📚 Book 1 in the Magnolia Parks Universe 

✍🏻 Jessa Hastings

☑️ Contemporary Romance

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ | 4.25

Spice: 🌶️🌶️

“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙞𝙨, 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨. 𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩—”

OH MY GOODNESS. This book had me in a chokehold!!!! 

Overview:

•New Adult Romance Series

•Major 𝑮𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒑 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍 Vibes

•Toxic Love

•Found Family

•London High Society

•Rollercoaster Drama

𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲. 𝗕𝗝 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻'𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁.  𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘆; 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝘆𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁; 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆.

Let me start with this: I loved and hated this book in equal measure. There are so many tropes in this book that I despise, the main relationship is the most toxic thing I’ve ever seen, and yet - I was utterly consumed from start to finish. 

I loved Magnolia. I loved to hate BJ. I’m obsessed with Tom. The friendships in this book are so messy and dramatic and utterly unrealistic, but my goodness I would still jump on their private plane to witness their train wreck behaviors. 

The dual POV + writing style really worked for me. Witnessing both of their obsessive thoughts and feeling their hearts break felt so intense and traumatically beautiful. 

I hit the halfway mark and immediately requested the next book on Libby, which I discovered has a multiple month wait… so I may be breaking my book ban to buy Daisy Haites. THAT is how consumed I am by this story. 

Normally I include a bunch of highlights/quotes in my reviews, but I have too many to choose from (96+ highlights!!!!! insane.) and genuinely don’t want to spoil anything. 

Is this a good book? Hmm…

Is this a healthy relationship? NO. 

Is this a Good Time book? Absolutely!

Book MVP: Magnolia’s sister Bridget. She’s the only pure, intelligent, and emotionally stable human of this group. 

If you want to read a dramatic rollercoaster story that feels like a melodrama tv show, I think you should try this book!! 

CW: cheating, drug use, altogether toxic relationship behavior 

✨ read via Libby ✨