In August 1983, Malibu, the annual end-of-summer party hosted by Nina Riva will happen today. Excitement levels are at an all-time high. Everyone wants to be around the well-known Riva family, which includes Nina, a gifted surfer and supermodel, Jay and Hud, brothers who are both accomplished photographers and surfing champs, and Kit, their adored baby sister. Since they are the children of renowned singer Mick Riva, the siblings are a source of intrigue in Malibu and throughout the globe.

The only person who is not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself since she has never liked to be the center of attention and because her professional tennis player husband recently very publically dumped her. Oh, and Hud—because it's about time he told his brother, with whom he's been inseparable since infancy, something.

Jay, on the other hand, is counting down the seconds till dusk since she promised to be there and he can't stop thinking about her. And Kit has a few secrets of her own, including a visitor she surprisingly invited.

The celebration will spiral out of control by midnight. The Riva home will be in flames by daybreak. However, the booze will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that have defined this family's generations will all rise to the surface before that first spark in the early hours before morning.

I liked how intricate the characters are; they seemed so genuine—so real that I became so disappointed when I googled their names on a web browser and didn't see a real person come up. As a character-driven prejudiced person, this book was very amazing for me. I believe that is consistently true of Taylor Jenkins Reid's books. They are largely character-driven and have a very raw feeling. They have more than one dimension. They are more complex than just "good" and "bad" characters.