Can’t Wait Wednesday – MALIBU RISING by Taylor Jenkins Reid
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, which encourages fellow bloggers to spotlight upcoming releases that we’re excited about. It is a meme that I have loved participating in for over a year now, but as Jill is no longer actively posting, from now on I’ll be linking to Can’t Wait Wednesday, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, which is a spinoff of the original WoW meme.
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My selection for this week is MALIBU RISING by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Taylor Jenkins Reid became an auto-buy author for me after I fell in love with Daisy Jones & The Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I added this new book to my TBR without even reading the synopsis, but I’m even more excited about it now that I have. It sounds like the perfect read for the summer of 2021.
MALIBU RISING by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Publication Date: May 25, 2021 by Ballantine Books
From Goodreads:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six . . . Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever.
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 bubbling 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.
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I’d love to hear what upcoming book releases you’re waiting on this Wednesday? Leave me your link in the comments below and I’ll stop by and check out your CWW selection for this week. 🙂
OMG thank you Suzanne! I will add that one to my TBR!
I think this one is going to be my most anticipated read of 2021. 🙂
I’m so excited for this one, I’ve already pre-ordered it!
I think I’m going to do the same!
Thanks for the heads up, Suzanne💜 Love this author and this description. Adding it now.
She’s one of my faves too. 🙂
Yes! This sounds amazing. I may preorder it now so I don’t forget! Great choice😁
I think I’m going to preorder this one too.
I’m really excited for Malibu rising too!
I think it’s going to be an anticipated read for a lot of people. 🙂
I hope you’ll enjoy this one when you get to read it! 🙂
Thank you!
I haven’t yet read anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid, but I can see one day I will need to. All of her books sound good! I hope you enjoy this one when you read it, Suzanne!
Oh yes, I highly recommend The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones. They’re my favorites.
This is a popular pick today. Hope you love it.
Thank you!
I will read anything TJR writes!
Me too!
I’m trying to get the ARC of this, because I’d love to read it. She’s such a good writer!
She really is. I’ve loved everything from her that I’ve read so far.
Despite owning quite a few of her books on my shelves, I still haven’t read anything of hers! Shameful I know. I’m planning on picking up Daisy Jones next month, perfect preparation for this release.
I hope you love Daisy Jones!
I still have yet to read something from TJR (I know!!!) I liked family drama though
Oh my, Sam. You need to get on that, lol.
This does sound like such a fun summer read, I’m so excited to read it!
I think it will end up being one of my most anticipated reads of next year. 🙂
So this family has issues! But they make for a promising read. Really looking forward to this one!.