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Magnolia Parks

Jessa Hastings

3.71 AVERAGE


infuriating, addicting, toxic, drama-filled rollercoaster of a book that i ATE UP! this was exactly what i needed right now - just a fun fucking time of a book with a plot and characters that were entertaining, had me giggling + blushing, and also jaw dropped over.

song: his hands - blegh (please give this a listen if you’ve never heard it before)

Can you believe i asked for "found family" trope recs and someone recommended this disgusting series? I feel like I need to purge my demons.

Like seriously, WHAT FOUND FAMILY was I supposed to find here? All I’ve seen is a group of friends who just sleep with each other—and that’s not what I had in mind. It’s like sex is the initiation ritual or the requirement to join the friend group. If you don’t fuck someone, you can’t be part of it

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 
This is just drama on drama on drama, and I loved it! 
The writing is just amazing, some of the best I’ve ever read. I understand these characters so well. I feel everything Magnolia is feeling, but also BJ. I grieve with both of them, even when I want to throw both of them off a fucking cliff - preferably together, which they’ll love. 
Both do wrong, but BJ is definitely the most messy of them both (both need fucking therapy) but there IS something underlying about him that we simply don’t know yet, I have guesses but I also want to know from BJ - in full detail - how everything happened and why. 
 
It hurt, everything hurts. 
 
Tropes/Themes
Toxic relationship  
Love triangle  
On-again, off-again
Second chance 
Betrayal & Heartbreak  
Found family 

I'm so sorry, it's really really not my cup of tea :'(
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

No me ha gustado nada, no entiendo a la protagonista, sus actitudes son vacias, es que no hay nada interesante, es el unico libro de este 2024 que no he llegado a terminar.

3.5 stars

bj ballantine you better keep an eye out when you’re sleeping because i’m coming for you

Hiiiighly repetitive. If temu sold Blair and Chuck. You’re telling me all his friends and family call him BJ/Beej with a straight face? Gimme a break
challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

2.5 ⭐️ This was a hot mess and not the kind that is my cup of tea. I can see the Gossip Girl comparisons, but this is very overhyped, in my opinion. It also has no business being so long..