A review by vogueidle
Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings

4.0

fucking hell. how do you make a book about a toxic (and literally beyond) as fuck couple AND still make people root for you??? well, intention, self awareness and prose. hastings does something wonderful: she makes you root for this couple that you know it's terrible and you're reading all the ways it is twisted but SHE STILL MAKES YOU ROOT FOR THEM! that's fucking good writing. proof you can write any story if you tell it right. I think the author did a very good job at portraying their story in their most turbulent and troubled times, and also in their happier times. My problem is that there is not a proper transition, and so in the end BJ cheating seems very out of character and nonsensensical. however, love this book, left me haunted