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Daisy Haites by Jessa Hastings

19 reviews

hollyleapurtill's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Violence, Drug use, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

angeliquescollection's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is like 5+ stars. 

I’ve been reading this through a recent breakup so it hit waaay harder. So many quotes I resonated with. So much emotion I was experiencing in my real life. I felt Daisy’s pain. I’m living it.
This book broke me but honestly I’m happy it did. I think I needed it in a way. 

I think in every Daisy pov, I shed a tear or just completely bawled my eyes out. And Christian… poor Christian. 

Omg Julian. I have to see what happens next. I’m going to take a little break to mend my little heart lol but these characters, I feel in my soul. 

I would say I like the Daisy Haites side of it all over Magnolia Parks but I love the whole group still. 

The ending tore me to pieces though.

I wanted Daisy and Christian to end up together so badly. But life happens, and it could be right person wrong time. And Daisy deserves normalcy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Alcoholism

Minor: Kidnapping, Drug use, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

tabeahaefliger's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

I went into this pretty sceptical because Magnolia Parks was a 2 star book for me and I hated their world and the characters.

First of all I hate Jessa Hastings writing sometimes (and it makes me sad because so many people love it 😭) because to me it feels like she’s trying so hard to write poetically and it just cringes me a lot. 
Also I did feel like Julian’s POV chapters weren’t really necessary and the book could’ve been way shorter and just as good without them. 

I have to say tho that I loved Daisy, I really liked Romeo (I’m shipping them so hard) and I also enjoyed Christian a lot. They didn’t annoy or cringe me all that much compared to Magnolia and BJ and I could empathize Daisy a lot. I’m really looking forward to the other Daisy books and because of the Magnolia chapter at the end I’m also looking forward to her other books! 😮‍💨

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia and Kidnapping

ljp817's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Alcohol, Child death, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm, Addiction, Trafficking, and Sexual content

virgoabb's review

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

daisy and christian the way i would lock yall in a closet 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content

harley_dean's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Sexual content, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, and Kidnapping

meg_'s review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

elizabeth_reads__'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I don’t know how to review this book. 
I really didn’t like the first half of this book. All these characters are so toxic and selfish. I struggled to like any of the characters. I hated Daisy. She was a horrible person. So was Christian and don’t even get me started on Julian. So how did these characters I hated so much make me so emotional? 

The writing was amazing. If a little bit slow at the beginning. The end. Wow. That last 5 chapters really got me and wrecked me. And I have to read the rest. I need to know what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

wet_towlette's review against another edition

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

1.0

I was genuinely shocked when I was reading the acknowledgments and saw that this book had an editor. Like actually I'm not even joking. I think this is the most misogynistic and sexist book I've ever read. I am baffled that people can read this and feel even a semblance of enjoyment. I cannot effectively express how God-awful this book is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Trafficking, and Vomit

headinthepages's review

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