Beach House Rules opens with the reader meeting Charlotte and Iris. Charlotte’s husband has been arrested for some monetary issue. She and her daughter Iris are locked out of their house and bank. Charlotte decided to accept housing from an acquaintance at her beach house with other mothers and children who were displaced. Alice owns and runs the house. Her goal is to help them have a family during the hard times. There were rules to follow, not onerous, and people to share and laugh with.
Meanwhile, Charlotte needs a job and she needs to find a way to get people to understand her husband is innocent. The women hatch a plan and everyone is determined to help Charlotte and Iris. Meanwhile, Iris is fighting her own battle with figuring out High School, her life and what is happening in her world. Luckily she has good friends.
One of the obstacles is the @JuniperShoresSocialite instagram account. They seem to be focused on the gossip in the town and sharing it in the most negative of ways. Another obstacle is to prove innocence when it feels like all the cards are against them. Never mind the man in the closet when Iris went to get her shoes and the fact she believes her father is innocent.
I enjoyed the Beach House Rules with all the twists and turns. I like how it was told in various viewpoints of Charlotte, Iris and Alice. I enjoyed the camaraderie of the Beach House with all the characters. The novel reads well with parts of the story unfolding in differing views. Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey is a good read.
