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Malibu Rising
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August 1, 2021
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August 31, 2021
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Voted as group BotM for August 2021

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What Members Thought

Christie
I like this book, it was not amazing but it was good. This is the first book I wanted to give a 3.5 stars but it was good enough to increase to 4 stars if I had to choose. It was the story of a family, disfunctional (what family is not), with lots of hardships that brings most of them closer together. It is a story of finiding what is best for you and the people around you that help or are there for you no matter what in the choas of the world around you. At first I was unsure of the layout but ...more
Heather
3.5 stars

I almost DNF'd at about 30%. I think I have to be in the right mood for Jenkins Reid's style - it's basically pages and pages of meandering through the characters' histories.

I did stick with it - after all, I wanted to know what happened at the party! And I ended up liking it more than I thought I would. I'm not sure I connected with any of the characters but ended up finding the story interesting. So sort of a luke-warm recommendation.
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3 stars. I liked this much better than Daisy Jones and the Six.
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