![]() ![]() A perilous tide of desiring tranquility but instead finding devastation. Right from the beginning - and subconsciously underscored by dueling elemental contradictions including fire versus water and flame versus wave - it becomes clear that for the Rivas, life is a constant ebb and flow. Although the Riva family history contains a grand legacy, as one can well imagine, the narrative is different behind closed doors. This bodes well for the subjects of the novel: the famous fictional Riva family. As the novel emphatically warns on its first page, “It is in Malibu’s nature to burn.” Like all Reid’s novels, it pulls readers into a much darker undercurrent. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s latest novel “ Malibu Rising” is more than a gorgeous snapshot of salty air and cresting waves on the star-studded California coast. ![]()
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