Malibu Rising

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Jun 2

Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid

my review : ✮✮✮✮

If you asked me what you should read this summer, this is it.

This book is set in Malibu in 1983, it’s the night of the Riva family’s famous end of summer party and everyone who is anyone is going to be there. The Rivas are not your average family, one sister is a supermodel, one brother is a famous surfer, while the other is a renown photographer, and the youngest sister is a pretty impressive surfer in her own right. Oh, and their father is legendary singer Mick Riva. This book follows the life of this fascinating family, I laughed and cried like I do with any Taylor Jenkins Reid book.

I don’t make the rules but you must enjoy this book with a cold glass of rosé. @miraval is my favorite because I imagine Nina Riva sipping a glass herself while preparing for this party.

you’ll love this book if you love:

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s extraordinary storytelling (who doesn’t??!)
Time traveling back to the 80’s and partying with Hollywood’s biggest stars
Becoming part of the Riva family and falling in love with each character (well maybe not everyone…)

my favorite quote:

“She had to choose what, of the things she inherited from the people who came before her, she wanted to bring forward. And what, of the past, she wanted to leave behind.”