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Daisy Haites by Jessa Hastings

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bookshelvesandbookcorners07's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Very entertaining.

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xxeviex's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

oh my heart 💔

plot line:
All 20-year-old Daisy Haites has ever wanted is a normal life, but as the heiress to London's most notorious criminal empire, it's just not on the cards for her.

Raised by her older brother Julian since their parents were murdered, Daisy has never been able to escape the watchful gaze of her gang-lord brother. But Julian's line of work means that Daisy's life is... complicated.

And things don't become any easier when she falls hard for the beautiful and emotionally unavailable Christian Hemmes, who also happens to be one of the few men in London who doesn't answer to Julian.

Christian's life is no walk in the park either, since he's in love with his best friend's girlfriend, Magnolia Parks.

He's happy enough to use Daisy to throw off the scent of his true affections - until she starts to infiltrate those too.

As their romance blossoms into something neither were anticipating, Daisy, Christian, and Julian must come to terms with the fact that in this life everything comes at a price. As their relationships intersect and tangle, they all learn that sometimes life's most worthwhile pursuits can only be paid in blood.

my thoughts:
wow that was a roller coaster of emotions and events 🤯 I have well and truly been sucked into this series now too - which if I’m being completely honest I didn’t think this was going to happen.

as I listened to this book , it was a nice surprise when I found out that this story was being told from three pov’s / perspectives - each narrator brought the characters to life and let me just say , if I didn’t already like Christian as a character I definitely do now 🤩.

however , whilst I enjoyed nearly all of this book , I once again was asking myself why is this book was sooo long??
(after my own research) I have a feeling this is Hastings writing style and this will continue to happen as the series goes on.

also why is there so many cardboard dimensional side characters written into these books? (it’s a little off putting) why write characters into the plot if they hold no substantial information apart from having a terrible name?? 🙃

overall , I very much enjoyed this book and can’t wait to dive into the next book within this series.

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harley_dean's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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raegandrust's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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alexandrias_library's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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nara_knl's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Daisy Haites is almost just as good as Magnolia Parks, yet not the 5 star read…
still love jessa hastings writing, love her characters!!
love a little magnolia and bj content
and literally always LOVED christian so…
EXCITED FOR THE NEXT BOOK

* the footnotes in daisy‘s chapters were super annoying… „yep“ like stfu you don’t need footnotes for that

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ines_santos13's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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thesamiverse's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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folkofthebook's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Sitting next to him saying nothing feels like taking off a corset. A great undoing, if you will, and he will. In every way.

while i couldn't stand magnolia parks, i am firmly team daisy.

i think i can chalk up liking daisy haites MPU2 much more than its former counterpart for a few reasons.

one, we watch the culmination of daisy and christian's relationship from fairly early-on. with magnolia and bj, it's very much second chance, which is not a trope i enjoy much to begin with. we're also thrown right into the angst with them, without seeing what exactly we're supposed to be rooting for, why we would want them together, or really believe them to actually be the loves of each others' lives. with daisy and christian, we get to experience the highs and not just in brief references of memory.

“He has a lot of ‘just friends’,” I say out loud accidentally.
BJ follows my gaze. “Yeah, he does.” He gives me a look. “But you’re not one of them.”

secondly, daisy was much more relatable to me. magnolia is an archetype i don't care for. they both rely a lot on validation from men, but magnolia has this added quality of overachieving perfectionism and, while mostly well-meaning, ultimately self-serving, put-on miss sunshine personality that i don't care for. i didn't like magnolia in her own book from her own perspective, and that was only compounded by seeing her through daisy's and christian's eyes.

And actually, the more I think about it, the more I think about Magnolia these days—and in a lot of ways, I actually think about her a lot less—I think that maybe she’s just trash.

(omg drag her Christian lmfaoooo)

daisy did have a bit of that girl-everyone-loves syndrome with a dash of not like other girls, but ultimately i connected w her more personally. she's sassy, determined, and tough as nails. she can be a petty queen, especially when it comes to magnolia, but it only made me love her more.

I think I understand for a fleeting moment why everything that’s bad and painful and sad is worth it if you love someone, because I’ll remember how he’s looking at me now forever.

overall, i was immediately more invested in this story, esp having been teased at it in book 1. there was a bit of an area where it started to slow and lag for me about 50 - 65% through, but it starts to pick up again. i really liked the choice of having julian's POV. i don't think i've read a romance with one of the romantic lead's siblings POV and i think it helped color the story. a lot of people love julian, i can't say i care for him bc i don't care for the contemporary crime trope and i didn't like what he did near the end, but i don't hate him.

with this book, i lost myself in their story and really got to appreciate jessa hasting's writing. i do love her attention to wardrobe detail especially, and i for one thought daisy's footnotes were really fun.

i'm not loving the idea that i will have to revisit magnolia and bj before i get more daisy & christian, but i've heard some things that have intrigued me about book 3, so i'll dive in soon.

“There is a fatal flaw to your normal plan, you know,” he tells me.
I turn to face him, lift my brows but make sure he doesn’t let me go. “And what’s that?”
He locks the door behind me. “You have that face and that brain and you’ll never be normal—” Shakes his head. “Couldn’t be if you tried.”

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meg_'s review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

I'm going to keep it brief. I have an unhealthy love for these books and Daisy and Christian were just wayyy more loveable to read about than Magnolia and BJ's toxicity. Christian is such a thoughtful and sweet guy and I love him. I love Julian Haites despite all of his many flaws. Lastly, the ending of this book genuinely hurt my feelings. Can't wait to read the next one! lol

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