Emma and her Father are on vacation and she drops her phone in the ocean. At the front desk they find the phone. The phone works great but Emma starts to get some nightmares.
This would be a great read for a young adult. It was short and really good.

Rated 1.5/5, rounded up to 2.

As a kid, I loved creepy little stories, and probably would have asked to read this had it been on the store shelf back then.

The story has a lot of potential, and reminds me of Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark. For the young target audience, I think it will definitely intrigue them.

However, I find myself disappointed. The story and the art both felt rushed, the dialog nonsensical and unrealistic, the pacing forced because of the very few pages. Incredibly unfortunate, since I believe with more time and at least twice the number of pages, this could become an excellent read.

Such a great little graphic novel. I think it has the perfect amount of horror and creep factor for the younger audience. It kept me entertained and I believe this ending will have the young mind thinking about what actually happened.

The novel seemed good to me to the public to whom it is addressed, I like the way it carries the sequence in drawing, to be a horror novel I found it well carried, very attached to what certain behavior of adolescents with their phones and the plus of terror made it great; the end did not expect it and it was nice hahaha very faithful to the genre of terror.

This was a great graphic novel aimed at a middle grade / young audience.
At the end of the book there were some workbook questions for the reader and I think this would be a great resource for teachers and those that are home schooling their children.
The artwork was good and although this story is of a supernatural theme, it would not be too scary for a middle grade child.

Beach Nightmare is a short scary story perfect for young readers. The art style was nice and it reminded me of goosebumps. I liked how smart Emma was through the comic.

This story promised ghost, and that is what it gave. It was a short quick story of a young girl and her lost cell phone. It feels like it is set up to appeal to a pre-teen or younger audience. The graphics are wonderfully done and the color choices support the moody theme.

It did feel a bit short and underdeveloped. Things moved quickly and the suspense wasn't allowed time to truly create any tension.

Overall a fun quick read for anyone starting out in the horror graphic novel genre.

I'd say this story is most appropriate for older kids, maybe just about to go into teens. The story itself is a quick ghostly beach story, no inappropriate language / situations (except death), easy to read. the art was well done. For any aspiring comic artists/writers - the end of the book has some 'critical thinking' questions that they may enjoy to help them think about their own work. Overall a fun, quick read.

This is an okay graphic novel. Maybe just because its not for my age group is why I didn't enjoy it but kids that like goosebumps ....this is for you.

I don’t want to say it was an adorable graphic novel, but it kinda was. It’s definitely a graphic novel geared towards young readers. It was pretty good though. Not much to say without giving the entire thing away.

Thank you to the publisher for giving me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

I loved the description of this. It literally reeled me in. I requested it and was so happy to be accepted. However I was sadly disappointed. I opened the book and noticed it was only 42 pages or so long. Aka super short for everything tht I thought was going to happen. I really enjoyed the aspect of the mystery about her phone and the whole adventure to find out how to fix it. However I feel like this was so rushed that everything was all over the place and that you didn't get enough time to enjoy the moments with the character.

I wished this comic would have been way longer since everything was so rushed. To talk about the art style I think it was fine. Nothing extraordinary and everything was clear which is always good when you are reading a comic.

I wouldn't really recommend this one since it's super rushed and that makes it very disappointing. The ending is also sloppy.

A spooky story with a nice illustration style. I was surprised by the short ending but quite enjoyed it. I found the story to be fun and quick. It’s a great easy read and perfect for a lil haunting.

There was a lot I liked about this graphic novel. The art style is very clean and appealing. The dialog offers a lot of creep factor without being overwhelming. As a juvenile to middle-grade book, these are really important for hooking reluctant readers, and this book executes it well. The story hits the sweet spot of being spooky without being scary, though the tale feels abruptly truncated. The story builds in suspense and has so much potential then....”she’s gone now bye!” While I appreciate the open-ended story idea, just a bit of expansion could take the story from “good” to “wow!” That said, the discussion guides included were a great tool for getting this age group to really dig into the story while sneaking in some rhetoric. All together a good read for the age group.

Are you looking for a solid, middle-grade comic for the kid in your life who’s into horror? Well. Have I got a book for you. Beach Nightmare is coming in August, and even as an adult reader, I was engrossed. When Emma loses her phone at the beach, she knows her dad is going to kill her. He’s pretty understanding, though, and they are both relieved to find it was returned to the front desk at her hotel. In perfect condition no less. When Emma and her dad return home, however, weird things start to happen. Things neither of them can ignore and will ignite the search of a drowned girl and her connection to Emma’s phone.

There are some solidly creepy scenes here, but it’s not overly horrific, not violent, and not bloody, in case you were worried about those elements. There is definitely a mystery, and perhaps more is going on than we realize. There’s a super cool reading guide for discussion in the back that encourages critical thinking and encouraging young readers to interpret ambiguous plot elements and endings.

I was so happy to see this. There are a ton of great juvenile graphic novels out there, but I rarely see those in the horror genre, because scary and children can be tricky, but I really think this one hit the nail on the head. I’m a horror nut, and I would have loved to read this in middle school. Too bad graphic novels weren’t the phenomenon they are today back then.

Keep your eyes peeled for this one on August 1st, and pick it up from your favorite indie bookstore or request a purchase at your local library.

Disclaimer: I received this book from Netgally for review purposes.

This was such a great, quick comic for kids! As a kid I loved all scary things but kind of had a hard time finding something other than goosebumps - and when I did find something it was still pretty PG. While this is for kids and still is PG it still has a heavy scare factor that I didn't see coming. I thought it was going to wrap up with some happy misunderstood type story but I'm glad to say it didn't.

Also love that cover art!

Would definitely recommend for kids who like scares

From publisher;
Emma can't believe her luck when her phone mysteriously reappears after she dropped it in the ocean. She thought she'd lost her vacation pictures forever! But when Emma returns home, her phone starts flashing strange underwater images and receiving calls with no sound but crashing waves. Turns out Emma didn't just bring back souvenirs from the beach, but a spirit who is tired of swimming alone.
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Definitely a comic for kids/teens. A predictable ghost story, with a predictable ending. Didn’t hate it, just think I’m a tad old for a simplistic ghost story like Beach Nightmare. Wonder if the name of the beach, McCammon beach was a nod to famous horror/mystery writer Robert McCammon?

I received this book free from Capstone, Stone Arch Books, and Netgalley for my honest, unbiased review.

Though the premise is creepy and intriguing, the execution falls flat on this kids' horror comic. The ending is spooky but far too abrupt; in fact, the whole story feels rushed, like a hasty sketch of a comic in the making. I appreciate the discussion questions at the back that seek to increase kids' comic book literacy in terms of interpreting panels and understanding artistic intent, but this isn't a book I'd give kids if I wanted to introduce them to the world of comics. I like what the writer and artist were going for, but ultimately this book is underwhelming.

Just for kids. The ending did not make sense. She gets trapped in the phone?? The cover art did not match the insides and the backgrounds were plain.

I thank Netgalley and the publisher for providing me a digital ARC of this comic.

First of all I want to acknowledge that I didn't know that this was a comic for children. I found it in the Horror category, and the cover is pretty dark, so I expected it was suited for an adult public. So I don't think I'm the right person to review and criticize this comic, but I'll try anyway.
The art style was cute, and the plot and the dialogue were very enjoyable. Now that I'm thinking about it, it kinda reminds me of the Ring. It had a fault, though: since this was a very short comic, certain details weren't explained well and sounded a bit unrealistic (like the phone working without electrocuting the main character even though it was filled with water) I get that this is a piece suited for a very young audience, but I think that some few more panels about them would have raised a bit more the stakes of this story.
Overall it was a quick and pleasing read and I'm sure kids will like it.

Well... It's horror for young readers but I just can't figure out how young. I remember being 8 and reading Goosebumps and we all know that those books were scary. I was a bit disappointed by Beach Nightmare. Obviously I'm not the target audience.
The cover is really really nice but the art inside of the book reminded me of those small comic pamphlets you got form the Samaritan's Purse shoebox gift. Not that it's a bad thing it just really took me out of the story.