Beach House Summer - Sarah Morgan

Started: Wednesday 29th June 2022

Finished: Friday 1st July 2022

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Beach House Summer was the best perfect read after a few weeks of heavy going and emotional books. I love a typical Woman-Finds-Herself novel and this one ticked all the boxes.

We see Joanna and Ashley form an unlikely friendship amidst a tragedy and over time they learn a lot about each other and themselves.

Both of these characters are strong. They are similar in many ways but Morgan cleverly displays the different nuances of what it means to be an independent female across two generations.

The characters were developed well across the book, with secondary characters also learning from the lessons as the book progresses.

And the romance amongst it all is beautiful and subtle.

I think my favourite things about this book was that there was no Fast Forward To Happy Families. One of my biggest bugbears with these kind of books is when the author visits the main characters years down the line and all is well and nothing has happened to disrupt their paradise. Morgan did well to avoid this, especially giving the main storylines in the book.

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