This is the kind of book that transports you into the setting and oh boy, what a setting it is. I loved the blend of the past and present and the way the sub plots interlinked. A good read.

An intriguing story about six friends who shared a holiday thirty years ago which went horribly and tragically wrong. The plot is intricate and with unexpected developments. The truth about past events eventually comes out with a very satisfactory denouement.

Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. I am a big fan of Nikki Smith so I was really looking forward to her new book. I have to say I wasn’t disappointed. Another great thriller which kept me guessing until the end. Fast paced with lots of twists, everything i want in a book. Would definitely recommend this book.

This would be a great beach or holiday read and I really liked the throwback to the 1980s.
I always appreciate short, snappy chapters and this utilised those well.
At times certain characters didn't feel particularly distinct from one another, which meant that they started to blend into one in my mind at points.
But I enjoyed the twists and the tension that is built as secrets are revealed to us as we make our way through this.
Whether you're heading to a beach yourself or fancy transporting yourself as you read this, I think that would be the best way to read The Beach Party as you would get a lot more from it if you were in that space of mind.
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

When we comitte a crime, are we ever free from it? To move on and live our lives like nothing happened. Six friends seem to think this when they are on a holiday kf a lifetime, celebrating the end of their university days.

But a night from that time comes back to haunt them when history decides its time for payback. This book reminds me of Pretty Little Liars of friends with a huge secret and someone determined to make them pay.

The title of the book alone sold this book to me along with the gorgeous cover. That bonfire makes you want to go to the beach and sit around with good friends.

I enjoyed this one and I loved being in the Spanish sunshine with all these characters. This was a very tense read with lots of twists, turns, secrets and lies to keep you guessing what was going on, I wanted to know what had happened in the past to bind them together and how it might all end. One I would recommend.

Thank you to Penguin and NetGalley for this eARC. I give this book 2.5 stars. I thought that the plot of this book had a lot of potential, and I really enjoyed the dual timelines in the story. At some points, it was quite messy and I lost interest. I also found the characters to be truly unlikeable, which made it a little hard to read. I think the writing is accessible and the premise is good, but it was just not for me.

I found this book to be exciting in many places with many moments leaving mu speechless and a twist at the end that felt just right.

However there were occasions where this felt a bit slower and I feel like the past narrative was longer then necessary in places.

Overall I really enjoyed this thriller with Will and Zoe and Gabi being my favourite character as I felt they had the most depth

I was hooked on this story, I couldn’t put it down once I started.
I really enjoyed this book, I liked the characters they felt really developed and real. It had a few twists and I was wondering the whole way who was the murderer. It was well paced and held my attention. Was a good thriller beach read

I continued to read this book excited for the big twist but the story seemed to get out of control. A lack Of control was a theme for the book for me; from the amount of characters to clumsy references to brand names and pointless “July 1989” references over and over again. The premise of the book is great but it wasn’t skilfully executed and sadly missed the mark for me.

Wow, I really loved this book. One gorgeous setting, six accomplished young people, it should have been a glorious two weeks. But in a matter of minutes everything changes so abruptly that the ripples are still being felt more that thirty years later.
Most of this story takes place in 1989 with the author slowly drip feeding how the events of that summer had affected each of their lives. This kept me surging through the book to find out what had become of the others. And this was without taking the emails into account. As the individual characters arrived back on the island my blood pressure must have been through the roof so keen was I to find out who had uncovered their guilty secret. A 5 star book from and author whose work I will look for in the future.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC of this book. All opinions are 100% my own.

This book is a dual timeline mystery/thriller. The first timeline follows a group of 6 friends on holiday in Mallorca in 1989 who hide a secret following a boat accident. The second timeline is the present day and they receive an email telling them to go back to Mallorca 33 years later.

Will and Zoe are the only remotely likeable characters and Nina is awful. The author has done a brilliant job in building the characters to be unlikeable and/or complex and appropriate justice is served in the end.

A sultry thriller complete with twists galore. Nuanced characters combined with heart-stopping action. I was fully invested in the outcome of this novel.

I found the premise of this SO intriguing and I loved the dual timeline. The characters were incredibly infuriating, as intended, and very well written! Nina was the ultimate bad guy and I loved it.

I did find that the end of the book was rather abrupt and I did think maybe my edition wasn’t finished! I’d definitely read more from this author! 3.5 stars.

Thank you NetGalley for the advance copy. A group of six friends head to Mallorca for a holiday, an accident occurs and you’re left wondering who is really telling the truth. I really enjoyed this clever mystery thriller, short punch chapters that kept me interested until the end of the book. I also liked the smooth transition between the past and the present, and the references to eighties songs, right up my street!

This is my first outing with this author; I have no idea if she has other books out, I went into reading this completely blind, which is unusual for me, but the gamble generally paid off on this occasion.

Firstly, I did have a niggle with this book: the grammatical errors. If this is an indie author who has edited it herself then mistakes are likely to slip through the net, however, if the author has paid someone to edit their work before publishing, I wouldn’t be happy if I was her. I would understand one or two getting missed but there were multiple errors throughout that should have been picked up - repeated words in sentences, eg. ‘and and’, and twice I noticed the word ‘bought’ instead of ‘brought’. The errors didn’t spoil the book for me, but they did stop the flow of my reading on many occasions, which was a real shame. I read the kindle book, so cannot comment on the paperback.

Putting that to one side, the story itself was interesting, enjoyable and well thought out - I was pleasantly surprised! There were a few little twists which were explained well, so weren’t just added for effect. The characters were described and developed in a considered manner. I genuinely looked forward to reading each chapter, and finding out where the story would go.

I would happily try another book by this author…ideally without the errors next time! Sorry!

Thank you to NetGalley for my free copy in exchange for an unbiased review.

I found a lot of the first third or so to be largely unnecessary set up which made it very hard for me to get through

The cast of characters wasn’t particularly large but I found it hard to distinguish between most of them, especially the men

Almost every character is so hard to like that I struggled to care about the plot

This was SO good! Following a group of 6 university friends who go on holiday in 1989 to celebrate graduating, the pinnacle of their time there is a beach party. The beach party is full of fun and laughter, until suddenly it isn't so fun anymore. This book flipped between the past and the present, where the group of friends is now receiving emails from someone who knows what they did 33 years ago. The first half of the book focuses a lot more on the past POV and the second half focuses more on the present as we come to the final conclusion. I liked this layout, as it gives you a chance to get to know the characters and the intricacies of their friendships as it builds up to what they did.

The characters were not very likeable, especially when they were teenagers on holiday. I especially did not like Nina, although this was definitely intentional. I liked Zoe, even though she was a bit non-confrontational and shy. I ended up feeling for Aiden and Seb, but I never really felt that attached to Will or Claire.

This was full of plot twist after plot twist. Nikki Smith has a great way of mentioning something that happened without giving you any other information and leaving it a mystery to come out towards the end of the book. I liked that there were secrets from before they went on holiday, and in some cases even before they went to university. It really wove a rich web of secrets, and each one was being held over a different characters head. The author also misdirects you into thinking that one thing happened on their holiday, when it was actually something else. I also loved how the tension was built up very subtly between the group until it all came to a head.

It's difficult to explain without giving massive spoilers away, but this was a great story that I felt had a lot of depth and well thought out characters. I did actually guess who the threats were from in the present day POV but for me this didn't take anything away from the story. It was definitely a bit obvious but I didn't mind because of all the other plot twists. Overall, I really really enjoyed this and would definitely recommend! I have been left with one question unanswered about the plot but I liked the ending and was satisfied with it, although I would love to know what happens to everyone after.

This is a new to me author and based on this book I will definitely be checking out her others.

The story itself is well written, jumping back and forth from the present to the past. The author uses short chapters to keep the reader hooked on the action. There are twists and turns throughout, right to the end.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing a copy.

Twists and turns aplenty to keep you interested right to the end. Would be a great holiday read! The characters intertwine with different backgrounds and relationships. This book contains multiple storylines which can be hard to follow, but I didn’t find this to be the case here. Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC.