The Beach Trap
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Two best friends torn apart by a life-altering secret. One summer to set the record straight. When twelve-year-olds Kat Steiner and Blake O’Neill meet at Camp Chickawah, they have an instant connection. But everything falls apart when they learn they’re not just best friends—they’re also half sisters. Confused and betrayed, the girls break off all contact. Fifteen years later, when their father dies suddenly, Kat and Blake discover he’s left them a joint inheritance: the family beach house in Destin, Florida. The two sisters are immediately at odds. Blake, who has recently been demoted from regular nanny to dog nanny, wants to sell the house, while social media influencer Kat is desperate to hold on to the place where she lived so many happy memories. Kat and Blake reluctantly join forces to renovate the dilapidated house, with the understanding that Kat will try to buy Blake out at the end of the summer. The women clash as Blake’s renovation plans conflict with Kat’s creative vision; meanwhile, each sister finds herself drawn into a summer romance. As the weeks pass, the two women realize the most difficult project they face this summer will be coming to grips with their shared past—and learning how to become sisters.
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3.5 Rounded to 3
I had a difficullt time getting into this one at first. I LOVE the idea of this being The Parent Trap reimagined. I adored that movie
The Beach Trap was the suprised book from Sweet Reads Box, the Beach Read limited box. It was, indeed, a a very nice beach read!
I love the dual voices from the sisters. It showed very well the miscommunication between them and how wrong they sometimes perceived each other. It was very well done. The love stories were also well written. I was afraid that it would be too much and take away from the sisters' story with their father and themselves, but no. Thet were juste enough. And very cute. :)
As for the humour, it was indeed funny when it had to be. But maybe less funny than I've hoped. In fact, the novel was more emotionelly charged than I thought. I had to take breaks sometimes. That's why it's a 3* from me. But that's my personnal opinion. Objectively, it's a really good book and for their first collaborative novel, the authors did so well.
