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Daisy Haites by Jessa Hastings

21 reviews

kryfrh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and Homophobia

sowall's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was sooo much easier to get through than “Magnolia Parks”. 

Both books are very good and entertaining, don’t get me wrong, but Daisy and Christian (particularly Daisy) are so much more likeable than Magnolia and BJ. 

Daisy was a wonderful character - I never felt annoyed with her, not really. At least not on the same degree as I did with Magnolia. 

I am so excited to read the next Daisy Haites book - I need to know how this ends.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

katiareadz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Liked it more than the first one. But in my opinion some events were not as serious as the author made them to be. Therefore the characters had some extreme reactions so the book has more drama . That was my problem with the first book as well.Some things just felt too forced and came out of nowhere. Still enjoyable tho. Also loved Julian's pov. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, and Violence

Minor: Trafficking and Kidnapping

matildaesandell's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I definitely liked this one more than the Magnolia Parks. It was ever so slightly less toxic, the story itself was more entertaining and the way the author tied the two stories together was VERY cool! Still hated like all the characters and couldn’t fully get past the toxicity, but also was looking forward to picking it up again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

headinthepages's review against another edition

I still don’t know what to think about these books but I started this as soon as I finished magnolia parks so obviously I am compelled to read!

I feel like the format was v similar to the first book which was a bit annoying. I also wish the characters were a bit older.
I liked Christians POV after meeting him more in the first book and liked the added drama of the gang lifestyle.

I do wish more actual descriptions and fleshing out of the characters happened rather than telling us what they’re like. It feels a little superficial and I don’t get why people are so in love with these people because they’re mostly vapid and not v 3 dimensional.
But I’m reading it so 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

They could do with another edit, some plot holes and it’s longer than it needs to be but it’s an easy read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Gore, Blood, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Trafficking

brianavoss123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol

pageafter_paige's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Wow this was SUCH a good book I’m tempted to give it 5 stars! Christian and Daisy absolutely stole my heart. I loved seeing their relationship/Christian’s side of everything. I think this book was perfectly toxic without being outright abusive and it was amazingggg! Major Gossip Girl vibes except instead of school it’s a gang lol. I don’t think I’d change anything about this book and I’m excited to read their next one! I’ll have to suffer through Parks and BJ first but I’ll do it for Daisy <3 The only thing that is keeping this from a 5 star is certain times Christian was so clueless it was painful (but that’s men I guess lmaoooo)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Violence

hollymileham's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

my fave of the series so far and undeniably the closest ill get to a mafia romance. this was such an emotional read especially the dynamic between daisy and julian. read it in 4 hours its very gripping, and to say i only finished magnolia parks yday and this follows the same timeline i didnt get bored once

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

isabel_hanna's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Not quite as addictive as magnolia parks but Jessa Hastings has some sort of secret sauce in her books. I never can stay up late reading a book and I literally could not make myself go to bed with the last 30% of my book. These characters are seriously messed up morally gray people and yet I am so invested? I think I hate them but I love to read the mess they’re making. I highlight and tab these books like no other. Her metaphors just get me every time. 

Overall takeaways: this book is about bad people doing bad toxic things - it’s entertaining af but do not read if you are going to be annoyed by that lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, and Toxic relationship

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book had everything that I loved about MP1 and more. I fucking love the MPU because it is just pure escapism for me. I lose myself in the pages and for awhile I simply don't think about the things that are hurting me in my real life and cry over these fictional british messes. It's everything to me. The books aren't objectively perfect (no book is, not even most of my favorites), and you're entitled to your opinion, but they make ME happy.

With that portion out of the way - this book took me a little longer to read because 1. it's a big boi and 2. I just started a new job and I'm tired all the time. However, I loved my time with Daisy. I thought the three unique perspectives (Daisy, Christian & Julian) were intriguing and often heartbreaking as well as soooo funny. I loved getting to know the characters in Daisy's world better, as well as getting to know Daisy herself. There is so much about her to love, and like the other characters - a lot about her to hate, but that's what I love even more about her. She's just a person living in extraordinary circumstances, and really, that's what all of these characters are. They are so messy and half the time they're doing things you can't stand, but you still want them to win.

I am both excited and afraid to read MP: The Long Way Home. 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Homophobia, and Drug use

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, and Child death

Minor: Sexual assault, War, Animal cruelty, and Slavery