Malibu Rising

another underwhelming book for me. multiple people have noted this but this novel didn't feel complete..... i had trouble connecting with and caring about the characters. the writing style was so bland with a peppering of pretty prose every 12 pages or so. the cursing in this book also felt so bizarre to me- it seemed unnecessary and it didn't really flow. every f word was just jarring. and the plot was just..... i just didn't care all that much? normally i love a story that takes place over a short period of time but this one did NOT do it for me. uninteresting, uninspired.

i'm leaning toward 2.75 stars right now. i just didn't love this one the way i wanted to :(