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smalltownbookmom's review against another edition
4.0
A heartwarming debut featuring two estranged half-sisters who jointly inherit a decrepit family beach house in Florida and spend the summer renovating it while also slowly repairing their relationship.
Blake, the illegitimate daughter, is motivated to get the beach house ready to sell so she can help support her grandfather who is suffering from Alzheimer's. Kat, on the other hand, is a social media influencer trying to impress a Reese Witherspoon-esque media mogul. Together these two opposites slowly get to know one another again over the course of the summer, while also discovering unexpected romance and falling for an irresistible canine companion.
Perfect for fans of HGTV shows and the Parent Trap movie, this was one of my FAVORITE books of the summer and I cannot recommend it enough!! Great on audio narrated by Brittany Pressley and Imani Jade Powers, each sister is superbly voiced and fully brought to life. Much thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for an advance review copy. If this isn't on your summer #tbr yet you are missing out!!
Blake, the illegitimate daughter, is motivated to get the beach house ready to sell so she can help support her grandfather who is suffering from Alzheimer's. Kat, on the other hand, is a social media influencer trying to impress a Reese Witherspoon-esque media mogul. Together these two opposites slowly get to know one another again over the course of the summer, while also discovering unexpected romance and falling for an irresistible canine companion.
Perfect for fans of HGTV shows and the Parent Trap movie, this was one of my FAVORITE books of the summer and I cannot recommend it enough!! Great on audio narrated by Brittany Pressley and Imani Jade Powers, each sister is superbly voiced and fully brought to life. Much thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for an advance review copy. If this isn't on your summer #tbr yet you are missing out!!
booksandbedtime's review
4.0
This book was a delight! Kat and Blake find a best friend in each other at summer camp. When Kat has to leave camp early for a family emergency, her dad picks her up - only to discover Blake and Kat have the same dad…?
It’s 15 years later and their dad has died. He leaves them a Beach House to share. So the daughter he raised and the daughter he abandoned have to come to terms with their mixed feelings about family and childhood.
While one of the sisters had A LOT of growth needed to have any sort of healthy relationship, I still loved how at its core it’s about finding family and your own identity. Each sister also has their own budding beach romance. And both love interests are perfect book-boyfriends.
It’s 15 years later and their dad has died. He leaves them a Beach House to share. So the daughter he raised and the daughter he abandoned have to come to terms with their mixed feelings about family and childhood.
While one of the sisters had A LOT of growth needed to have any sort of healthy relationship, I still loved how at its core it’s about finding family and your own identity. Each sister also has their own budding beach romance. And both love interests are perfect book-boyfriends.
mamamartin's review
5.0
4.5 ⭐️
I didn’t expect to like this so much. This had a lot more layers than what I expected!
I didn’t expect to like this so much. This had a lot more layers than what I expected!
lindseysbooknook's review
5.0
The Beach Trap • Aly Brady ⭐️ - 4.5
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I really liked this book!
My heart broke for both main characters as the described their struggles growing up. I loved following along as their relationship grew to became sisters, as well as them growing as people.
I loved watching Kat and Blake’s relationship
I thought it was really coool that both authors took a character and wrote about them! I felt that both characters stories went together really nicely and you couldn’t tell it was 2 different people writing!
Check this one out for a feel good HGTV feel!!
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I really liked this book!
My heart broke for both main characters as the described their struggles growing up. I loved following along as their relationship grew to became sisters, as well as them growing as people.
I loved watching Kat and Blake’s relationship
I thought it was really coool that both authors took a character and wrote about them! I felt that both characters stories went together really nicely and you couldn’t tell it was 2 different people writing!
Check this one out for a feel good HGTV feel!!
booklover1974's review
5.0
4,5 stars
This is what a beach read is all about! Friendship, dysfunctional families, love and reunions. All you can want in a perfect book for the beach, you’ll find here
This is what a beach read is all about! Friendship, dysfunctional families, love and reunions. All you can want in a perfect book for the beach, you’ll find here
asha_reads's review
4.0
The Beach Trap dives into estranged sisters, self-discovery, troubled pasts, and secrets. Overall, I enjoyed this one! I really loved the two perspectives from the sisters along their respective romance subplots. I tended to gravitate more towards Blake and Noah than Kat and Henry. I liked how each character was fleshed out and the way the authors slowly revealed their pasts. Definitely recommend picking this one up!
Thank you to the publisher for the ARC!
Thank you to the publisher for the ARC!
mia_reads_romance's review
4.0
This is the perfect beach read! A sweet story about two half sisters coming together after a long separation to fix up their grandparents beach house with some romance thrown in. I liked that this book was told from both Blake and Kat's perspectives so the reader could see both sides of the story. I also really liked Blake and Noah. However, I wasn't as big a fan of Kat and Henry. It was obvious Kat wasn't supposed to be likable at the beginning but to me it felt like the growth happened a little too late and a little slowly. I appreciated that Henry helped her grow but I felt like they were still so different I wasn't sold on them. I also felt like it was a stretch to feel like Kat was ready to be a step mom anytime soon. That being said I really did enjoy this book. You basically get two romances in one and a story about a family. I also loved the setting and always enjoy a book about fixing up a house. Worth adding to your summer reads shelf!