make their long-distance relationship work, but it's a true struggle when they want to be with each other so badly. The dilemma they face is how to make their relationship work ... especially when the author leaves the reader with an exciting cliffhanger ending, we'll have to wait and see what Shane has planned in The Architect, the twenty-seventh installment of the series.
So now that I have whet your interest in the beach friends' latest comings and goings, drive under the railroad trestle and enter the enchanting beach town of Stony Point ... pull up a beach chair ... and visit with the close-knit longtime friends in author Joanne DeMaio's novel, The Diner.
The Seaside Saga Series is a heartwarming series of stories of friendship, family, painful secrets, lies and regrets, near tragedies, heartbreak, new beginnings and second chances. Author Joanne DeMaio weaves a wonderful tale written in the third person narrative, which is set in the present with flashbacks to the past. The reader is transported to the tranquil seashore town of Stony Point, Connecticut, where they follow along with Celia, Maris, Eva, Matt, Jason, Kyle, Lauren, Nick, Elsa, Cliff, Mitch, and Shane as their lives change like the tide's ebb and flow on their little tranquil coastal town.
RATING: 5 STARS
