3.37 AVERAGE

kattydid's review

4.5
dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

 Mansion Beach is the drama-filled, sun-soaked story I didn’t know I needed! Big thanks to @williammorrowbooks for the advance copy!

Nicola heads to Block Island for some peace and quiet. Between extravagant parties, mysterious neighbors, buried secrets, and a dead body (yep, you read that right), her summer turns into anything but a relaxing retreat.

We’ve got:
✨ A glamorous tech CEO with secrets
🏡 High-stakes real estate power moves
💔 A love triangle you will have opinions about
🕵️‍♀️ A twisty mystery lurking behind every cocktail

This one had just the right amount of scandal and sparkle. Perfect for reading by the waves or with your toes in the pool. Add it to your beach bag ASAP. 

teeandtigrareads's review

3.75
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

killercrayons's review

4.0
lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jennazellmer's review

4.25
emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

saguilar429's review

2.0

This book was kind of about nothing? Juliana and Nicola become friends when Nicola stays as her neighbor. There’s great Gatsby vibes here, but the story itself is about nothing.
mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was god awful. The characters are all terrible, the conversations and “banter” are cheesy as hell, the plot is just the Great Gatsby, but with like no literary quality, I just hated it. Listened at 2.5 speed to save myself from having to spend more time with this story than necessary. 
funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes