![]() The action of Malibu Rising takes place over the course of one day – the biggest day of the year: the Riva’s annual party. That’s how she ends up married to tennis pro Brandon Randall. Then, someone sees her surfing and she’s so beautiful she gets some sort of contract and suddenly she’s everyone’s poster-girl. It’s because of her that her younger siblings are successful. It’s Nina, the eldest Riva child, who steps in when her mother can no longer keep it together. But his pretty promises don’t amount to much and June turns to alcohol to numb the pain. I mean, I guess he’s charming in the beginning, which is why June – a young girl who works at her parent’s Malibu take-out falls for him. He’s also a philandering dead-beat, who leaves his wife, June, when she is pregnant for Kit. Their father is Mick Riva – who makes an appearance in Daisy Jones – a superstar musician. ![]() ![]() The Riva siblings, Nina, Jay, Hud and Kit, come from Hollywood royalty. Malibu Rising came after Daisy Jones and so it was bound to offer up the same sort of fast-paced, character-driven narrative right? Okay, I thought, well that was one of her earlier titles – a book she wrote way before the juggernaut success of Daisy Jones. ![]() I was convinced that Taylor Jenkins Reid and I were going to be book besties. ![]()
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