So I've read a couple of this authors books, lived one and enjoyed the other. I had high hopes for this one but it fell flat for me, I think i expected a more tense and thrilling plot than I got. It was good and dealt with some harsh topics but it didn't scream thriller to me... 

I obviously guessed the murderer, and was totally wrong 😂 I guessed it was beatrix because she seemed like such a throw away character who didn't really mean anything outherwise... I mean other than a torture device for Tami. I felt the ending was totally rushed and we didn't get real answers, we got small snippets from Erica's pov which didn't entirely make sense - although I'm not sure if this is because she seemed insane or she wad his written badly 🤷🏻‍♀️ 

I didn't really like the characters they felt a little flat to me, but perhaps that is simply because I can't connect to them as I've never had those experiences. The only characters I really found likeable were the kids. 

The main thing that bothered me is the title... This beach had barely anything to do with the storyline... Why is it the title? Or makes no sense to me. There was something Miravelle said that makes me think this book is somehow related to The Brighton Mermaid by the fans author.