Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Started: 10/10/2022

Finished: DNF

Year: 2021

Pages: 365

Genre: Fiction

Grade: F

Reason for reading: library book

Type: hardcover

Blurb (from Amazon): "Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over—especially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva.

"The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh, and maybe Hud—because it is long past time for him to confess something to the brother from whom he’s been inseparable since birth.

"Jay, on the other hand, is counting the minutes until nightfall, when the girl he can’t stop thinking about promised she’ll be there.

"And Kit has a couple secrets of her own—including a guest she invited without consulting anyone.

"By midnight the party will be completely out of control. By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family’s generations will all come rising to the surface.

"Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them . . . and what they will leave behind."

Opinion: Ugh....just ugh. I gave it my 100 page try and I really just don't like any of these characters. Don't care enough about these characters or this party that is being thrown. Didn't want to continue wasting my time when I have hundreds of others books to read. If you read it and enjoyed it, I'm happy for you. I just couldn't.