Don’t ask me why I chose this one rather than any of her others, I think it was purely because the setting made it sound like it would be a good beach read. One of the books which made its way into the suitcase was Malibu Rising. Call yourself a book blogger, Julie?Īnyway, I recently went away for a week’s holiday and had deliberately left the time free to read purely for pleasure and took with me half a dozen books from my TBR. I’ve only read one Taylor Jenkins Read book previously and it isn’t The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo or Daisy Jones and the Six (although I do have copies of both of those, and Carrie Soto is Back, on my TBR along with 1800 others.) It was Maybe in Another Life and I really, really loved it, so I’m not sure why I haven’t got round to picking up any of her others until now. Together, the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over – especially as the children of the legendary singer Mick Riva.īy midnight the party will be completely out of control.īy morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames.īut before that first spark in the early hours of dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family will all come bubbling to the surface. Everyone who is anyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: surfer and supermodel Nina, brothers Jay and Hud, and their adored baby sister Kit. August, 1983, it is the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch.
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