#kit riva

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BOOKS I'VE READ IN 2025 -> Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid ★★★★★

Just because it is in Malibu's nature to burn, so was it in one particular person's nature to set fire and walk away.

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Headcanon that Nicki's new girlfriend mentioned at the end Carrie Soto Is Back is Kit Riva

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I recently made these playlists based on Taylor Jenkins Reid's books, and I'm obsessed with them. Thought I'd share it with you guys, so here are the links:

+ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

+ Daisy Jones and The Six

+ Malibu Rising

+ Carrie Soto is back

+ Evidence of the affair

(I made them on Deezer but you can transfer to Spotify through this site)

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🌊 The Riva siblings! Jay, Hud, Nina and Kit!

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“Nina …” Mick said. “Please don’t say that. I’m trying to explain to you why I wasn’t capable of being a father until now.” Nina shook her head. “If you were any kind of real parent, you would know that capable has nothing to do with it.” Mick frowned at her and sighed. “Do you think Mom felt capable of raising four children on her own? Holding her head up high when the whole world knew you’d left her, twice? Making all of the money, and doing all of the housework, and helping each of us with our homework? Making every single one of our birthdays special despite having no money and no time? Remembering that Jay likes chocolate cake with buttercream and Kit likes coconut cake and Hud likes yellow cake with chocolate frosting? Always having the perfect number of candles? “Do you think I felt capable of taking it all over after she fucking drowned? Do you think I felt capable of trying to pay all the bills and still scraping up enough money for coconut at the fucking Malibu Mart? Do you think I felt capable of holding each one of these guys as they woke up in the middle of the night remembering that they had essentially been orphaned? Do you think I wanted to drop out of high school so I could do it all? That I wanted to be twenty-five years old without a high school diploma?” Mick flinched as he heard this, and when Nina saw the pinched look on his face, it pissed her off. “I didn’t feel capable of any of that! But did that matter? Of course not. So I’ve gotten up every single day since Mom died—and even a lot of the days before that—and I have done what needed to be done. Capable is a question I never had the luxury of asking. Because my family needed me. And unlike you, I understand how important that is.” “Nina—” Mick tried to interject. “You think I want to be here selling photos of my ass and living on this fucking cliff? No, I don’t. I want to be in Portugal somewhere living in a shack on the beach, riding waves and eating the catch of the day. But I don’t. I stay here. That’s what it means to be a family. Staying. Not just strolling into a party after midnight expecting a hug.” “Nina, you’re right. I’m a weak—” “Must be nice. To be able to be weak. I wouldn’t know.”

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NINA RIVA.

“Nina understood, maybe for the first time, that letting people love you and care for you is part of how you love and care for them.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

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My thoughts on Malibu Rising which gave the therapy I oh so desperately need

There will be spoilers to I put the keep reading thingie just in case!

I've read 3 of her books

all 3 have made me sob uncontrollably so naturally I hate this woman

she just always knows the words i need

how please

All these kids need some kind of therapy omfg

Nina is my CHILD

She's like 7 years old than me

but is BABY

eldest daughter having to grow up too fast just please leave her alone

Kit is a fellow baby gay so I love her

Jay and Hud were incredible

Brandon you can fight me

You gave up a INCREDIBLE person for Carrie fucking soto

And had the fucking AUDACITY to come crawling back after a week and PEER PRESSURING Nina into taking you back

AND THEN RUNNING BACK TO CARRIE AGAIN

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

Genuinely hate you

Mick Riva can fucking fight me I never want to SEE or HEAR from him again I'm so SICK of him

POOR BABY GIRL JUNE

YOU DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER BABE

TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN SUCH A FUCKING WAY

Obviously could've handled it better than all the alcohol but do we blame her?

Not fucking really

They had such a FUCKING GOOD sibling dynamic that most authors dont manage

but OF COURSE miss Taylor fucking does

like they just felt like genuine siblings rather than characters forced together for the wanted situation

Hud bro um I don't think you should've cheated with your brothers girlfriend

Just a thought

Like I'm glad it worked out for you there buddy but I wouldn't have blamed Jay if he never talked to you again

You're still a good guy and everything but for that you do still get a fuck you

The sections where we cut back to the party with people swinging on chandeliers and shit was fucking WILD

I loved it though

But like Nina is so loved and she deserves to know that

Mick Riva you don't get to come and be a good father now just because you're a little lonely fuck you

Do you want me to play you a little song on a violin while you put on the performance of a lifetime acting like you give a singular fuck about any of your kids?

"You're fucking nothing." FUCKING TELL HIM NINA

That line was the most therapeutic thing I have ever fucking read

Also Jay just being like Hud could fuck like every ex I've ever had and I'd still like him more than you

Honestly go off king

Casey is going through some shit

The way they all were just like you're one of us now join the group hug without knowing if they were actually related

I can't remember the exact quote

But how they were like it wouldn't be difficult for them to lover her

Just shoot me

It would hurt less

The only good thing Mick Riva ever did for any of his kids was set her house and everything she owned on fire

And he didn't even do it on fucking purpose

In conlcusion, miss Taylor please stop making me cry.

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Taylor Jenkins Reid writes strong, badass female protagonists who have hearts of gold, fierce personalities and who sacrifice everything for love. They don’t let anything stop them from their goals and are selfless to a fault. They would risk everything they have to keep others safe and often forget they are someone too. They have their badass bitch moments and breakdowns the same as everyone else, but they are so ultimately human and relatable at times. They are role models- intelligent, strong women.

And I am here for that.