Malibu Rising – Taylor Jenkins Reid
Nina,
Jay, Hud, Kit – The siblings
Mick
Riva – The father
June
Costas – The mother
Story
of siblings that went through hardships of growing up by themselves after
their father the rock star abandoned them and their mother drowned in a bathtub
after too many alcohol. Nina, the oldest, manages to take care of her siblings
through modeling. Her heart was recently broken by her husband who cheated on
her with another pro tennis player. The story revolves around the time of annual
party that was held at Nina’s place every year. Jay just found out that he has
a heart condition that may make him give up surfing. He met a girl that he
thinks he likes. Hud is their half-brother. His mom drops him off to June
Costas and she decided to raise him up like her own. Jay and Hud have a strong
connection. He’s a photographer and most of his work is Jay’s surfing. Hud
falls in love with Jay’s ex-girlfriend and don’t know how to tell Jay about it.
Kit is the youngest and have the least time of being with her father since Mick
left June soon after she was born. She’s currently 18 years old. She’s also
into surfing like Jay but apparently much better than Jay. She invited Mick to
the annual party and didn’t expect Mick to turn up, but he did. So they had
one-to-one session with Mick that night. The siblings encouraged Nina to go do
something that she wants since all of them have grown up and capable of taking
care of themselves.
Below Zero – Ali Hazelwood
Hannah Arroyo – The girl
Ian Floyd – The boy
Hannah interviewed Ian for her
PhD assignment and they make out at the end of the session. Ian asks her out,
but she refused flatly. Fast forward years later, Hannah got a job at NASA and
met Ian there once again. The sparks fly again but Hannah went berserk when she
knows that Ian declined her proposal to go into North Pole to experiment with
her project about a mini robot that can help collect data. Ian explained that
the reason he rejected the proposal is because it’s a dangerous project. Hannah
managed to obtain sponsorship for her project from other people and went through
her project. Something happened while she’s there and Ian save her from that.
Wish You Were Here – Jodi
Picoult
Diana O’Toole – The girl, working
in art business
Hannah O’Toole – The estranged
mother
Finn Colson – The boyfriend, a
resident
Gabriel – The tour guide/Diana
scandal at Galapagos
Beatriz – Gabriel’s daughter, the
problematic teen
Its basically story about when
the pandemic started. Diana still went to the vacation that she planned with
her boyfriend to Galapagos. Unfortunately, as soon as she reached the island,
they went into lockdown so she was stuck on the island without her belonging
since her luggage got lost. Luckily for her, the people on the island help her
with whatever that they can. After couple of months living on the island, she
fall in love with Beatriz’s father, the teenage girl who went through problem
on her own. Gabriel is a former tour guide of the island so he bring Diana
around the island and he brought Diana swimming when she suddenly got drowned
and woke up in the hospital. Apparently, Diana was only dreaming about the
vacation and island since she was being sedated and intubated after contracted
with Covid. She was down for merely 10 days. She said that the things that
she’s “experiencing” at Galapagos is too real and refuse to accept that it’s
just a dream. During her dream, she received news that her mother was sick with
Covid too and then died. The same thing happened when she’s recovered from
Covid so that’s make her more determined to proof that its not just a dream.
Honestly, this is one of the
books that I don’t like. The story went forever about how she don’t want to
believe that its just a dream and don’t want to move on from it.
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