Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings

One of the series I have seen literally everyone talk about and so of course I had to buy them. I’ve been putting off reading them though, because…

1. What if I don’t like them and

2. What if I absolutely love them and finish them too quickly? 

Well 50 pages in and I think it’s safe to say it’ll be the latter. I immediately love how these are written. Before I even got half way through, I already cried and laughed out loud. 

People say you’re either a Magnolia or a Daisy girl. I’m not certain which one I am yet or if I will be an either or, but I do know that I already love Magnolia. I feel her heartbreak every time she sees BJ with another girl, the way her heart is torn from wanting to be with him and wanting to move on, I feel her anger toward her father and I can without a doubt say I absolutely love her style. I catch myself googling her outfits like I can even afford it. 

If I’m going to be completely honest, there’s a part of me that wants to tell magnolia to let BJ back in, give him another chance. He loves you more than he loves himself. But then the other part wants me to say run far far far away. Maybe one day the universe will bring you two back together but for your own sake don’t keep going in this heartbreak ferris wheel you created for yourself. 

I was wrecked, sobbing, on an emotional roller coaster reading this book. I felt the love and the heartbreak and I love / hate Jessa Hastings for doing this to me.  

If a song were to describe Magnolia and BJ’s characters in this book, I imagine the following songs for each of them.

BJs song - I Had Some Help by Post Malone & Morgan Wallen

Magnolias song - Never Be the Same by Camila Cabello

Quotes that stuck with me:

“I- we just, fell in love too young, I think… and we don’t know how to be without each other now.”

“I smile at her because she’s a shit and I take her hand in mine because she’s also everything.” (I literally stopped reading to ask my bf if this is what he thought of me)