If a five star novel is an onion, this was a single sheet of tissue paper.

I flew through the pages in a fit of wrath. My experience with Malibu Rising was the utter opposite. This is because I enjoy soaking up details, really sitting with and unpacking the many layers that I’ve come to expect of long-form fiction. I’m typically a slower reader, especially when losing myself in a world I love.

This is one of those rare and extraordinary instances where my rage over a book propelled me through its pages at a speed I am totally unused to. White nuclear families will literally surf instead of going to therapy for their trauma. But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play and the loves and secret yearnings that shaped this family across generations will all come bubbling to the surface to make for a night no one will ever forget.ĪRC provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review And no one will know how the fire started. As if that picture-perfect family isn’t enough, their father is Mick Riva, the legendary singer.īy morning, the Riva mansion will have burned to the ground. Everyone wants to be in the company of the famous Rivas: Nina, the surfer and model her brothers, Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other his renowned photographer and Kit, the adored baby of the family. Malibu is buzzing with anticipation for Nina Riva’s annual party. But over the course of one night, each of their lives will be changed forever. Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. Published: Doubleday Canada (May 25, 2021)

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