Taylor Jenkins Reid has a skill for making you feel nostalgic for a time and place that you have never even experienced. Her writing is phenomenal and the character development in her books is just so spot on. Malibu Rising more than lived up to the hype for me, it was such an enjoyable and clever read, with flawed yet real characters. Highly recommend.

Having enjoyed Daisy Jones and the Six, I was excited to read another novel by this author and wasn’t disappointed. If anything, the setting on this book and my compassion for the siblings around which the book is centred, drew me in moreso than Daisy Jones. I think that this is a great holiday read and hope we see more from the Riva family in the future.

One party will destroy it all.

Taylor Jenkins Reid's latest novel, Malibu Rising is the summer read you've been looking for!

August 1983, it's the day of Nina River's end of summer party and anticipation is building. The rich and famous want to be around Nina River and her famous siblings with their fascinating lives.

Secrets will be revealed, sibling rivalries will spiral out of control, awfully behaved celebrities running riot, scandals about to be released into the world. Nina's life is about to change and she's looking forward to it.

In the past couple of years, I have read Daisy Jones & The Six and Evelyn Hugo and found these both addictive and Malibu Rising is just full of complex, interesting characters with unexpected plots.

Thank you @netgalley for the ebook version of this book. I'm definitely going to get a copy for my book shelf.

I am a huge fan of TJR, so when I was given access to this early, I was extremely excited.

Once again, I was not disappointed by TJR's writing, there is something so addictive to it! The cover of this book in particular made it feel like an excellent summer, beach read. I loved the characters and the depth to them - even though there were so many, this didn't take away from any of them, they were all developed fantastically.

This is another book that I have read through NetGalley, then picked up a physical copy after because I loved it so much.

This is going to be the book of the summer. Taylore Jenkins-Reid has a masterful understanding of the complexities of human emotions and perfectly depicts them on-page. Her book-based multiverse is exactly where I want to spend all of my free time.

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid follows the story of the Riva siblings over the course of one full day/night, in the build up and during their yearly party.
I enjoyed this a great deal, and I appreciated the Easter eggs from Evelyn Hugo (and Daisy Jones I believe)- the most notable of course being that the siblings are the children of Evelyn’s third husband Gullible Mick Riva. I love TJR’s writing style as it is very readable and so descriptive; it feels like you’re there in the action and that these people exist.
I really enjoyed the duel timeline of present day and the siblings growing up with Mick and June Riva. I preferred reading about their childhood and reading their backstories as it helped to understand why they behaved as they did, especially Nina. I found Kit to be the most interesting of the siblings and I loved June too.
The build up to the party was great; but once the party began, I felt like the book slightly lost its way and became a bit disjointed. The cast of characters was huge and including the party guests there were perhaps too many to properly keep track of. I suspect that this could be to use some characters in future books and highlight the chaos. I also thought that the ending was quite abrupt and I was surprised that the fires which are so common in that area were not touched upon more.
I did love this one, and I hope the Riva siblings will pop up again, but it isn’t my favourite from TJR.

Thank you to Penguin Random House for my advanced copy in exchange of an honest review.

Great to get to read the most recent Jenkins Reid. Flawless character development, and her characteristic 'real feel' for setting and story. Think this will be a hit!

Taylor Jenkins Reid's latest novel, a dysfunctional family drama, is certainly a riveting read.

Malibu Rising follows four siblings, the children of music superstar Mick Riva. But despite Mick’s fame and fortune life hasn’t been easy for any of the Riva kids, Nina, Jay, Hud and Kit. Abandoned by their father and living with their mother June, an alcoholic, they work hard to make ends meet, until August 1983 when everything changes.

The dual timeline moves between the flashback sections from the 1960s to the 1980s present, detailing the Riva family history and the drug and alcohol-fuelled end of summer party held in August 1983. My first book by this author was a huge success and I really enjoyed reading about the colourful characters. Very highly recommended.

I received a complimentary copy of this novel from Random House via NetGalley at my request and this review is my own unbiased opinion.

Another smash hit from Taylor Jenkins Reid, we follow the Riva siblings on the day of their annual Summer party. This is the perfect summer read, set in the coastal town of Malibu we follow the children of a world famous singer and through a series of flashbacks we chart the families rise and fall through the parents early relationship days to the eventual fallout from their marriage. Each sibling has something to hide and during the course of the day the four siblings will have to face their families history.

Since finishing this book a couple of weeks ago, I’ve spent quite a while mulling over what I thought of it, hence this rather delayed review. A slow-burn family saga, which is for the most part set against the glamour of the 1980s music and surf scenes, I raced through this novel in a couple of days.

Taylor Jenkins Reid is the master of evoking time and place, fame and fortune, glitz and glamour, and perhaps this is what made me feel that Malibu Rising would be perfectly suited to a big or small screen adaptation. I found the story of the Riva siblings and their mother to be compelling, yet I didn’t feel hugely connected to any of the characters, in part I suppose because their world view and life experiences felt so very far away from my own and partly because I didn’t find any of them to be all that likeable.

TJR’s writing is incredibly rich and a total joy to read. The way she builds up a sense of foreboding in the lead up to the big party with each of the plot strands finally coming together towards the fiery denouement is very clever. Though the ending wasn’t quite as explosive as I would have liked, on retrospect it was fitting nonetheless and totally in keeping with the feeling of the rest of the book.

With thanks to the publishers for gifting me a digital copy to review. Malibu Rising is out now.

This is just the perfect summer book, I could almost feel the sun on my face while I was reading it (although not really because it seems to be raining every day at the moment)! I absolutely loved Daisy Jones and The Six by this author so I couldn't wait to read Malibu Rising. I was not disappointed! Taylor Jenkins Reid is just the master of characterisation and her characters always seem to pop in to life as I'm reading them. I can imagine them so well. This has to be another five star read for me and one that I will be recommending to all my friends to read on their summer staycations this year! Next up is Evelyn Hugo and from what I've heard I'm in for another treat...

This was a good read for the summer. But somehow I felt little let down, because I just expected more from this book. 3.5 stars

Malibu Rising 🏄🏽‍♀️🌊💓

TJR has done it again! Her writing is so readable and the glamour and gossip that she creates is just fab.

In this book we meet the Riva siblings who are about to throw the annual Riva party. We also get to learn about their parents early relationship and the emotional background to their family life.

The settings of TJR’s books are so well created that you will definitely want to be there. This is a true holiday read and it gives off some serious summer vibes.

I loved a few of the characters (Kit, Hud and Nina) and of course there were characters I didn’t warm to so much but I loved the role of each main character in constructing the overall links between this family.

There’s not an awful lot of plot in this book though to be honest. There is a lot of build up for a crazy party and then lots of short chapters where we are introduced to brand new characters at the party. I think the intended effect of this was to show the chaos, but it did make these parts feel a bit disjointed and unnecessary.

I loved the sibling relationships though and that kind of unconditional love was demonstrated really well.

Overall probably a 4⭐️ (maybe 4.5…) read for me. I loved it, but it didn’t come anywhere close to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo for me.

I read last 3 books of Reid, and I love her writing style that immerses you into the story. Her stories are both in present and past moving forward to come to present day to reveal the full picture.
I did enjoy this book a lot more than Daisy Jones and the Six, but my favorite still is Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
Each one of these books had a fame element to it. One or several characters would be famous. Drugs, alcohol, lifestyle, pain and loss that comes as a result of people becoming famous and getting out of control. So, at this point, I think it's a bit repetitive, and I'd like to see some other topic from the author.
The house burning at the end is an execution very prominent in Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. And again, I wish Reid was more original in her own devices. Some parts didn't have the depth I'd expect them to have.
But, overall, I enjoyed it, I can't say I loved it.

A perfect bit of escapism to take you away from the crazy.

TJR has once again built a vivid, beautiful world that you can't help but want to dive right into. Her characters are easy to believe, their stories are heartbreaking yet real and for the time it takes you to read this book, you'll be completely absorbed in the Riva family'stories.

Daisy Jones and Evelyn Hugo are still my favourites & if you're a fan of TJR, you'll enjoy the Easter eggs she's hidden inside this one.

This was a great read. i loved the characters and the Malibu setting - surfing, music, wealth and poverty. Nina is the eldest of 4 children of their rock star father and their ordinary mother. I loved being involved in the 4 siblings lives - they were interestingly written, sparky dialogue and a satisfying plot. Great book. I am going to read her first novel now - Daisy Jones and the Six

This book is the perfect escapist beach read. A compelling story about the price of fame and family loyalties and divisions, set against the backdrop of Malibu past.

YOU magazine, South Africa, 8 July issue

Malibu Rising
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By Taylor Jenkins Reid
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If the winter blues are getting you down then this book could be the perfect antidote. Set over the course of one day in 1980s Malibu, it revolves around the famous Riva siblings – supermodel Nina, champion surfer Jay, renowned photographer Hud and their baby sister Kit – as they plan their annual end-of-summer party.
The bash is legendary and everyone wants to be invited and this year will be an occasion that people will never forget because by midnight everything will have spiralled out of control and come morning Nina's mansion - the venue of the party - would have burnt to the ground.
But before that happens, readers get to know each of the siblings and find out about their turbulent upbringing and the reason for their estrangement from their father, who is a famous singer. Some of them are hiding big secrets which have the potential to tear the family apart - and by dawn they will all come spilling out.
I really loved Taylor Jenkins Reid's previous novel, Daisy Jones & the Six, and while this latest offering isn't quite as good, it's still a totally absorbing read. Pure escapism. - JANE VORSTER

This is an absolutely stunning read. I felt like I was there in Malibu, soaking up the sun and part of the Riva family, anticipating this annual party where everything was going to change. Although their situation isn’t a normal one, everyone can relate to someone in the family, and you are rooting for them from the very beginning. This is another magnificent book from Taylor Jenkins Reid, who manages to make all of these characters seem so real, you feel like this could almost be a big budget documentary rather than a work of fiction!

Thank you to NetGalley and Cornerstone for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely loved Daisy Jones and the Six & Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo, so I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Malibu rising. I loooove TJR's writing style it’s so beautiful & full of glitz & glamour. But this one was showing the life styles of the rich and famous but also showing the hard times that families had to go through, which is so refreshing & inspiring as everyone starts somewhere right?! I love Nina & her whole family, their bond is just beautiful & I think TJR captured that beautifully. I didn’t love this as much as I loved ShoEH but still beautiful & I can’t wait to read more!