Haven Squire’s Reviews > Malibu Rising > Status Update

Overall, there was so much drama which I adored and the siblings felt so real and I adored every one of them. I could definitely read more about them!

Mick Riva really was just the most awful person and it was so satisfying when Nina just completely went off on one at him. I am pleased they didn't just fix their relationship with him and have a happy ever after. It was also kind of ironic that he was the one who set fire to the house unintentionally as he kind of had done that to their entire lives up to that point.

When she was talking about wanting to break away from the person her family have always seen her as I felt so seen. I was slightly disappointed that she didn't end up coming out to any of her family but know this would come with time. The party was totally wild and it was really interesting how it switched between so many perspectives.

I would also have really liked to see more of their relationship now that she is pregnant. I felt bad for Jay as he was basically losing the one thing he really loved, surfing, but am pleased he felt able to share what was going on with Hud in the end. For some reason I actually found that I loved and related to Kit the most out of them all though.

I am so pleased she was eventually able to let go and be able to go and live the life she wanted for herself rather than always living for other people. The sibling relationships were so good, especially how Hud was involved in the family despite only being their half sibling. I loved him and Ashley and am so pleased that they ended up together and Jay did not spoil what they had.

I loved that the book was split into every hour of a 24 hour period, along with having some flashbacks to the Rivas parents which I also really enjoyed. I loved Mick and June together to begin with and so to see him start constantly cheating on her and then having her turn to alcohol and eventually drowning was so horrid. I just adored Nina in the sense that she was so so strong.

I wanted to read this book for a while and am so pleased I finally got round to it. It if funny how the entire thing that drew me towards it was the prospect of the house setting on fire by morning when really that was like the most minor part of the book. This book was basically rich people drama which is definitely one of my favourite genres!