📖 Magnolia Parks: Into The Dark
📚 Book 5 in the Magnolia Parks Universe 

✍🏻 Jessa Hastings

☑️ Contemporary Romance

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 | 4.75

Spice: 🌶️🌶️

My HEART. This book both broke my heart and patched it back up.

Overview: 

•Soulmates

•Journey with Grief

•Dysfunctional Family

•Life’s Purpose

𝗔𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗝 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

I would’ve never guessed when I started this series that this book would unfold how it did. 

My goodness… what a journey. The grief, the heartache, the growth, the joy. I loved every minute of this final BJ/Magnolia book. 

It’s hard to talk about this book without any spoilers, and I’m not really going to do my typical review style, so STOP NOW if you don’t want any spoilers. 

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This is your last warning!!!

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Okay, unhinged thought ramble:

I really, really didn’t think Bridget actually died 😭 It felt like a punch to the gut when I started this book, and she was dead. I was not prepared. With that said, Jessa depicted the grief journey perfectly. 

I loveddddd their therapy sessions. It felt so quintessentially *them*, and they needed it. 

When her dad yelled at her?? OMG. My jaw dropped!! 👀 

One unanswered BJ+M question: What is the second regret/the mysterious thing that BJ knows involving Harley in the past??

The entire last 20% of the book had me in full heart-eyes, clutching my chest mode. 

And maybe most importantly, I NEED THE NEXT DAISY BOOK. Like, tomorrow!!!!!!

Overall, what a story!!!

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To conclude, some of my favorite quotes:

“𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙄’𝙢 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨. 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 . . . 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝘼 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙘 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙮.”

“𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.”

“𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙. 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨.”

“𝙃𝙤𝙬?” 𝙄 𝙖𝙨𝙠.

𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮. “𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚.”

“𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨𝙮.” 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧. “𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚’𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.”

“𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙠 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠; 𝙄’𝙢 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜—𝘽𝙅’𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙤.”

“𝙄’𝙢 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡.” 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨. “𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙.”