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kenzloux 's review for:
Magnolia Parks
by Jessa Hastings
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I dnf'ed this book in November 2023 as it bored me to death and I despise the cheating trope. I picked the book back up this month and it was a meh book. I did not like the constant arguments and constant cheating by BJ which very clearly upset Magnolia. I gave this book 3.25 stars, and I do own books 1 to 4 in the universe/series so I will be continuing the series, especially since I have heard amazing things about the Daisy Haites books.
Quotes:
- “Painful things can still be beautiful things, in case you didn’t know.”
- “Because she can only hate me how she hates me because she loves me how she loves me.”
- “Everything wonderful, everything magical, everything painful, everything beautiful and spectacular and wretched and defining that has happened to me happened with him. And I hate him for that.”
- “He’s a time bomb for me, do you see now? That he’ll hurt me. He’ll always hurt me. I’ll never be safe with him, even if I’m always safe next to him.”
- “maybe this is how we’ll always be—stuck together, drifting back to each other if we somehow pull apart. I hope that’s what we’ll be like. I hope we’ll always find our way back.”
- “Because if she loved herself more than she loves me, she’d have fucked off years ago. I don’t deserve all the chances she half-tries to give me.”
- “How's the weather over there Parks?”
- “What am I to you?” I lean back into him, pursing my mouth at the question. “The oxygen mask”—I glance back at him—“that falls down from the ceiling of the planes.” “Marsaili used to say something about how love can go sour like milk and then it turns to hate. Maybe we left our love out.”
- “What?” Henry shrugs. “Like, it’s ironic. Because BJ went home with the Anti-Parks, and Parks went home with the BJ deluxe.”
Tropes:
- Cheating
- Childhood Best Friends
- Ex-Lovers
- Millionaire/Billionaire