Let’s Journey Back to the Beach House One More Time
Thank you to
Gallery Books and Mary Alice Monroe for sending me a copy of Beach House
Reunion. I was given this copy in
exchange for an honest review.
The perfect
way to begin the summer is to make another trip to the beach house. It is three years after the events of the
previous book Beach House for Rent which has been reviewed here. Also I hope that everyone has seen the Beach
House movie that so perfectly introduced readers to Lovie’s family and many of
the characters we will see in this book.
Synopsis:
Cara
Rutledge returns to her Southern home on the idyllic Isle of Palms. Everything
is comfortingly the same, yet each detail is rife with painful memories. Only
through reconnecting with family, friends, and the rhythms of the lowcountry
can Cara release the hold of the past and open herself to the possibility of a
new love, career, and hope for the future.
Meanwhile,
her niece Linnea, a recent college graduate who doesn’t know where her life
will take her, leaves her historic home in Charleston, with all its entitlement
and expectations, and heads to her aunt’s beach house. On the island, she is
part of the freer, natural ocean lifestyle she loves, rejoining the turtle
team, learning to surf, and falling in love. Remembering the lessons of her
beloved grandmother, Lovie, the original “turtle lady,” Linnea rediscovers a
meaningful purpose to her life and finds the courage she needs to break from
tradition.
In this
heartwarming novel, three generations of the Rutledge family gather together to
find the strength, love, and commitment to break destructive family patterns
and to forge new bonds that will endure long beyond one summer reunion.
(maryalicemonroe.com)
My
Thoughts:
I always
look forward to each summer to sharing the latest Mary Alice Monroe book. I will confess that I have not read all of
the Beach House Books. I still enjoyed
Beach House Reunion. Ms. Monroe moves
the book forward three years from Beach House for Rent. Cara comes back bringing a new daughter into the
family. She hopes to get family involved
while she hunts for a new job. Linnea
the daughter of Palmer comes to help Cara.
I enjoyed seeing her blossom as a character in this book, and see what
Palmer’s family is like. Palmer does not
have an easy path in this book. It
concludes with a magical ending, which changes Palmer’s mind about the beach
house. My only issue with the book is
the timing of some of the things mentioned in the book like the hurricane that
happened last year or the age or Heather’s baby.
To purchase
a copy of Beach House Reunion here.
The Beach House movie air again on Wednesday June 27th at 9pm est or purchase it here.
Rating:
4/5
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