Malibu Rising: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel

I think it's fair to say that TJR is an amazing writer. Normally, I am not interested in the tragic drama of rich people. I'm not even a fan of reality TV. But this family in particular had me invested. This book was like This is Us meets The Kardashian's or some other annoying celebrity reality show. While I felt for a number of the characters, there were just too many names to keep track of. And that pulled me out of the story a bit.

I think it's fair to say that TJR is an amazing writer. Normally, I am not interested in the tragic drama of rich people. I'm not even a fan of reality TV. But this family in particular had me invested. This book was like This is Us meets The Kardashian's or some other annoying celebrity reality show. While I felt for a number of the characters, there were just too many names to keep track of. And that pulled me out of the story a bit.

Taylor Jenkins Reid does it again. She has some of the most well developed characters in fiction and I always know I'm in for a treat whenever I pick up one of her books. This one was no exception.

I really enjoyed the format of this book going from past to present. It had sad moments, happy moments, and all out crazy moments. I enjoyed getting POV's from multiple characters, in multiple timelines, and even though one would think it'd be hard to keep up it's done so well that you never get lost.

Reid always has such diverse characters and her storylines are clean and well developed. I thought it was really cool to see her do a bit of cross over from Evelyn Hugo. I picked up the audio on release date and I'm so glad I did because it was so good!

I definitely recommend this one to anyone looking for a great fiction that touches on family dynamics in the world of Hollywood fame and fortune. It definitely gives you old time movie vibes.

Fun and quick summer read

Another me pleaser, I loved the family dynamics between siblings, their mother and estranged father.