Beach Girls

This was my first Rice book and by far my favorite! I love the beach and beach reads and this is THEEEEEEE one.
This book took me back to my childhood with a best friend and my teens thru adult life with my 3 other best friends. I could have sworn this book was written by us!
If you like stories of best friends, teen friends,boys and all that summer adventure and trouble we got into, this is a very memorable read. DO NOT waste your time with the TV movie, there is no resembalnce to the book!

Story of a widower and his daughter in the aftermath of a horrible car accident, the story is familiar and predictable, but still good storytelling. Throw in the Connecticut coast, a dilapidated castle, a hermit rumored to be a witch and two celebrated artists and you have yourself a nice summer novel!

A touching story of what happens years after three best friends spend summers at the beach. Emma has died in a tragic automobile accident, with beach friend and sister-in-law Maddie behind the wheel. Emma's grieving husband brings their daughter back to the beach, where she finds the third beach girl, Stevie, working past demons of her own.

Not many surprises, but well written and worth the time.

Originally reviewed at http://www.skrishnasbooks.com

Emma, Maddie and Stevie were the best of friends growing up. Calling themselves "beach girls," they spent their summers together at Hubbard's Point in Connecticut every year until they were grown and went their separate ways. Now, Stevie is the only one left at Hubbard's Point. A reclusive author, she has lost touch with her other two dear friends and thinks the relationships are lost forever until, one day, she meets Nell.

Nell is a nine-year-old girl whose father has brought her to Hubbard's Point to help heal from the death of her mother, Emma, who died in a car crash. Even worse, Nell's father blames her aunt Maddie for the accident, since Maddie was in the car with Emma.

In classic show more Luanne Rice fashion, Nell befriends Stevie and helps bring all the characters together. Truths come to light and old wounds heal in this romantic novel.

I did enjoy this novel, though I only read it because I knew that Last Kiss was being released this summer, and it involved characters from Beach Girls. Honestly, there isn't much else to say about it - if you enjoy Luanne Rice, you will enjoy this book. If you don't, then you won't - can't get much more simple than that! show less

I was in just the right mood for Beach Girls. I love Luanne Rice, she feels easy to "be" with. Lost myself in this story, an easy, entertaining one.

Beach Girls is a good story about the bonds of friendship. I really enjoyed the characters; especially Nell! I found this book to be a very fast read becuase the story was very predictable. I liked the idea of the story, but I think this book had alot more potential, so I was a little disappointed with it.

3 friends since childhood, families with problems reunite at the childhood vacation spot.