Taylor

If Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel were a pill, it should come with a warning label about addiction. In other words, you'd be expected to keep turning pages. Then you finish one and start another book of hers. 

The point is that you can never have enough of stories crafted by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo set in the sixties. Daisy Jones & The Six about seventies rock and roll. Malibu Rising in the eighties.

When it comes to Malibu Rising, we are reminded how family histories repeat. We recognise this all too well in the characters. The more we read about the life of Nina Riva, the more we see the way she resembles her mother. Both of them won't turn on lights for longer than enough. They won't waste money on La Mer skincare to do for crow's feet. They simply use Noxzema.

The same goes for Nina's father and husband, who keep cheating. Maybe our parents' lives are indeed imprinted within us. 

Try as you might, you won't be able to outrun the blood that runs through our veins. And try as you might, you won't be able to stop reading Taylor Jenkins Reid's stories. My daughter and I had finished reading all three books of hers.