I enjoy revisiting the Ten Beach Road characters, but overall didn't enjoy the book as much as some of the earlier ones. ( )

I received this book for free from Netgalley, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
My Review Of
Best Beach Ever by Wendy Wax

The Do-Over ladies are back and I was so happy to receive this ARC from Wendy Wax. I dove right in and thoroughly savored every bit of this book.

I will tell you why I think that this installment is my favorite so far.

• We really get in-depth with the ladies and their issues


• The focus is on the ladies in this book and I really felt like I got to know each of them a bit better by the end of the book


• I loved the multiple story-lines of their lives


• Maddie, Nikki, Avery, Kyra, and Bitsy seem so real to me and with each book in this series the ladies have developed in character so much I feel as if I actually know them!


• Their friendship has grown immensely since the first book in this series and I love to see these women cheering each other on rather than resenting each other.

The ladies are now living in cottages at the Sunshine Hotel and Beach Club and feeling relief that their troubles have come to an end, financially that is , except for Bitsy who is broke due to her horrible low life husband Bertrand who disappeared with a stripper and all of Bitsy's money! Each of the ladies is sttruggling with their new reality life rather than a reality show. Nikki is trying to do everything for her twins on her own and is exhausted but feeling like she needs something more than just being a wife and mother. I could definitely relate to Nikki. Avery keeps pushing Chase away but at the same time wants him all to herself. Maddie still is feeling unworthy of her mega famous rock star Will's love and is still wondering why her out of all the women that Will could have. I just love Will and Maddie together and their romance is probably my favorite one in this book. Maddie struggles to fit into Will's life on the road but seems to find a niche for herself with the tour. Now Kyra is the one that I wanted to shake and say wakeup!! Daniel the famous movie star is a shallow, self serving and egotistical jerk. I was rooting for Kyra and Troy to get together but Kyra is just still so drawn to Daniel. Bitsy I think really finds herself in this installment , she finds out about people that really have nothing in life and realizes that yes while she has lost all of her money she still has a roof over her head and a strong support group with the women.

I am putting this book at the top of my favorite books that I have read so far this year. This book is my favorite beach read of 2018. I look forward to next year to see what Maddie, Nikki, Avery, Kyra, and Bitsy are up to and how they are doing.

This review was originally posted on My Fiction Obsession ( )

Gosh I hope this is not the last of this series. I will literally cry when I don't have a Ten beach Road to read!! ( )

Best Beach Ever is my least favorite of the Beach series.

It reprises too many cliches, totally lacks diversity (are only white people allowed into the new cottages?),
and overdoes yet another brand name, this time the blech fish spread.
I mean, really, who wants such a gruesome sounding food?
And, so much cancer-causing alcohol...

The plot twist with Bitsy is boring and feels too much like the original Ponzi tale.

Many readers may well miss Deirdre and her creativity
(what WAS the point of killing her off? = notably because another favorite had just been murdered),
will wonder when Will will tire of Madeline's insecurities (we have!),
and the lack of any forward moving central focus to the plot.

Books beg for a map. ( )

Best Beach Ever is a perfect book to start my summer. I want to go stay with Nikki, Kyra, and the rest of the wonderful women. I want the beach sunsets with the women toasting their lives, the listening to the trials of their days, and to find the happiness they find with each other and in their lives together.

There are many sub-stories that come together to tell the story of the Ten Beach Road ladies. Anyone who reads should find at least one character they connect with. There is great diversity in the characters. Nikki is an older mom of twins who is overwhelmed with life but wanting to prove that she can handle it all. Kyra is dealing with life as a single mom and an ex who is expecting more than she feels she can give. Avery is afraid to commit to the man she loves. Bitsy is a person who is looking for revenge on her ex-husband. With each character, there was something I could relate to and could feel what they were feeling in life.

This is a series. The book can be read without reading the rest of the book in the series but I think the reader will miss some of the most special, important moments of the book if they don’t know the history of the characters. The back stories are important to know why they are how they are now and what they truly need out to be happy. ( )