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Magnolia Parks Universe #2
Daisy Haites
All twenty-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 in the cards for her.
Raised by her older brother, Julian , after 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 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 was anticipating, Daisy and Christian must come to terms with the fact that in this life everything comes at a price. Relationships intersect and tangle, and Daisy, Christian, and Julian will learn that sometimes life’s most worthwhile pursuits can only be paid in blood.
Raised by her older brother, Julian , after 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 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 was anticipating, Daisy and Christian must come to terms with the fact that in this life everything comes at a price. Relationships intersect and tangle, and Daisy, Christian, and Julian will learn that sometimes life’s most worthwhile pursuits can only be paid in blood.
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First published November 23, 2021
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July 11, 2024
∞/5 ★’s
⁀➷ ❝i didn’t know i loved him in the sort of way where, when you lose them, you lose you too.❞
⁀➷ i’m shaking my head as i stare over at her, feeling sick that i love her how i love her and that i’ve hurt her how i’ve hurt her.
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
❥ 𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓍𝒶 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎:
❝constellations❞ by jade lemac (piano version)
SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP…
⤷ ❝i know your freckles too.❞
i died dead. let me just tell you all that they studied each other so hard that they knew where each other’s freckles were…BLIND. so cute it makes me sick.
this book. this couple. my roman empire. i promise you that infinity stars is not enough. there are not enough stars in every single universe combined. i thought magnolia parks was heartbreaking…don’t get me wrong, it was, BUT this book was on a whole other level.
inject this book into my veins. taking over my mind, heart, and soul it not enough. i need this book swimming through my bloodstream.
❥ 𝓂𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈:
it feels like my mind is so empty because my emotions have completely taken over. this book consumed me. i thought magnolia parks was a nightmare…THIS!? a night terror. imagine i’m bella swan in new moon, just a big hole in my chest.i hope most of y’all have seen that movie and understand otherwise this will be awkward😭✋🏼ANYWAYS, this killed me. ended me. i did not finish the book. the book finished me. i feel this book made me see the first book in a different light. that’s not a bad thing at all. i loved magnolia parks, but i’m
IN
love with daisy haites. not even 100 pages in and i KNEW this would be a five star read for me. i felt it in my bones.
❥ 𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉:
definitely unexpected. idk what i thought was going to happen, but it definitely wasn’t all that. i know we got a few crumbs in magnolia parks, but i was not paying attention to any of that for obvious reasons. i feel that this plot was more interesting. it had me hooked and on the edge of my seat at times. i don’t want to say a lot since this is a spoiler free review, but what i will say is that there’s crime, danger, dark pasts, trauma, etc…significantly different from the first book.
❥ 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔:
the footnotes. let’s talk about them. at first, i was not vibing with them at all…i thought they were pointless and i didn’t like going back and forth. guys, they grew on me. i ended up not minding them at all. some even had me kicking my feet, giggling, screaming, etc. i feel like this is definitely an unpopular opinion, but i think they were fun to read. i love that it made me feel like i was even more inside of the daisy’s mind and i also loved that there were only footnotes during her pov. the writing overall was just chefs kiss. jessa knows how to make you feel deeply connected to her characters and their story…that’s why this book was 100000000x more heartbreaking.
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
❥ 𝒸𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓈
⁀➷ i know what she is to me. in short, everything. in long, still everything.
christian is so babygirl🫦he made me forget how to breathe. made my heart forget how to beat. i love this man with my entire being. the little things this man did for daisy😭✋🏼makes me wanna jump off a cliff thinking about how cute it all was. he taught her how to drive and i swear i can still feel the butterflies in my stomach from that moment. he slow danced with this girl in a laundromat. took her on a date to live her dream. he’s so thoughtful and the way he loves…i’m desperate to know what it feels like to be loved by christian hemmes. it’s not only how he loves daisy that gets me, but it’s how he just loves people in general. i swoon🦋
❥ 𝒹𝒶𝒾𝓈𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈
⁀➷ i loved him in a way i didn’t know i knew how to love someone. loving him has made me sure i’ll never love anyone the same way again.
daisy>magnolia. i still love magnolia, but i am definitely a daisy girly🥹i love her. my heart broke for her. it’s the fact that she doesn’t get to live a certain life that she so badly wants to live and on top of that…her love life is a mess. learning about her past still has my heart aching. she’s so strong and brave. she’s also real and relatable. the times where she would break down and cry while she was alone because she didn’t want to be vulnerable and let people see her that way…literally me. the way daisy loves!?!? she treasures christian the way he deserves to be treasured🥹✋🏼
❥ 𝒹𝒶𝒾𝓈𝓎𝒸𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓃
⁀➷ love wins. i like it when love wins.
it’s their world and i want to live in it so bad. i love them so much it hurts. their love is like a warm hug, comforting. i haven’t rooted for a couple so hard since the addicted/calloway sister series. please pray for me because rooting for a couple comes with a lot of pain🥲
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
❝you can be done, baby.❞
a little five word sentence that has so much impact. you might as well tattoo this quote directly on my brain because it’s never going to leave my mind.
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
there’s a lot more that i’d like to say, but i definitely want the main focus point of my review to be daisy and christian. with that being said, here are just a few thoughts that i’m dying to share.
➸ julian haites:
mr ‘i don’t date’…sir, please call me so i can fix that🫦i love this man, idc what anyone says😭i loved his povs and his relationship with daisy. they are so precious🥹
➸ romeo:
i don’t even remember his last name, that’s how irrelevant he is to me. literally one of the most annoying characters ever.
➸ taura:
what she said to daisy about henry lives in my mind rent free.
bye. i love taura and i hope her and daisy become besties🥹
➸ the ending:
jessa…straight to PRISON. you have a lot of work to do to make me forgive you.
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
❥ 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓈
if these two scenes don’t have you running to read this book…then i simply don’t know what will.
⤷ scene one
”come around on this side.”
he opened his door, grabbed my wrist and yanked me down onto his lap.
”i’m going to do the pedals, okay?”
”okay.”
”you just do the wheel. focus on the road. get a feel for it.”
i loved it. driving. instantly i loved it. i felt in control for the first time in my life.
it felt like breathing.
my eyes danced across the road in front of me, checking for dangers that couldn’t possibly exist in a world where christian hemmes was teaching me to drive a car alone in the middle-of-nowhere-england.
”you’re hugging the right a bit.”
he waited about ten seconds, letting me hug my right, then he eventually slipped both arms around me, sliding his hands onto the steering wheel and over the top of mine.
”loosen these up.”
he tapped my hands.
i did.
and then he kept them there, his on mine. keeping me left. or, maybe, a little bit, just keeping me.
~~~this is the moment i knew this book would be five stars.
⤷ scene two
”there is a fatal flaw to your normal plan, you know."
”and what's that?"
”you have that face and that brain and you'll never be normal—couldn’t be even if you tried.”
he takes my hand in his and puts the other on my waist, pulls me into him, kisses my forehead, and i don't know what good fortune my fates found to weave into my life right now, but i find myself slow-dancing with christian hemmes.
the universe, actually, is ablaze. the planets lose track of their orbits, the birds are poets now and all the songs written before this and all the ones that'll come after this are about this moment; about how, when we're standing, my ear rests right where his heart is, how one hand of his swallows a whole half of my waist. the beautiful nothingness of this, the most intimate moment of my life to date, a life that, actually, has been dotted with much intimacy and i think nothing will ever beat him resting his chin on top of my head.
and then he stares down at me for a couple of seconds. 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.
~~~this moment right here is what i swear heaven looks like.
❥ 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓆𝓊𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈:
➛ ❝i won’t let anything happen to you, dais.❞
➛ i cut him off. ❝i know what she likes.❞ PLSSS🫦
➛ ❝you never touch her. never. try it again, and i’ll kill you myself.❞
➛ ❝i’m properly in love with her, jo.❞
➛ i just remember seeing her and thinking she was like, stupid beautiful. how daisy looked that night lives in my brain, rent free, 365 days a year. ordering coffee: daisy's face. filling up my car: daisy's face. buying milk: daisy's face.
➛ and then someone grabs me by the arm and swings me around to face them. someone. like i don’t know who. cute little hands. i recognize her touch.
➛ i know me and her have a weird relationship; she’s somewhere between my sister, my kid, and my best friend. she might be all of the above, but of all the things she is to me, she is absolutely and irrevocably my way home. the way i can tell right from wrong, good from bad.
➛ if my heartbreak was a fever, my brother would be the cool cloth they’d lay on my forehead.
➛ there’s that whole feminine trope of a girl who needed to be saved, doe eyes fluttering, damsel in distress, all innocent and virtuous and that’s not what it is. she’s not like that, she doesn’t need my help, she doesn’t need me to save her—but i’m going to try to anyway.
➛ christian would have one hand around my waist, and the other around my neck. THE HAND PLACEMENT🦋
❥01/23/24
𝓅𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌:
someone please wake me up from this fucking nightmare and then kill me.
rtc…don’t be dumb like me and read this while on your period.
❥ 01/05/24
i will be binging this entire series because if i don’t…i will not know peace, but i fear when i finish it…i will still not know peace🤸🏻♀️🕳️
⁀➷ ❝i didn’t know i loved him in the sort of way where, when you lose them, you lose you too.❞
⁀➷ i’m shaking my head as i stare over at her, feeling sick that i love her how i love her and that i’ve hurt her how i’ve hurt her.
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
𝓼𝓹𝓸𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀
❥ 𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓍𝒶 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎:
❝constellations❞ by jade lemac (piano version)
⤷ your freckles lead the way, i trace your constellations
SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP…
⤷ ❝i know your freckles too.❞
i died dead. let me just tell you all that they studied each other so hard that they knew where each other’s freckles were…BLIND. so cute it makes me sick.
this book. this couple. my roman empire. i promise you that infinity stars is not enough. there are not enough stars in every single universe combined. i thought magnolia parks was heartbreaking…don’t get me wrong, it was, BUT this book was on a whole other level.
⤷ it’s been a week since i’ve finished this and every day that passes by…i fall more and more in love with this story just by the simple thought of it.
inject this book into my veins. taking over my mind, heart, and soul it not enough. i need this book swimming through my bloodstream.
❥ 𝓂𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈:
it feels like my mind is so empty because my emotions have completely taken over. this book consumed me. i thought magnolia parks was a nightmare…THIS!? a night terror. imagine i’m bella swan in new moon, just a big hole in my chest.
❥ 𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉:
definitely unexpected. idk what i thought was going to happen, but it definitely wasn’t all that. i know we got a few crumbs in magnolia parks, but i was not paying attention to any of that for obvious reasons. i feel that this plot was more interesting. it had me hooked and on the edge of my seat at times. i don’t want to say a lot since this is a spoiler free review, but what i will say is that there’s crime, danger, dark pasts, trauma, etc…significantly different from the first book.
❥ 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔:
the footnotes. let’s talk about them. at first, i was not vibing with them at all…i thought they were pointless and i didn’t like going back and forth. guys, they grew on me. i ended up not minding them at all. some even had me kicking my feet, giggling, screaming, etc. i feel like this is definitely an unpopular opinion, but i think they were fun to read. i love that it made me feel like i was even more inside of the daisy’s mind and i also loved that there were only footnotes during her pov. the writing overall was just chefs kiss. jessa knows how to make you feel deeply connected to her characters and their story…that’s why this book was 100000000x more heartbreaking.
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
❥ 𝒸𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓈
⁀➷ i know what she is to me. in short, everything. in long, still everything.
christian is so babygirl🫦he made me forget how to breathe. made my heart forget how to beat. i love this man with my entire being. the little things this man did for daisy😭✋🏼makes me wanna jump off a cliff thinking about how cute it all was. he taught her how to drive and i swear i can still feel the butterflies in my stomach from that moment. he slow danced with this girl in a laundromat. took her on a date to live her dream. he’s so thoughtful and the way he loves…i’m desperate to know what it feels like to be loved by christian hemmes. it’s not only how he loves daisy that gets me, but it’s how he just loves people in general. i swoon🦋
❥ 𝒹𝒶𝒾𝓈𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈
⁀➷ i loved him in a way i didn’t know i knew how to love someone. loving him has made me sure i’ll never love anyone the same way again.
daisy>magnolia. i still love magnolia, but i am definitely a daisy girly🥹i love her. my heart broke for her. it’s the fact that she doesn’t get to live a certain life that she so badly wants to live and on top of that…her love life is a mess. learning about her past still has my heart aching. she’s so strong and brave. she’s also real and relatable. the times where she would break down and cry while she was alone because she didn’t want to be vulnerable and let people see her that way…literally me. the way daisy loves!?!? she treasures christian the way he deserves to be treasured🥹✋🏼
❥ 𝒹𝒶𝒾𝓈𝓎𝒸𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓃
⁀➷ love wins. i like it when love wins.
it’s their world and i want to live in it so bad. i love them so much it hurts. their love is like a warm hug, comforting. i haven’t rooted for a couple so hard since the addicted/calloway sister series. please pray for me because rooting for a couple comes with a lot of pain🥲
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
❝you can be done, baby.❞
a little five word sentence that has so much impact. you might as well tattoo this quote directly on my brain because it’s never going to leave my mind.
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
there’s a lot more that i’d like to say, but i definitely want the main focus point of my review to be daisy and christian. with that being said, here are just a few thoughts that i’m dying to share.
➸ julian haites:
mr ‘i don’t date’…sir, please call me so i can fix that🫦i love this man, idc what anyone says😭i loved his povs and his relationship with daisy. they are so precious🥹
➸ romeo:
i don’t even remember his last name, that’s how irrelevant he is to me. literally one of the most annoying characters ever.
➸ taura:
what she said to daisy about henry lives in my mind rent free.
⤷ ❝i’m obsessed with him. i think he’s…every constellation in the sky.❞
bye. i love taura and i hope her and daisy become besties🥹
➸ the ending:
jessa…straight to PRISON. you have a lot of work to do to make me forgive you.
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
❥ 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓈
if these two scenes don’t have you running to read this book…then i simply don’t know what will.
⤷ scene one
”come around on this side.”
he opened his door, grabbed my wrist and yanked me down onto his lap.
”i’m going to do the pedals, okay?”
”okay.”
”you just do the wheel. focus on the road. get a feel for it.”
i loved it. driving. instantly i loved it. i felt in control for the first time in my life.
it felt like breathing.
my eyes danced across the road in front of me, checking for dangers that couldn’t possibly exist in a world where christian hemmes was teaching me to drive a car alone in the middle-of-nowhere-england.
”you’re hugging the right a bit.”
he waited about ten seconds, letting me hug my right, then he eventually slipped both arms around me, sliding his hands onto the steering wheel and over the top of mine.
”loosen these up.”
he tapped my hands.
i did.
and then he kept them there, his on mine. keeping me left. or, maybe, a little bit, just keeping me.
~~~this is the moment i knew this book would be five stars.
⤷ scene two
”there is a fatal flaw to your normal plan, you know."
”and what's that?"
”you have that face and that brain and you'll never be normal—couldn’t be even if you tried.”
he takes my hand in his and puts the other on my waist, pulls me into him, kisses my forehead, and i don't know what good fortune my fates found to weave into my life right now, but i find myself slow-dancing with christian hemmes.
the universe, actually, is ablaze. the planets lose track of their orbits, the birds are poets now and all the songs written before this and all the ones that'll come after this are about this moment; about how, when we're standing, my ear rests right where his heart is, how one hand of his swallows a whole half of my waist. the beautiful nothingness of this, the most intimate moment of my life to date, a life that, actually, has been dotted with much intimacy and i think nothing will ever beat him resting his chin on top of my head.
and then he stares down at me for a couple of seconds. 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.
~~~this moment right here is what i swear heaven looks like.
❥ 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓆𝓊𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈:
➛ ❝i won’t let anything happen to you, dais.❞
➛ i cut him off. ❝i know what she likes.❞ PLSSS🫦
➛ ❝you never touch her. never. try it again, and i’ll kill you myself.❞
➛ ❝i’m properly in love with her, jo.❞
➛ i just remember seeing her and thinking she was like, stupid beautiful. how daisy looked that night lives in my brain, rent free, 365 days a year. ordering coffee: daisy's face. filling up my car: daisy's face. buying milk: daisy's face.
➛ and then someone grabs me by the arm and swings me around to face them. someone. like i don’t know who. cute little hands. i recognize her touch.
➛ i know me and her have a weird relationship; she’s somewhere between my sister, my kid, and my best friend. she might be all of the above, but of all the things she is to me, she is absolutely and irrevocably my way home. the way i can tell right from wrong, good from bad.
➛ if my heartbreak was a fever, my brother would be the cool cloth they’d lay on my forehead.
➛ there’s that whole feminine trope of a girl who needed to be saved, doe eyes fluttering, damsel in distress, all innocent and virtuous and that’s not what it is. she’s not like that, she doesn’t need my help, she doesn’t need me to save her—but i’m going to try to anyway.
➛ christian would have one hand around my waist, and the other around my neck. THE HAND PLACEMENT🦋
❥01/23/24
𝓅𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌:
someone please wake me up from this fucking nightmare and then kill me.
rtc…don’t be dumb like me and read this while on your period.
❥ 01/05/24
i will be binging this entire series because if i don’t…i will not know peace, but i fear when i finish it…i will still not know peace🤸🏻♀️🕳️
January 23, 2023
2.5*
I’m FINALLY FUCKING FREE!!
This book took me out of a slump and simultaneously put me back in one. No bc the ending?? It has me INCENSED.
I’m about to diss some ppls fav characters so pls if you love this book look away <3
*𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘀*
Right. Let’s get into it then…
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝:
♡︎ 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐬. My precious. This guy deserves SO MUCH better than the hand he’s been dealt. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐟 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐅𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐀𝐑. 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. Like pls, GIVE HIM A BREAK. He’s done nothing wrong other than love ppl 😭😭
♡︎ The way he was with daisy had me giggling and blushing bc he’s the freaking cutest.
♡︎ 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑’𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑. Like they’re so cute together IT’S NOT FAIR UGH.
♡︎ Chris’s povs were the ONLY relief I found in this book. His chapters were like putting ice on a bruise yk? 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿. 𝗠𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲. Yeah, it’s that deep.
♡︎ 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘽𝙅𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 <3
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐡:
➜ 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬. She was just there. Idk I liked her some and then I’m like YOU DUMB BITCH WHY?!! But then after that, I’m like okay she’s cute. AND THEN she does smth stupid AGAIN like girl get your shit together!!
➜ 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨, 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐬. I’m here thinking oh she’s gonna have smth important to say right?? And what do I actually get? Her saying ‘!!!’ 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 like BFFR you could’ve added that in the actual chapter.
➜ She had her moments tho like I completely LOVED her with Chris. Oml they were ADORABLE so freaking sweet hdjdjkdjd
➜ Tiller was cute till he wasn’t. Like it’s all fun and games till it gets real and shit hits the fan. I need him to 𝔾𝔼𝕋 𝕃𝕆𝕊𝕋.
➜ The ending?? What was that?! 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 ��𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐤 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐄𝐑??! I mean that’s an option right?! She could’ve handled it so much better. Talk about high IQ 🙄
➜ Tbh even I felt the betrayal FOR Julian. Like this guy does EVERYTHING then she goes and does this??? I get that what he did was ABHORRENT but it could’ve been dealt with differently. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥.
➜ With that said, I respect her for doing what she did in the end. I’m glad she had a spine and stood by what she wanted.
𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞… 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧.
*𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻*
This man has been a thorn in my side throughout this entire book. I’m laughing at how I felt nothing for the guy. Someone remind me 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊?? Exactly, there wasn’t one. 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲??! What a waste of ink.
And HAHAHAHA Oml the heist was SUCH a flop I don’t even want to get into it. Bro I was fucking cackling the entire time like what an embarrassment 💀💀
𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲. Like if he wasn’t there I’d have not even noticed. Actually, I’d have 100% loved this book more. Hahaha when he bigs himself up and thinks he’s the most good-looking guy in any room 🤡🤡 *𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗺* like bro STFU I can smell the stench of your ego from here.
No bc every time his povs came up I’d roll my eyes and get put off the book. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆, 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. And the lost boys are all stupid. There, I said it. They’re all tapped in the head. There’s not a single thought they’ve made of their own. Rome FINALLY had some sense of self-respect and fucked off. The other guys (I’ve already forgotten their names) were basically there to boost Daisy’s ego.
Julian was essentially shit stirring left right centre. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹. 𝗜 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺.
And then 𝐁𝐀𝐌 he does something that makes me disgusted by him. Like bro you’re just giving me ammunition to hate you even further. 𝐍𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃(!!!) 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍?? Like HELLO?? What happened to having some decorum!? Where is the respect??
*𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗲*
This has been sitting on my chest for way too long and I had to purge 🥰🥰
This book was 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 so if you like that, have at it.
𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲:
The way a weight lifted off my shoulders when I finished this, nobody understands.
𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀: 🎧
Be so cruel — ASTN
2 am (sped up) - Che Ecru
Crushed - Che Ecru
Wish you well - Jean Castel
That girl - Olly Murs
Luckiest man - Chris brown
Forbidden - Chris Brown
Fallen Angel - Ella Mai
She knows (sped up) - ne-yo
Thinking of her - Noah Davis
I wish it was me - Etham
(Plus all the songs in my MP1 playlist)
𝗙𝗮𝘃 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:
In the comments section bc gr hates me
𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀:
Normal people - sally Rooney
I’m FINALLY FUCKING FREE!!
This book took me out of a slump and simultaneously put me back in one. No bc the ending?? It has me INCENSED.
I’m about to diss some ppls fav characters so pls if you love this book look away <3
*𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘀*
Right. Let’s get into it then…
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝:
♡︎ 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐬. My precious. This guy deserves SO MUCH better than the hand he’s been dealt. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐟 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐅𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐀𝐑. 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. Like pls, GIVE HIM A BREAK. He’s done nothing wrong other than love ppl 😭😭
♡︎ The way he was with daisy had me giggling and blushing bc he’s the freaking cutest.
♡︎ 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑’𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑. Like they’re so cute together IT’S NOT FAIR UGH.
♡︎ Chris’s povs were the ONLY relief I found in this book. His chapters were like putting ice on a bruise yk? 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿. 𝗠𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲. Yeah, it’s that deep.
♡︎ 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘽𝙅𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 <3
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐡:
➜ 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬. She was just there. Idk I liked her some and then I’m like YOU DUMB BITCH WHY?!! But then after that, I’m like okay she’s cute. AND THEN she does smth stupid AGAIN like girl get your shit together!!
➜ 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨, 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐬. I’m here thinking oh she’s gonna have smth important to say right?? And what do I actually get? Her saying ‘!!!’ 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 like BFFR you could’ve added that in the actual chapter.
➜ She had her moments tho like I completely LOVED her with Chris. Oml they were ADORABLE so freaking sweet hdjdjkdjd
➜ Tiller was cute till he wasn’t. Like it’s all fun and games till it gets real and shit hits the fan. I need him to 𝔾𝔼𝕋 𝕃𝕆𝕊𝕋.
➜ The ending?? What was that?! 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 ��𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐤 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐄𝐑??! I mean that’s an option right?! She could’ve handled it so much better. Talk about high IQ 🙄
➜ Tbh even I felt the betrayal FOR Julian. Like this guy does EVERYTHING then she goes and does this??? I get that what he did was ABHORRENT but it could’ve been dealt with differently. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥.
➜ With that said, I respect her for doing what she did in the end. I’m glad she had a spine and stood by what she wanted.
𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞… 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧.
*𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻*
This man has been a thorn in my side throughout this entire book. I’m laughing at how I felt nothing for the guy. Someone remind me 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊?? Exactly, there wasn’t one. 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲??! What a waste of ink.
And HAHAHAHA Oml the heist was SUCH a flop I don’t even want to get into it. Bro I was fucking cackling the entire time like what an embarrassment 💀💀
𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲. Like if he wasn’t there I’d have not even noticed. Actually, I’d have 100% loved this book more. Hahaha when he bigs himself up and thinks he’s the most good-looking guy in any room 🤡🤡 *𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗺* like bro STFU I can smell the stench of your ego from here.
No bc every time his povs came up I’d roll my eyes and get put off the book. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆, 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. And the lost boys are all stupid. There, I said it. They’re all tapped in the head. There’s not a single thought they’ve made of their own. Rome FINALLY had some sense of self-respect and fucked off. The other guys (I’ve already forgotten their names) were basically there to boost Daisy’s ego.
Julian was essentially shit stirring left right centre. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹. 𝗜 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺.
And then 𝐁𝐀𝐌 he does something that makes me disgusted by him. Like bro you’re just giving me ammunition to hate you even further. 𝐍𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃(!!!) 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍?? Like HELLO?? What happened to having some decorum!? Where is the respect??
*𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗲*
This has been sitting on my chest for way too long and I had to purge 🥰🥰
This book was 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 so if you like that, have at it.
𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲:
The way a weight lifted off my shoulders when I finished this, nobody understands.
𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀: 🎧
Be so cruel — ASTN
2 am (sped up) - Che Ecru
Crushed - Che Ecru
Wish you well - Jean Castel
That girl - Olly Murs
Luckiest man - Chris brown
Forbidden - Chris Brown
Fallen Angel - Ella Mai
She knows (sped up) - ne-yo
Thinking of her - Noah Davis
I wish it was me - Etham
(Plus all the songs in my MP1 playlist)
𝗙𝗮𝘃 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:
In the comments section bc gr hates me
𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀:
Normal people - sally Rooney
September 19, 2024
The 460 footnotes in this book were my 13th reason.
January 23, 2024
➸ 2.5 stars
christian: 👩❤️💋👨😍🥰🩷💘💗💖💓🌸💐🧸✨
daisy: 👹😡😤🤬😖😠👿😾💩👎🚫🙅🏻♀️🚮
i honestly did not know what to rate this but the more i think abt this book and all those fkn footnotes the more pissed off i get!! (458 footnotes in a 410 page book is criminally insane, especially since it was only her internal dialogue) but don’t get me started on daisy.. it was so hard for me to sympathise w her character when she constantly made poor choices and her actions were so shitty!! why did she blow everything out of proportion bc he scoffed and looked at magnolia longer than expected?? like girl you need to seek therapy immediately. i have never encountered a fmc as insufferable as her omfg. and also, why was jessa trying so hard to make daisy into magnolia?? that irked me a lot. justice for christian, he was just full of sm love.. he deserved better!! 🥲 no but honestly this book would’ve been so much better if it was only told from christian’s pov.
this book is literally christian being in love with magnolia and being a massive asshole to her 85% of the book. i just know christiandaisy’s story would’ve been absolutely beautiful if more thought was put into this book - but they brought absolutely nothing to the table unfortunately. this book revolves on miscommunication, it was so infuriating. like daisy girl, you did not need to throw away ur 2 week relationship over something so MINOR. my brain honestly can’t process what i just read lmaooo.
i’m also shocked that jessa has an editor bc the amount of grammatical errors i picked up was insane 😭 you’re telling me this book was reviewed, edited and then published and ur editor did not pick up on any spelling mistakes??? like, if i immediately notice it, how on earth did the author and her editor miss it?? anyway..
the side characters?? all a bunch of losers, they are not worth mentioning (this isn’t about you henry bby)
"you can be done, baby"
”i can’t even look at him because i’m a flower and he’s the whole entire sun and he’ll wilt me away.”
christian: 👩❤️💋👨😍🥰🩷💘💗💖💓🌸💐🧸✨
daisy: 👹😡😤🤬😖😠👿😾💩👎🚫🙅🏻♀️🚮
i honestly did not know what to rate this but the more i think abt this book and all those fkn footnotes the more pissed off i get!! (458 footnotes in a 410 page book is criminally insane, especially since it was only her internal dialogue) but don’t get me started on daisy.. it was so hard for me to sympathise w her character when she constantly made poor choices and her actions were so shitty!! why did she blow everything out of proportion bc he scoffed and looked at magnolia longer than expected?? like girl you need to seek therapy immediately. i have never encountered a fmc as insufferable as her omfg. and also, why was jessa trying so hard to make daisy into magnolia?? that irked me a lot. justice for christian, he was just full of sm love.. he deserved better!! 🥲 no but honestly this book would’ve been so much better if it was only told from christian’s pov.
this book is literally christian being in love with magnolia and being a massive asshole to her 85% of the book. i just know christiandaisy’s story would’ve been absolutely beautiful if more thought was put into this book - but they brought absolutely nothing to the table unfortunately. this book revolves on miscommunication, it was so infuriating. like daisy girl, you did not need to throw away ur 2 week relationship over something so MINOR. my brain honestly can’t process what i just read lmaooo.
i’m also shocked that jessa has an editor bc the amount of grammatical errors i picked up was insane 😭 you’re telling me this book was reviewed, edited and then published and ur editor did not pick up on any spelling mistakes??? like, if i immediately notice it, how on earth did the author and her editor miss it?? anyway..
the side characters?? all a bunch of losers, they are not worth mentioning (this isn’t about you henry bby)
"you can be done, baby"
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June 30, 2025“you can be done baby” killed me 1000 times over
September 17, 2024
my fcking heart just went thru it yall 😭
my baby haites & hemmes delivered so hard. it was a whole mess but in the best way. need dh2 immediately.
ps. stan king julian <3
my baby haites & hemmes delivered so hard. it was a whole mess but in the best way. need dh2 immediately.
ps. stan king julian <3
June 15, 2024
2.75⭐️ I can't believe I read the same bad book twice 😭
being in med school by 17 y/o, thinking the monalisa is overrated and loving the sound of laundry is not the most captivating personality traits you want from a fmc whose pov is most of the book.
Daisy is from a crime family- I thought that would make it more fun. She is into multiple guys and flirts with even more multiple guys- one of them is a fed investigating her family's crime empire. But she can't get the one guy she wants to want her the same way she does.
He thinks of her all the time, the inner monologues on both Christian and Daisy’s pov are endless. They are all in love with each other and other people and are hurt about it then make excuses for their toxic coping mechanism. sighs. At this point, it will be easier if they were in a poly relationship and organized orgies like proper criminally insane wealthy socialites 🙃
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in the mood for some drama because I do not get enough irl 🫢
being in med school by 17 y/o, thinking the monalisa is overrated and loving the sound of laundry is not the most captivating personality traits you want from a fmc whose pov is most of the book.
Daisy is from a crime family- I thought that would make it more fun. She is into multiple guys and flirts with even more multiple guys- one of them is a fed investigating her family's crime empire. But she can't get the one guy she wants to want her the same way she does.
He thinks of her all the time, the inner monologues on both Christian and Daisy’s pov are endless. They are all in love with each other and other people and are hurt about it then make excuses for their toxic coping mechanism. sighs. At this point, it will be easier if they were in a poly relationship and organized orgies like proper criminally insane wealthy socialites 🙃
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in the mood for some drama because I do not get enough irl 🫢
February 29, 2024
“No guns at the dinner table. That's my one rule”
╰┈➤ 𝔻𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕪 >>> 𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕟𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕒
╰┈➤ 𝕁𝕦𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕟 >>> 𝔹𝕁
✨ 𝙄. 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙. 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩. 𝙄. 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙.✨ 🤭 (Hoda- I'm sorry 🫂)
I was entertained so much more in this book than I was in either of the two MP's books that I've read so far. I think not having every article of clothing and accessory cataloged helped - along with the fact that I didn't want to pull my hair out with Daisy and Christian like I do with the next level of toxicity of BJ and Mag. 😒🙄
Their relationship is not healthy, that's for sure but it's much more relatable than MP and BJ's is.
Daisy comes across much more mature and a total bad ass. I love her!
On to the next one!
╰┈➤ 𝓠𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼
“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.”
“The feel of him is my favourite feeling in the world, for all of history and all of time, write it down, ring the town bell and tell the scribes—I’ll wear it on my heart’s sleeve forever that I love him.”
“Daisy’s that feeling you get when you’re floating on your back in a pool and there’s so much fucking noise around you until you put your ears under and it all goes quiet. That’s how she feels to me.”
“I can’t even look at him because I’m a flower and he’s the whole entire sun and he’ll wilt me away,”
“Memories are funny, don’t you think? Creep up on you, break through the ground of your mind like a weed, even when they don’t have permission to be there.”
╰┈➤ 𝔻𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕪 >>> 𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕟𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕒
╰┈➤ 𝕁𝕦𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕟 >>> 𝔹𝕁
✨ 𝙄. 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙. 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩. 𝙄. 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙.✨ 🤭 (Hoda- I'm sorry 🫂)
I was entertained so much more in this book than I was in either of the two MP's books that I've read so far. I think not having every article of clothing and accessory cataloged helped - along with the fact that I didn't want to pull my hair out with Daisy and Christian like I do with the next level of toxicity of BJ and Mag. 😒🙄
Their relationship is not healthy, that's for sure but it's much more relatable than MP and BJ's is.
Daisy comes across much more mature and a total bad ass. I love her!
On to the next one!
╰┈➤ 𝓠𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼
“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.”
“The feel of him is my favourite feeling in the world, for all of history and all of time, write it down, ring the town bell and tell the scribes—I’ll wear it on my heart’s sleeve forever that I love him.”
“Daisy’s that feeling you get when you’re floating on your back in a pool and there’s so much fucking noise around you until you put your ears under and it all goes quiet. That’s how she feels to me.”
“I can’t even look at him because I’m a flower and he’s the whole entire sun and he’ll wilt me away,”
“Memories are funny, don’t you think? Creep up on you, break through the ground of your mind like a weed, even when they don’t have permission to be there.”
February 28, 2023
screaming crying and throwing up, pulling out my hair, coughing up blood, banging my head against the wall, punching and kicking the air <3
October 10, 2023
this book got me screaming (in the good way), raging, squealing, putting my hands over my mouth because i couldn’t believe what was happening, then screaming (in the bad way).
He props himself up on his elbow, covers his own eyes and reaches out to touch my face. The corner of my top-right lip, to be precise. Then he moves up a little, taps about halfway between my eye and my mouth. Then down to my chin, the centre. Then over to my other cheek, just above my mouth.
I blink a few times as he uncovers his eyes.
“I know your freckles too,” he tells me.
it’s safe to say i adored the first half of this so much — and that is saying something, especially because i hate the unrequited love trope and one mc is in love with someone else trope with my entire heart. the little moments between christian and daisy, even though christian was in love with someone else, were perfection. and i loved the slow progression of him thinking of daisy like that, the development of her slowly consuming his entire mind and slipping into his thoughts. the gradual attraction that christian felt for daisy, the feelings that had started to creep in, his confusion over what he felt — it was all so real and i was honestly so sad for him. ☹️ he was an idiot not realizing what he was feeling was love, rather than just plain fwb feelings for her, but i didn’t care because obviously he’d be feeling all tangled up after pining after his best friend’s gf for so long.
“What are we then?” I ask defiantly, putting some distance between us which he crosses with one step anyway. He kisses my cheek. “Each other’s.”
the small moments between them like daisy and christian learning each other’s freckles, memorizing each other’s facial expressions, mapping every inch of each others’ bodies?? it had me grinning and giggling like a little kid in a candy shop and i loved those moments. absolutely ate them up. 😋
the funny thing is, i was looking forward to daisy and christian getting together SO MUCH. the tension between them was delicious in the first half and i was sure we were gonna be getting cute lil moments between them in the second, once they were together and recognized their feelings, but no such thing :( it rather just became pointless drama and it just pissed me off. what was the need of having daisy overreact to that particular thing that happened about two-thirds through the book? i will elaborate in my spoiler section but oh she made me so mad.
Christian is the artillery shell that tore my life to pieces just because I loved him the way I did and so now I think I hate him for it. I feel the absence of him in my life the way you can feel the sun slip behind a cloud and wish you were fifteen again, full of stupid hope and unbroken and able to love properly. But here we are.
daisy haites. as much as i’d like to say i hated daisy the entire time because she irritated me with her actions in the end, i did think she was absolutely precious for the most part (excluding the ending). 🥺 she was so cute and badass and my girl fr. she had so many moments where i was literally like YES BEAT THOSE GUYS DOWN!!!! she’s so strong <3 and i love that she always stood up for herself and what she wanted. i loved that she never let others dictate what she did and just did whatever she wanted, i adored her for that. 💗 and her povs about unrequited love ughh i felt for her so hard and i could feel her sadness bleeding into the pages and it sucked. 🥹
Daisy’s that feeling you get when you’re floating on your back in a pool and there’s so much fucking noise around you until you put your ears under and it all goes quiet. That’s how she feels to me.
christian hemmes. MY MAN. i love the way he loves people with his entire heart omg he just needs to be encased in a box he is so loved by me 🥺 his only demerit is loving people and i feel like he deserves so much better from everyone, even the people he calls his fucking friends. his friend group is shit. i’m sorry not sorry but jonah? magnolia? beej? even henry at certain points? they all kinda treat him like absolute shit. they’re always on magnolia’s side while she was the one who strung him along. and yes he knew that beej was “it” for magnolia, but who can help falling for someone :( it just happens and you don’t choose it. and i hate that even his so-called friends condemned him for that. his moments with daisy were so lovely and she truly saw the treasure he was 🥹 you can destroy me and put me back together anytime, call me ❤️🩹
julian haites. buckle up you’re gonna be getting a rant. at first i thought okay he’s kinda interesting, he’s intriguing. but why the fuck does he have so many povs when he doesn’t even do anything 🧍♀️ 🤦♀️ there’s absolutely zero point. he thinks he’s some big shit and he’s the most handsome man in the universe and he’s the most dangerous man to ever exist 😳 pls honey you’re embarrassing yourself and me, go do some self-reflection. the only times i liked him were when we got to see how he thought about daisy because that was actually cute, how protective he became over her. 🥺 but he has absolutely gone off the rails rn i can’t believe what he’s done ☠️
rome. hatedetestdespiseloathe <3 at least beej wasn’t as childish and immature as this. i thought he had a redemption arc and i was all for it but he’s so fucked up for what he keeps doing and he’s worse than beej cause at least beej accepts that he’s a piece of shit, when rome thinks he’s god’s gift or something. stfu pls go die. idk why i have faith in these random characters when they don’t even deliver :/
tiller, declan and every other man salivating over daisy haites. guys i get you, she’s hot. y’all are pretty bland though ✌️
bj and magnolia. i know these two didn’t appear in this much but i still have to mention them cause what they did to christian was pretty unfair ☹️☹️ at least magnolia can take some responsibility for her own actions!!! she did string christian along, after all. but no — she just tangles them up further. i did like the frank convo magnolia and christian had in this because both of them needed that to move on and be free. and magnolia rooting for daisy and christian!! we love to see it, because i’m rooting for them too. 😌 (still hate beej and jonah though sorry not sorry)
full on spoiler zone, proceed with caution ⚠️
so i have to applaud daisy for one thing — she never wanted to be a part of her life: the mafia life. and i admire her so so much for sticking by her rules and conviction with that. i like that she wanted to get out and in the end, she is. but i abhorred the way she went about it. was christian wrong in staying in a relationship with daisy without telling her anything about his (previous) relationship with magnolia and whether or not he was still in love with her? yes. but that doesn’t excuse how she overreacted when she saw christian just huffing a breath out over the drama with magnolia and her boys. i still loved her then, because i could understand why she did it — after all, she thought the person she was in a relationship with was in love with someone else and she simply couldn’t stand for it anymore.
and i’m so so happy she finally put her foot down, because it helped christian confront his feelings about both daisy and magnolia and finally realizing who he was “in love” with and who he had been in love with, but now was just his past (magnolia, of course). and i lived for when christian became all desperate about the fact that he’d lose daisy — those scenes make me feral.
but then!! she goes and fucks around with romeo, of all people :( and she’s so wrecked after losing both christian and romeo that she sleeps with declan. it’s not that i don’t get her — because i do understand that she simply couldn’t stand losing christian like that, and that was her coping mechanism to make her feel more in control. she’s kind of like beej in that way, i guess. i simply couldn’t support that decision though, because christian (the poor man 💔) is literally running after her screaming that he loves her and she’s like “lalalala i don’t wanna listen!!” it made her feel like a whole other person entirely and i didn’t like it. :/ i detest the fact that she didn’t even try to hear christian out for whatever reason. daisy was so stuck in thinking her love was unrequited that i think she just couldn’t believe it when christian said he reciprocated it. doesn’t excuse her overdramatic ass though LMAO.
and the ending!! her betraying julian was so funny to me for some reason 😭 i actually loved it because it brought some flavor to the book and it just made me laugh so hard. julian truly betrayed daisy with his actions and i get it like HUH UR TRADING GIRLS??? you deserve all the hate from daisy’s side 🥷 i cannot understand him at all. i would’ve preferred daisy hearing him out too but apparently she’s always soooo stuck in her own head. 🙄 and then the final kicker. daisy asking christian to come and run away from this life with her. not a surprise he said no because he’s not as impulsive, but it is a surprise to see daisy just fully cut ties with him. it was the final straw for me because she didn’t even give him the time to think about it! she automatically assumed it was just gonna be a yes or no thing and there’s no in between. i can’t with this girl in the end — i hope her development is there in dh2 :/ i liked her for the most part in this book till the last 20% happened and then i got so angry. the miscommunication is so real in this, people.
spoilers end! ⚠️
as for the footnotes, well — i’d recommend skipping over them entirely, it was so unnecessary 😭 i read them at the end of each chapter and just made out as much as i could understand. 💀 i hardly think it was required though. it does give some info about daisy, yes, but we didn’t need them in those headache-inducing footnotes for fuck’s sake.
and yes my playlist was filled with taylor and gracie and sabrina and conan to cope with the miscommunication, don’t ask (i’m obsessed 🫣).
i’m still glad i read this because it gave me daisy and christian and they were absolutely adorable and they were worth it for me. and since i’m reading mp2 right now and seeing christian date other people (who is vanna i’m dying to know 😭), i’m actually so nervous to read dh2 because i do love daisy and christian together and want them to be endgame 🥹🥹 please make that happen, jessa hastings.
He props himself up on his elbow, covers his own eyes and reaches out to touch my face. The corner of my top-right lip, to be precise. Then he moves up a little, taps about halfway between my eye and my mouth. Then down to my chin, the centre. Then over to my other cheek, just above my mouth.
I blink a few times as he uncovers his eyes.
“I know your freckles too,” he tells me.
it’s safe to say i adored the first half of this so much — and that is saying something, especially because i hate the unrequited love trope and one mc is in love with someone else trope with my entire heart. the little moments between christian and daisy, even though christian was in love with someone else, were perfection. and i loved the slow progression of him thinking of daisy like that, the development of her slowly consuming his entire mind and slipping into his thoughts. the gradual attraction that christian felt for daisy, the feelings that had started to creep in, his confusion over what he felt — it was all so real and i was honestly so sad for him. ☹️ he was an idiot not realizing what he was feeling was love, rather than just plain fwb feelings for her, but i didn’t care because obviously he’d be feeling all tangled up after pining after his best friend’s gf for so long.
“What are we then?” I ask defiantly, putting some distance between us which he crosses with one step anyway. He kisses my cheek. “Each other’s.”
the small moments between them like daisy and christian learning each other’s freckles, memorizing each other’s facial expressions, mapping every inch of each others’ bodies?? it had me grinning and giggling like a little kid in a candy shop and i loved those moments. absolutely ate them up. 😋
the funny thing is, i was looking forward to daisy and christian getting together SO MUCH. the tension between them was delicious in the first half and i was sure we were gonna be getting cute lil moments between them in the second, once they were together and recognized their feelings, but no such thing :( it rather just became pointless drama and it just pissed me off. what was the need of having daisy overreact to that particular thing that happened about two-thirds through the book? i will elaborate in my spoiler section but oh she made me so mad.
Christian is the artillery shell that tore my life to pieces just because I loved him the way I did and so now I think I hate him for it. I feel the absence of him in my life the way you can feel the sun slip behind a cloud and wish you were fifteen again, full of stupid hope and unbroken and able to love properly. But here we are.
daisy haites. as much as i’d like to say i hated daisy the entire time because she irritated me with her actions in the end, i did think she was absolutely precious for the most part (excluding the ending). 🥺 she was so cute and badass and my girl fr. she had so many moments where i was literally like YES BEAT THOSE GUYS DOWN!!!! she’s so strong <3 and i love that she always stood up for herself and what she wanted. i loved that she never let others dictate what she did and just did whatever she wanted, i adored her for that. 💗 and her povs about unrequited love ughh i felt for her so hard and i could feel her sadness bleeding into the pages and it sucked. 🥹
Daisy’s that feeling you get when you’re floating on your back in a pool and there’s so much fucking noise around you until you put your ears under and it all goes quiet. That’s how she feels to me.
christian hemmes. MY MAN. i love the way he loves people with his entire heart omg he just needs to be encased in a box he is so loved by me 🥺 his only demerit is loving people and i feel like he deserves so much better from everyone, even the people he calls his fucking friends. his friend group is shit. i’m sorry not sorry but jonah? magnolia? beej? even henry at certain points? they all kinda treat him like absolute shit. they’re always on magnolia’s side while she was the one who strung him along. and yes he knew that beej was “it” for magnolia, but who can help falling for someone :( it just happens and you don’t choose it. and i hate that even his so-called friends condemned him for that. his moments with daisy were so lovely and she truly saw the treasure he was 🥹 you can destroy me and put me back together anytime, call me ❤️🩹
julian haites. buckle up you’re gonna be getting a rant. at first i thought okay he’s kinda interesting, he’s intriguing. but why the fuck does he have so many povs when he doesn’t even do anything 🧍♀️ 🤦♀️ there’s absolutely zero point. he thinks he’s some big shit and he’s the most handsome man in the universe and he’s the most dangerous man to ever exist 😳 pls honey you’re embarrassing yourself and me, go do some self-reflection. the only times i liked him were when we got to see how he thought about daisy because that was actually cute, how protective he became over her. 🥺 but he has absolutely gone off the rails rn i can’t believe what he’s done ☠️
rome. hatedetestdespiseloathe <3 at least beej wasn’t as childish and immature as this. i thought he had a redemption arc and i was all for it but he’s so fucked up for what he keeps doing and he’s worse than beej cause at least beej accepts that he’s a piece of shit, when rome thinks he’s god’s gift or something. stfu pls go die. idk why i have faith in these random characters when they don’t even deliver :/
tiller, declan and every other man salivating over daisy haites. guys i get you, she’s hot. y’all are pretty bland though ✌️
bj and magnolia. i know these two didn’t appear in this much but i still have to mention them cause what they did to christian was pretty unfair ☹️☹️ at least magnolia can take some responsibility for her own actions!!! she did string christian along, after all. but no — she just tangles them up further. i did like the frank convo magnolia and christian had in this because both of them needed that to move on and be free. and magnolia rooting for daisy and christian!! we love to see it, because i’m rooting for them too. 😌 (still hate beej and jonah though sorry not sorry)
full on spoiler zone, proceed with caution ⚠️
so i have to applaud daisy for one thing — she never wanted to be a part of her life: the mafia life. and i admire her so so much for sticking by her rules and conviction with that. i like that she wanted to get out and in the end, she is. but i abhorred the way she went about it. was christian wrong in staying in a relationship with daisy without telling her anything about his (previous) relationship with magnolia and whether or not he was still in love with her? yes. but that doesn’t excuse how she overreacted when she saw christian just huffing a breath out over the drama with magnolia and her boys. i still loved her then, because i could understand why she did it — after all, she thought the person she was in a relationship with was in love with someone else and she simply couldn’t stand for it anymore.
and i’m so so happy she finally put her foot down, because it helped christian confront his feelings about both daisy and magnolia and finally realizing who he was “in love” with and who he had been in love with, but now was just his past (magnolia, of course). and i lived for when christian became all desperate about the fact that he’d lose daisy — those scenes make me feral.
but then!! she goes and fucks around with romeo, of all people :( and she’s so wrecked after losing both christian and romeo that she sleeps with declan. it’s not that i don’t get her — because i do understand that she simply couldn’t stand losing christian like that, and that was her coping mechanism to make her feel more in control. she’s kind of like beej in that way, i guess. i simply couldn’t support that decision though, because christian (the poor man 💔) is literally running after her screaming that he loves her and she’s like “lalalala i don’t wanna listen!!” it made her feel like a whole other person entirely and i didn’t like it. :/ i detest the fact that she didn’t even try to hear christian out for whatever reason. daisy was so stuck in thinking her love was unrequited that i think she just couldn’t believe it when christian said he reciprocated it. doesn’t excuse her overdramatic ass though LMAO.
and the ending!! her betraying julian was so funny to me for some reason 😭 i actually loved it because it brought some flavor to the book and it just made me laugh so hard. julian truly betrayed daisy with his actions and i get it like HUH UR TRADING GIRLS??? you deserve all the hate from daisy’s side 🥷 i cannot understand him at all. i would’ve preferred daisy hearing him out too but apparently she’s always soooo stuck in her own head. 🙄 and then the final kicker. daisy asking christian to come and run away from this life with her. not a surprise he said no because he’s not as impulsive, but it is a surprise to see daisy just fully cut ties with him. it was the final straw for me because she didn’t even give him the time to think about it! she automatically assumed it was just gonna be a yes or no thing and there’s no in between. i can’t with this girl in the end — i hope her development is there in dh2 :/ i liked her for the most part in this book till the last 20% happened and then i got so angry. the miscommunication is so real in this, people.
spoilers end! ⚠️
as for the footnotes, well — i’d recommend skipping over them entirely, it was so unnecessary 😭 i read them at the end of each chapter and just made out as much as i could understand. 💀 i hardly think it was required though. it does give some info about daisy, yes, but we didn’t need them in those headache-inducing footnotes for fuck’s sake.
and yes my playlist was filled with taylor and gracie and sabrina and conan to cope with the miscommunication, don’t ask (i’m obsessed 🫣).
i’m still glad i read this because it gave me daisy and christian and they were absolutely adorable and they were worth it for me. and since i’m reading mp2 right now and seeing christian date other people (who is vanna i’m dying to know 😭), i’m actually so nervous to read dh2 because i do love daisy and christian together and want them to be endgame 🥹🥹 please make that happen, jessa hastings.
October 7, 2023
if i never have to read another footnote for the rest of my life it would be too soon.
what was the point of them? absolutely nothing. useless. everytime i opened it i was disappointed. this book has 412 pages. wanna know how many footnotes there were? hm? guess! 458. yup. thats right. more than the number of pages.
and see i was ready to forgive the footnotes because i was enjoying this story in the beginning but now im mad at this book so im mentioning it😭
i refuse to believe this was written by the same author as the first book oh my🫤
idk if its just me but it felt like they were tryna make daisy kinda like magnolia. the guys around her each represent a different guy in magnolias life. so her ‘bj’ is christian, her ‘christian’ is romeo (in the beginning hes her bj), and her ‘tom’ is tiller. like why? i dont even understand how she actually caught feelings for tiller. they just wanted him there as a romantic interest but didn’t actually give us anything.
and yeah her and christian were so cute in the beginning . but then she falls into this infatuation with him. and no im not calling it love even though she keeps saying its love. shes literally obsessed with him, and then the way she acts at the end is actually insane. her and christian were only together for like 2 weeks officially at that point give or take. and they were sleeping together for months okay yeah. but the way she acted after their fallout was so wild to me. it was just so disproportionate to what happened. and she didn’t even wanna hear him out at all cause she wanted to continue living in her made up delusions. she needs therapy, not a man.one can probably argue the same about magnolia but im telling you rn this girl here is more messed up lmao AND THATS SAYING A LOT😳
what was the point of julian’s character having a pov? i thought we were gonna get more from him? he had maybe 2 relevant chapters?? those mysterious texts were entertaining to read (there were only 3 :/). but it had me guessing! but it feels really obvious who it is. i enjoyed reading how protective he was of daisy and how much he loved her. that was so precious 🥺 but what he did at the end? disgusting. i dont even blame daisy there bc that would also cross a line for me no no noooo
what i do judge her for is what she decided to do. it was so stupid. it honestly didn’t need to get escalated that far. i literally laughed when she did what she did because that was so unserious 😭
i hated every chapter where christian was in love with magnolia so much. it was so embarrassing to read (help). but by the end i just want better for christian honestly. like this poor guy deserves happiness he’s always suffering ugh (also take time to get over magnolia pls not just by falling in love w the next girl). him and henry are so cute i actually loved every single chapter about them and their friendship🥹🤍
the bjparks crumbs are getting their own 1 star bc i think i cried twice just at the mention of their situation. that’s how emotionally attached i am to these characters😩💔
what was the point of them? absolutely nothing. useless. everytime i opened it i was disappointed. this book has 412 pages. wanna know how many footnotes there were? hm? guess! 458. yup. thats right. more than the number of pages.
and see i was ready to forgive the footnotes because i was enjoying this story in the beginning but now im mad at this book so im mentioning it😭
i refuse to believe this was written by the same author as the first book oh my🫤
idk if its just me but it felt like they were tryna make daisy kinda like magnolia. the guys around her each represent a different guy in magnolias life. so her ‘bj’ is christian, her ‘christian’ is romeo (in the beginning hes her bj), and her ‘tom’ is tiller. like why? i dont even understand how she actually caught feelings for tiller. they just wanted him there as a romantic interest but didn’t actually give us anything.
and yeah her and christian were so cute in the beginning . but then she falls into this infatuation with him. and no im not calling it love even though she keeps saying its love. shes literally obsessed with him, and then the way she acts at the end is actually insane. her and christian were only together for like 2 weeks officially at that point give or take. and they were sleeping together for months okay yeah. but the way she acted after their fallout was so wild to me. it was just so disproportionate to what happened. and she didn’t even wanna hear him out at all cause she wanted to continue living in her made up delusions. she needs therapy, not a man.
what was the point of julian’s character having a pov? i thought we were gonna get more from him? he had maybe 2 relevant chapters?? those mysterious texts were entertaining to read (there were only 3 :/). but it had me guessing! but it feels really obvious who it is. i enjoyed reading how protective he was of daisy and how much he loved her. that was so precious 🥺 but what he did at the end? disgusting. i dont even blame daisy there bc that would also cross a line for me no no noooo
what i do judge her for is what she decided to do. it was so stupid. it honestly didn’t need to get escalated that far. i literally laughed when she did what she did because that was so unserious 😭
i hated every chapter where christian was in love with magnolia so much. it was so embarrassing to read (help). but by the end i just want better for christian honestly. like this poor guy deserves happiness he’s always suffering ugh (also take time to get over magnolia pls not just by falling in love w the next girl). him and henry are so cute i actually loved every single chapter about them and their friendship🥹🤍
the bjparks crumbs are getting their own 1 star bc i think i cried twice just at the mention of their situation. that’s how emotionally attached i am to these characters😩💔
September 16, 2024
“I’ll love her till I die. Whether I have her or not, whether she wants me back or not, I’m in, even if she’s out.”
I’m ruined. This series is breathing so much life into me yet slowly and painfully killing me from the inside out.
TEN MONTHS???!!! Ten. Months. Straight to jail for doing that to my babies Jessa Hastings. IYKYK. That last page gutted me. Emotionally, we are at an all time low. I feel like I’ve been stabbed in the chest. But at this point I’ve accepted that’s going to be a constant feeling that only escalates throughout this whole series.
Everybody’s told me and it’s true… I am in fact a Daisy Haites girlie. Her and Christian are about to become my Roman Empire and slowly chip away at what’s left of my fragile heart. I already love this girl and all her flaws so much it actually hurts.
I wish I could accurately explain how emotional this book made me, but I simply cant, there are no words. IT HURTS SO GOOD.
I feel like I loved this book so much more than Magnolia Parks (which I also LOVED) because truly connected with Daisy on such a deep level and I didn’t feel that way with Magnolia. Amidst all of Daisy’s flaws (which yes there are many) and jagged pieces and raw edges, I find bits of myself. When I see all the raw parts of myself in a character, my emotions are so much more heightened and my love for them is much greater. I can already tell she will become one of my favorite characters of all time. I hurt so much for her and feel her pain so deeply which scares me because it’s only just begun and I know it’s going to only get worse
My sweet baby Christian!!! Don’t even get me started on this man I love him so much and he must be protected at all costs! NO CHRISTIAN SLANDER IS WELCOME HERE I WILL NOT TOLERATE IT! Yes it was beyond frustrating that he took so long to come to terms with his feelings for Daisy and let Magnolia go, but that’s what these characters do, INFURIATE YOU, take it or leave it, and you best believe I’m taking it. But at the end of the day all this man wants is to be loved in return and I can’t help but cry for him and with him because he deserves the world! This man literally memorized where all of her freckles are on her body.
Christian and Daisy SUPREMACY!! God the “he loved her too late” trope will bring me to my knees every single time. It is so painfully good. These two are soulmates in my mind. They just fit. Make sense together. Are so clearly each others missing puzzle piece. So im going to stay delusional as hell and convince myself they are endgame despite all the turmoil they are about to go through.
Now. The most important moment. JULIAN. HAITES. The man that you are (I literally have no idea who you are yet because you keep your heart locked in a tight box) i was done for the second I got inside his head, insta love at its finest. I fear my book boyfriends are in grave danger because I just know he is about to obliterate them. Theres just something about an untouchable man with a tortured soul who clearly has so many demons THAT GETS ME EVERYTIME. I do fear…. He’s going to hurt me the most. He just seems so lonely and in desperate need of letting someone see his heart and Jessa Hastings isn’t making me confident that whoever he hands his heart over to won’t squash it… also him and Daisy’s relationship is everything to me.
I love how Jessa Hastings continues to make me love tropes I usually hate, she’s actually a mastermind at this point. Like the fact that I love the drama of Daisy having multiple love interests when it’s so clear who the obvious choice should be does not make sense. Like let’s be real it’s a love triangle, or square? Idk but I’m eating it up and that’s coming from a person who would rather run through a forest fire than voluntarily read a love triangle. But like if she doesn’t end up with Christian someone might want to put a straight jacket on me because multiple crimes will be committed.
Now of course, this book, like magnolia parks was toxic and infuriating in its own sick and twisted way. And of course, I ate it up and didn’t leave a single crumb behind. And yes these characters decisions made me want to rip my hair out on multiple occasions. But that’s the nature of this series and personally I am LIVING for the drama of it all.
Don’t go into this book (or this series for that matter) expecting a fluffy cute romance because that’s not what this is. It’s a raw and messy story about different types of relationships and the trauma, loss, heartache, growth, trust, love and everything else in between that comes with them. And so much more.
The end of this book brought me pain like nothing else. I was still crying going in to book three and I actually don’t know how to life right now because these characters have consumed my every waking thought. I’ll never be the same and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Favorite quotes because Jessa Hastings writing touches my soul.
“Daisy’s that feeling you get when you’re floating on your back in a pool and there’s so much fucking noise around you until you put your ears under and it all goes quiet. That’s how she feels to me.”
“Sitting next to him saying nothing feels like taking off a corset. A great undoing, if you will, and he will. In every way.”
“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.”
“You know how after you burn your hand and you run it under the cold water, there’s two seconds of it being okay after you’ve taken it out and then the burning comes roaring back? How it’s like someone turns up the volume of your pain? Pain in stereo. That’s how my body feels.”
I’m ruined. This series is breathing so much life into me yet slowly and painfully killing me from the inside out.
TEN MONTHS???!!! Ten. Months. Straight to jail for doing that to my babies Jessa Hastings. IYKYK. That last page gutted me. Emotionally, we are at an all time low. I feel like I’ve been stabbed in the chest. But at this point I’ve accepted that’s going to be a constant feeling that only escalates throughout this whole series.
Everybody’s told me and it’s true… I am in fact a Daisy Haites girlie. Her and Christian are about to become my Roman Empire and slowly chip away at what’s left of my fragile heart. I already love this girl and all her flaws so much it actually hurts.
I wish I could accurately explain how emotional this book made me, but I simply cant, there are no words. IT HURTS SO GOOD.
I feel like I loved this book so much more than Magnolia Parks (which I also LOVED) because truly connected with Daisy on such a deep level and I didn’t feel that way with Magnolia. Amidst all of Daisy’s flaws (which yes there are many) and jagged pieces and raw edges, I find bits of myself. When I see all the raw parts of myself in a character, my emotions are so much more heightened and my love for them is much greater. I can already tell she will become one of my favorite characters of all time. I hurt so much for her and feel her pain so deeply which scares me because it’s only just begun and I know it’s going to only get worse
My sweet baby Christian!!! Don’t even get me started on this man I love him so much and he must be protected at all costs! NO CHRISTIAN SLANDER IS WELCOME HERE I WILL NOT TOLERATE IT! Yes it was beyond frustrating that he took so long to come to terms with his feelings for Daisy and let Magnolia go, but that’s what these characters do, INFURIATE YOU, take it or leave it, and you best believe I’m taking it. But at the end of the day all this man wants is to be loved in return and I can’t help but cry for him and with him because he deserves the world! This man literally memorized where all of her freckles are on her body.
Christian and Daisy SUPREMACY!! God the “he loved her too late” trope will bring me to my knees every single time. It is so painfully good. These two are soulmates in my mind. They just fit. Make sense together. Are so clearly each others missing puzzle piece. So im going to stay delusional as hell and convince myself they are endgame despite all the turmoil they are about to go through.
Now. The most important moment. JULIAN. HAITES. The man that you are (I literally have no idea who you are yet because you keep your heart locked in a tight box) i was done for the second I got inside his head, insta love at its finest. I fear my book boyfriends are in grave danger because I just know he is about to obliterate them. Theres just something about an untouchable man with a tortured soul who clearly has so many demons THAT GETS ME EVERYTIME. I do fear…. He’s going to hurt me the most. He just seems so lonely and in desperate need of letting someone see his heart and Jessa Hastings isn’t making me confident that whoever he hands his heart over to won’t squash it… also him and Daisy’s relationship is everything to me.
I love how Jessa Hastings continues to make me love tropes I usually hate, she’s actually a mastermind at this point. Like the fact that I love the drama of Daisy having multiple love interests when it’s so clear who the obvious choice should be does not make sense. Like let’s be real it’s a love triangle, or square? Idk but I’m eating it up and that’s coming from a person who would rather run through a forest fire than voluntarily read a love triangle. But like if she doesn’t end up with Christian someone might want to put a straight jacket on me because multiple crimes will be committed.
Now of course, this book, like magnolia parks was toxic and infuriating in its own sick and twisted way. And of course, I ate it up and didn’t leave a single crumb behind. And yes these characters decisions made me want to rip my hair out on multiple occasions. But that’s the nature of this series and personally I am LIVING for the drama of it all.
Don’t go into this book (or this series for that matter) expecting a fluffy cute romance because that’s not what this is. It’s a raw and messy story about different types of relationships and the trauma, loss, heartache, growth, trust, love and everything else in between that comes with them. And so much more.
The end of this book brought me pain like nothing else. I was still crying going in to book three and I actually don’t know how to life right now because these characters have consumed my every waking thought. I’ll never be the same and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Favorite quotes because Jessa Hastings writing touches my soul.
“Daisy’s that feeling you get when you’re floating on your back in a pool and there’s so much fucking noise around you until you put your ears under and it all goes quiet. That’s how she feels to me.”
“Sitting next to him saying nothing feels like taking off a corset. A great undoing, if you will, and he will. In every way.”
“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.”
“You know how after you burn your hand and you run it under the cold water, there’s two seconds of it being okay after you’ve taken it out and then the burning comes roaring back? How it’s like someone turns up the volume of your pain? Pain in stereo. That’s how my body feels.”
March 17, 2024
— 4.25 stars ★
“The feel of him is my favourite feeling in the world, for all of history and all of time, write it down, ring the town bell and tell the scribes— I’ll wear it on my heart’s sleeve forever that I love him.”
Jokes on me for thinking that Jessa can write a normal book. This book is a mess, the characters are a mess, the story is a dramatic and messed up mess but I gobbled it up because I live for the drama in Magnolia Parks Universe. Everyone is mad for Daisy or in love with her but Daisy loves someone else(s) but that someone else love someone else (He does not anymore) but Daisy is just a delutional girl who refused to see what's in front of her eyes so this toxic dramatic mess was born.
This book was painful, heartbreaking, frustrating, fucked up, emotional and endearing at times when Daisy and Christian were trying to do some cute and normal things. I was not ready for the backstory of Julian and Daisy because that was just so painful. When did this series took a mafia turn? I don't know but I'm definitely enjoying this new development. This book had me raging and screaming in a good way because what the hell I just read. I liked the plot however it took me ages to understand it and I love Christian, Daisy and Julian. Are they all dumb? Yes. But I love them maybe in a empathetic way but I do. I'm not a fan of friends with benefits trope because it just makes everything messy but I did liked it here and I also don't like unrequited love trope because that hurts like a bitch especially when the characters like Christian are there in the book.
As always Jessa's writing was beautiful but why were there 458 footnotes which are more than the actual pages of this book for Daisy's useless inner monologues? What was the need? My eyes were hurting everytime I opened them 😭 The pacing was also a bit slow for my liking which I don't mind sometimes but I was so bored when nothing but just some weird shit was happening and we did not need a whole chapter for why Daisy loved laundering and bleach? We get it just fine by saying she loves laundering.
➸ 𝘿𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙮 𝙃𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨
Attachment issues? Abandonment issues? Brother issues? Boyfriend(s) issues? Mommy issues? Don't worry she is aware of all of them. Daisy is just a dumb girl who is pretty, intelligent because she's a med student, loves laundery, loves bleach and has a truamatic past. Daisy is just Magnolia 2.0 with a likable personality but I will still choose Magnolia over Daisy anyday. I like her and even felt bad for her because she's been through a lot in her life and I felt really bad for her when she was in love with Christian knowing he was in love with someone else but she's still a dumb-ass girl who broke up with her boyfriend because he *scoffed* looking at Magnolia and he was looking at Magnolia a little too long she just made up her mind that Christian is still a Magnolia's lover boy and broke his heart. I get it that she was also heartbroken and tired of waiting for someone to love her but Christian deserved an explanation. Sex is her coping mechanism and she'll do anything do forget Christian which she can't do but a girl like her can dream.
➸ 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙃𝙚𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙨
I love him with all my damn heart. He needs to be protected at all costs. He's one of my favourites of this series and I adore him so much and I hate how everyone just comes in his life, gets his attention and his love and dumps him when he fell in love with them. I love the way he loves people with his entire heart and soul and even protects them. He deserves someone who can love him selflessly and I can do this if he'll let me 😗 His povs were everything to me. The balm to my heart and brain after listening to Daisy blabber about useless things. I was a bit angry with him in MP1 because he knew that BJ is it for Magnolia but he still loved her regardless (not his fault) but after reading his povs and understanding his side of their story I hate Magnolia for their situation. Because she was the one who was trying to be a needy girl with a broken heart. I also hate how everyone in his group blamed him for loving Magnolia like it's his fault to love someone. He deserves better friends, better life, better girl. He deserves the best.
➸ 𝙅𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨
The dangerous gang lord who only has soft spot for his sister and Magnolia only. His past broke my heart and I loved how he did his best to raise Daisy all on his own. He became everything she ever needed. Their bond was something so special in this book so I was sobbing mess in the end because Jessa fucked it up again. I loved him and still do but the shit stunt he pulled at the end was so fucked up and I get that he is a gang lord and all and that he needed to maintain his respect but he didn't needed to do that and then he was blaming Daisy which made me so sad for her because Julian and Daisy's are each other's world and family. He also deserves better.
➸ 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤: FUCK. OFF.
╰┈➤ 𝘿𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙮 & 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣
“He was sunshine. I was midnight rain.”
They are so cute and adorable. I was a bit annoyed how they refused to accept their feelings for each other especially Christian he can be the biggest delulu sometimes. They are perfect for each other. They have chemistry and tension and jealousy which they don't do (their words not mine) and they also had some vulnerable and sweet moments which were everything. Like how Christian took her for driving lessons, them trying to learn each other's freckles 🥺💘 , how Christian took her Daisy for her Ideal Normal date, how he threatened to kill people if they touch her and how he was there for her everytime but she still broke him because he SCOFFED?
Daisy has her own BJ in form of Romeo but she also loves Christian and also loves a hot policeman? It's a bit of a mess there. She's lovable more so than Magnolia because she's Daisy Haites? Also, I did not like how she always runs for Romeo when anything bad happens in her life and I know it's a reflex after how Romeo saved her all the times but I felt bad for Christian because he deserved better than Daisy. Christian was indifferent in their relationship towards so many things and it was reasonable because he was trying not to get hurt by another girl who he was falling in love with and he still lost her after giving hi all. Jessa I will never forgive you for hurting him. Never.
I lost my two and only brain cells after that fucked up ending. I mean what was the need? How many more books and how many times Christian will have to break his heart again and again till he gets his own happy ending? I'm so done with this series right now!
Jessa, whoever told you we love fucked up ending in your books are lying to you. We love happy endings where we don't have to pay for therapy sessions for my fucked up brain and broken heart and you know I would rather spend my money on books than therapy. So please keep this mind while writing the endings in your books.
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Lost my two and only brain cells after that fucked up ending 🥲 Rtc!!
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I hope this book is not as fucked up as mp 1 🥲
“The feel of him is my favourite feeling in the world, for all of history and all of time, write it down, ring the town bell and tell the scribes— I’ll wear it on my heart’s sleeve forever that I love him.”
Jokes on me for thinking that Jessa can write a normal book. This book is a mess, the characters are a mess, the story is a dramatic and messed up mess but I gobbled it up because I live for the drama in Magnolia Parks Universe. Everyone is mad for Daisy or in love with her but Daisy loves someone else(s) but that someone else love someone else (He does not anymore) but Daisy is just a delutional girl who refused to see what's in front of her eyes so this toxic dramatic mess was born.
“Sitting next to him saying nothing feels like taking off a corset. A great undoing, if you will, and he will. In every way.”
This book was painful, heartbreaking, frustrating, fucked up, emotional and endearing at times when Daisy and Christian were trying to do some cute and normal things. I was not ready for the backstory of Julian and Daisy because that was just so painful. When did this series took a mafia turn? I don't know but I'm definitely enjoying this new development. This book had me raging and screaming in a good way because what the hell I just read. I liked the plot however it took me ages to understand it and I love Christian, Daisy and Julian. Are they all dumb? Yes. But I love them maybe in a empathetic way but I do. I'm not a fan of friends with benefits trope because it just makes everything messy but I did liked it here and I also don't like unrequited love trope because that hurts like a bitch especially when the characters like Christian are there in the book.
“Daisy’s that feeling you get when you’re floating on your back in a pool and there’s so much fucking noise around you until you put your ears under and it all goes quiet. That’s how she feels to me.”
As always Jessa's writing was beautiful but why were there 458 footnotes which are more than the actual pages of this book for Daisy's useless inner monologues? What was the need? My eyes were hurting everytime I opened them 😭 The pacing was also a bit slow for my liking which I don't mind sometimes but I was so bored when nothing but just some weird shit was happening and we did not need a whole chapter for why Daisy loved laundering and bleach? We get it just fine by saying she loves laundering.
➸ 𝘿𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙮 𝙃𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨
Attachment issues? Abandonment issues? Brother issues? Boyfriend(s) issues? Mommy issues? Don't worry she is aware of all of them. Daisy is just a dumb girl who is pretty, intelligent because she's a med student, loves laundery, loves bleach and has a truamatic past. Daisy is just Magnolia 2.0 with a likable personality but I will still choose Magnolia over Daisy anyday. I like her and even felt bad for her because she's been through a lot in her life and I felt really bad for her when she was in love with Christian knowing he was in love with someone else but she's still a dumb-ass girl who broke up with her boyfriend because he *scoffed* looking at Magnolia and he was looking at Magnolia a little too long she just made up her mind that Christian is still a Magnolia's lover boy and broke his heart. I get it that she was also heartbroken and tired of waiting for someone to love her but Christian deserved an explanation. Sex is her coping mechanism and she'll do anything do forget Christian which she can't do but a girl like her can dream.
“I’m a flower and he’s the whole entire sun and he’ll wilt me away, I know he will.”
➸ 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙃𝙚𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙨
I love him with all my damn heart. He needs to be protected at all costs. He's one of my favourites of this series and I adore him so much and I hate how everyone just comes in his life, gets his attention and his love and dumps him when he fell in love with them. I love the way he loves people with his entire heart and soul and even protects them. He deserves someone who can love him selflessly and I can do this if he'll let me 😗 His povs were everything to me. The balm to my heart and brain after listening to Daisy blabber about useless things. I was a bit angry with him in MP1 because he knew that BJ is it for Magnolia but he still loved her regardless (not his fault) but after reading his povs and understanding his side of their story I hate Magnolia for their situation. Because she was the one who was trying to be a needy girl with a broken heart. I also hate how everyone in his group blamed him for loving Magnolia like it's his fault to love someone. He deserves better friends, better life, better girl. He deserves the best.
“I don’t know what the fuck I am to her. I know what she is to me. In short, everything. In long, still everything.”
➸ 𝙅𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨
The dangerous gang lord who only has soft spot for his sister and Magnolia only. His past broke my heart and I loved how he did his best to raise Daisy all on his own. He became everything she ever needed. Their bond was something so special in this book so I was sobbing mess in the end because Jessa fucked it up again. I loved him and still do but the shit stunt he pulled at the end was so fucked up and I get that he is a gang lord and all and that he needed to maintain his respect but he didn't needed to do that and then he was blaming Daisy which made me so sad for her because Julian and Daisy's are each other's world and family. He also deserves better.
“I know me and her have a weird relationship, somewhere between my sister, my kid, and my best friend. She might be all of the above, but of all the things she is to me she is absolutely and irrevocably my way home.”
➸ 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤: FUCK. OFF.
╰┈➤ 𝘿𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙮 & 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣
“He was sunshine. I was midnight rain.”
They are so cute and adorable. I was a bit annoyed how they refused to accept their feelings for each other especially Christian he can be the biggest delulu sometimes. They are perfect for each other. They have chemistry and tension and jealousy which they don't do (their words not mine) and they also had some vulnerable and sweet moments which were everything. Like how Christian took her for driving lessons, them trying to learn each other's freckles 🥺💘 , how Christian took her Daisy for her Ideal Normal date, how he threatened to kill people if they touch her and how he was there for her everytime but she still broke him because he SCOFFED?
“Were you jealous?”
“Of you?” I blink. “Sleeping with him?” I nod once. “Yeah.”
She smirks a little. “We don’t do jealous…”
I give her a half smile. “We do now.”
Daisy has her own BJ in form of Romeo but she also loves Christian and also loves a hot policeman? It's a bit of a mess there. She's lovable more so than Magnolia because she's Daisy Haites? Also, I did not like how she always runs for Romeo when anything bad happens in her life and I know it's a reflex after how Romeo saved her all the times but I felt bad for Christian because he deserved better than Daisy. Christian was indifferent in their relationship towards so many things and it was reasonable because he was trying not to get hurt by another girl who he was falling in love with and he still lost her after giving hi all. Jessa I will never forgive you for hurting him. Never.
“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.”
I lost my two and only brain cells after that fucked up ending. I mean what was the need? How many more books and how many times Christian will have to break his heart again and again till he gets his own happy ending? I'm so done with this series right now!
Jessa, whoever told you we love fucked up ending in your books are lying to you. We love happy endings where we don't have to pay for therapy sessions for my fucked up brain and broken heart and you know I would rather spend my money on books than therapy. So please keep this mind while writing the endings in your books.
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Lost my two and only brain cells after that fucked up ending 🥲 Rtc!!
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I hope this book is not as fucked up as mp 1 🥲
March 2, 2025
4.5 stars
When I picked up Daisy Haites, I wasn’t sure it could surpass Magnolia Parks, a book I already adored. But after finishing it? I think I might actually love Daisy Haites even more! I’ll always have a soft spot for Magnolia, but Daisy? She got under my skin in the best possible way.
Daisy Haites follows 20-year-old Daisy, who’s lived her entire life under the control of her older brother Julian, a dangerous gang lord, ever since their parents were murdered. Daisy longs for a normal life, but it’s simply not in the cards for her. Things get even messier when she falls for Christian Hemmes, a man who’s emotionally unavailable and secretly in love with his best friend’s girlfriend. As their romance unfolds, the three of them become tangled in complicated relationships, realising that in their world, everything, especially love comes with a price.
I’ll admit, I was unsure about the mafia angle at first. It came out of nowhere, and I wasn’t sure how well it would fit with the rest of the story. But by the time I was deeper into the plot, I was completely hooked. The twists, the hidden secrets, the unpredictability—it all kept me on the edge of my seat. I could not put this book down.
This book took me on one hell of an emotional rollercoaster. There were moments when I was so frustrated with the characters that I literally wanted to scream. But then there were others when my heart shattered for them. The plot grabbed me by the throat, and the more I got to know Christian, Daisy, and Julian, the more I couldn’t stop thinking about them. Sure, they make reckless choices, but their flaws feel so raw and human. Even when they mess up, I couldn’t help but feel for them. Normally, I’m not a fan of the friends-with-benefits trope because it usually complicates things unnecessarily, but here? It worked.
Now, I’ve got to talk about the footnotes. They drove me fucking crazy. At first, I thought I’d get used to them, but by the end?? I was skimming right past them. They disrupted the flow of the story so much, and honestly, I couldn’t get into them.
But despite that, what really took me by surprise was the depth of this book. It’s messy, chaotic, and completely unpredictable—and that’s exactly what made it so gripping. The rawness of the characters and the imperfections in the storytelling made everything feel so authentic.
Daisy Haites—she’s so deeply flawed, and I felt her pain in a way I wasn’t expecting. She’s been through so much trauma, and while she desperately wants to heal, the weight of her past keeps dragging her down. As I was reading, her pain became my pain. I felt every ounce of her self-doubt, every emotional breakdown. Her imperfections made her so relatable. Watching her try so hard to keep herself together while falling apart inside? It was heart-wrenching. The way she hides her pain from everyone while crumbling beneath the surface completely tore me apart.
Christian Hemmes—I thought I knew what it meant to fall for a character, but Christian? He is everything! The way he loves Daisy, so quietly and deeply, is consuming in the most beautiful way. It’s not about grand gestures (though there are a few), but those small, intimate moments that show just how much he cares. Teaching her to drive or sharing a slow dance in a laundromat—those moments hit me right in the fucking chest! It felt like I was falling for him right alongside Daisy. What absolutely broke my heart was how little Christian gets in return from the people around him. His friends at times treat him so terribly. But Daisy? She sees him for who he really is. She loves him completely, without hesitation, and watching that love unfold was one of the most beautiful things ever.
Julian Haites—at first I didn’t understand why there were so many chapters from his POV. It felt like an interruption to the Daisy-Christian drama I was so invested in. But by the end, I started to see him in a new light. I’m still not fully sold on him, but there’s something fascinating about him. He’s dark, complicated, and I’m starting to suspect there’s a lot more to him than we’ve seen so far. I’m genuinely curious to see how his character develops in the next book. There’s something about him that makes me want to understand him better.
The ending! I stayed up way too late finishing this book, and when I reached the last page, I was full-on sobbing. The emotional weight of the ending hit me like a ton of bricks. It destroyed me in the best way possible. I was left utterly reeling, and now I’m absolutely desperate for more.
This book isn’t your typical romance. Like Magnolia Parks, it’s far from the fluffy, feel-good story. While I enjoyed Magnolia Parks for its messy, emotionally charged characters, I found myself connecting with Daisy on a deeper level. Her flaws, struggles, and emotional depth felt more relatable, and I was drawn to her journey more than I expected.
Daisy's rawness and complexity stood out to me, and it’s what made this book so compelling. If you're looking for a light romance, this isn't it. But if you're ready for a story that will hit you with every emotion—pain, chaos, and everything in between then this book is so worth it! I’m already bracing myself for the emotional rollercoaster that’s coming in book three with Magnolia & BJ. 💔
"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.”
When I picked up Daisy Haites, I wasn’t sure it could surpass Magnolia Parks, a book I already adored. But after finishing it? I think I might actually love Daisy Haites even more! I’ll always have a soft spot for Magnolia, but Daisy? She got under my skin in the best possible way.
Daisy Haites follows 20-year-old Daisy, who’s lived her entire life under the control of her older brother Julian, a dangerous gang lord, ever since their parents were murdered. Daisy longs for a normal life, but it’s simply not in the cards for her. Things get even messier when she falls for Christian Hemmes, a man who’s emotionally unavailable and secretly in love with his best friend’s girlfriend. As their romance unfolds, the three of them become tangled in complicated relationships, realising that in their world, everything, especially love comes with a price.
I’ll admit, I was unsure about the mafia angle at first. It came out of nowhere, and I wasn’t sure how well it would fit with the rest of the story. But by the time I was deeper into the plot, I was completely hooked. The twists, the hidden secrets, the unpredictability—it all kept me on the edge of my seat. I could not put this book down.
This book took me on one hell of an emotional rollercoaster. There were moments when I was so frustrated with the characters that I literally wanted to scream. But then there were others when my heart shattered for them. The plot grabbed me by the throat, and the more I got to know Christian, Daisy, and Julian, the more I couldn’t stop thinking about them. Sure, they make reckless choices, but their flaws feel so raw and human. Even when they mess up, I couldn’t help but feel for them. Normally, I’m not a fan of the friends-with-benefits trope because it usually complicates things unnecessarily, but here? It worked.
Now, I’ve got to talk about the footnotes. They drove me fucking crazy. At first, I thought I’d get used to them, but by the end?? I was skimming right past them. They disrupted the flow of the story so much, and honestly, I couldn’t get into them.
But despite that, what really took me by surprise was the depth of this book. It’s messy, chaotic, and completely unpredictable—and that’s exactly what made it so gripping. The rawness of the characters and the imperfections in the storytelling made everything feel so authentic.
“Daisy’s that feeling you get when you’re floating on your back in a pool and there’s so much fucking noise around you until you put your ears under and it all goes quiet. That’s how she feels to me.”
Daisy Haites—she’s so deeply flawed, and I felt her pain in a way I wasn’t expecting. She’s been through so much trauma, and while she desperately wants to heal, the weight of her past keeps dragging her down. As I was reading, her pain became my pain. I felt every ounce of her self-doubt, every emotional breakdown. Her imperfections made her so relatable. Watching her try so hard to keep herself together while falling apart inside? It was heart-wrenching. The way she hides her pain from everyone while crumbling beneath the surface completely tore me apart.
“I can’t even look at him because I’m a flower and he’s the whole entire sun and he’ll wilt me away.”
Christian Hemmes—I thought I knew what it meant to fall for a character, but Christian? He is everything! The way he loves Daisy, so quietly and deeply, is consuming in the most beautiful way. It’s not about grand gestures (though there are a few), but those small, intimate moments that show just how much he cares. Teaching her to drive or sharing a slow dance in a laundromat—those moments hit me right in the fucking chest! It felt like I was falling for him right alongside Daisy. What absolutely broke my heart was how little Christian gets in return from the people around him. His friends at times treat him so terribly. But Daisy? She sees him for who he really is. She loves him completely, without hesitation, and watching that love unfold was one of the most beautiful things ever.
Julian Haites—at first I didn’t understand why there were so many chapters from his POV. It felt like an interruption to the Daisy-Christian drama I was so invested in. But by the end, I started to see him in a new light. I’m still not fully sold on him, but there’s something fascinating about him. He’s dark, complicated, and I’m starting to suspect there’s a lot more to him than we’ve seen so far. I’m genuinely curious to see how his character develops in the next book. There’s something about him that makes me want to understand him better.
“You can be done, Baby.”
The ending! I stayed up way too late finishing this book, and when I reached the last page, I was full-on sobbing. The emotional weight of the ending hit me like a ton of bricks. It destroyed me in the best way possible. I was left utterly reeling, and now I’m absolutely desperate for more.
This book isn’t your typical romance. Like Magnolia Parks, it’s far from the fluffy, feel-good story. While I enjoyed Magnolia Parks for its messy, emotionally charged characters, I found myself connecting with Daisy on a deeper level. Her flaws, struggles, and emotional depth felt more relatable, and I was drawn to her journey more than I expected.
Daisy's rawness and complexity stood out to me, and it’s what made this book so compelling. If you're looking for a light romance, this isn't it. But if you're ready for a story that will hit you with every emotion—pain, chaos, and everything in between then this book is so worth it! I’m already bracing myself for the emotional rollercoaster that’s coming in book three with Magnolia & BJ. 💔
June 3, 2024
⊱✿🌼✿⊰ 4.25 stars ⊱✿🌼✿⊰
once again everyone is toxic, rich, and terrible at making decisions. do it again.
unpopular opinion: i enjoyed bj/magnolia more than daisy/christian. the chemistry between bj & magnolia is unmatched. (but i’m still invested in literally everyone — including julian, daisy, & christian)
the footnotes from daisy were a bit excessive. i understand they were unique, but the visual waste of reading them got annoying since they were on nearly every. single. page. of daisy's pov. (just a personal preference <3 )
⊱✿⊰ loathe/love everyone in this series so so much ⊱✿⊰ on i go to break my heart over bj/magnolia again with book 3... 💔
once again everyone is toxic, rich, and terrible at making decisions. do it again.
unpopular opinion: i enjoyed bj/magnolia more than daisy/christian. the chemistry between bj & magnolia is unmatched. (but i’m still invested in literally everyone — including julian, daisy, & christian)
the footnotes from daisy were a bit excessive. i understand they were unique, but the visual waste of reading them got annoying since they were on nearly every. single. page. of daisy's pov. (just a personal preference <3 )
⊱✿⊰ loathe/love everyone in this series so so much ⊱✿⊰ on i go to break my heart over bj/magnolia again with book 3... 💔
December 21, 2025
4/5 ✮⋆˙
Daisy and Christian are my Roman Empire. I went into this expecting it to be like the first MP, but oh my god I was blown away - stuff actually happens in this book! All the characters are *chef's kiss* magnifique - my only quams with this novel is that the story isn't the most thrilling thing in the world. However, the ending did absolutely crush my soul.
︶︶︶ ⊹ ︶︶︶⠀୨♡୧⠀︶︶︶ ⊹ ︶︶︶
જ⁀➴ daisy haites. a gem. a likeable, witty, reasonable gem. She's got issues, yes, obsessed with her ex? Check. But not in the painful, intolerant way Magnolia was, oh no. Her trauma, which hasn't made her cold or jaded, explains so many of her actions. MP and BJ, 10x more toxic, 10x more unreasonable. I love that she's studying medicine - she felt a bit like Wendy in Peter Pan, not in a traditional way, that all these boys would die for her. Loved every second of her.
જ⁀➴ Christian Hemmes is my new book boyfriend. In the first one, he was intolerable and whiny, and I had zero sympathy for him. In this, he's assertive and bold - everything I love in a man. Unrequited love sucks, and Christian embodies exactly why it sucks. If you do the wrong thing, it sucks; if you do the right thing, it sucks. Christian has some overprotective, jealous tendencies (nowhere near as bad as BJ's, but still bad) - but ultimately, he puts her first. big respect for christian.˚ 𝜗𝜚˚⋆｡☆
જ⁀➴ There was an actual plot! The story moved forward, the characters had lives outside of their bickering. They were humans outside of whatever love interest it was. If you like Gossip Girl x Gang Lords, you'll love this.
જ⁀➴ the ENDING why? WHY? Julian, if I ever see you, it's on sight. You know what you did.
જ⁀➴ am I going to keep reading this series even though the next one is MP and BJ? Yes. I'm too obsessed. Hopefully, Daisy and Christian will be in that one.
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⋆˙⟡♡ post-reading
yes i'm absolutely obsessed. this was so much better than magnolia and beej. and yes, you were all completely right christian is to die for in this book.
am I looking forward to reading the next one? I'm not entirely sure I don't really want to go back to magnolia and BJ ):
⋆˙⟡♡ pre-reading
yes, i'm addicted to this world and I will be reading the next book. hopefully christian is better in this one?
"You don't shy away from hard things, you're not scared of things that hurt you-you look them in the eye and stare them down until they're on their knees and doing exactly what you want them to do."
Daisy and Christian are my Roman Empire. I went into this expecting it to be like the first MP, but oh my god I was blown away - stuff actually happens in this book! All the characters are *chef's kiss* magnifique - my only quams with this novel is that the story isn't the most thrilling thing in the world. However, the ending did absolutely crush my soul.
︶︶︶ ⊹ ︶︶︶⠀୨♡୧⠀︶︶︶ ⊹ ︶︶︶
જ⁀➴ daisy haites. a gem. a likeable, witty, reasonable gem. She's got issues, yes, obsessed with her ex? Check. But not in the painful, intolerant way Magnolia was, oh no. Her trauma, which hasn't made her cold or jaded, explains so many of her actions. MP and BJ, 10x more toxic, 10x more unreasonable. I love that she's studying medicine - she felt a bit like Wendy in Peter Pan, not in a traditional way, that all these boys would die for her. Loved every second of her.
જ⁀➴ Christian Hemmes is my new book boyfriend. In the first one, he was intolerable and whiny, and I had zero sympathy for him. In this, he's assertive and bold - everything I love in a man. Unrequited love sucks, and Christian embodies exactly why it sucks. If you do the wrong thing, it sucks; if you do the right thing, it sucks. Christian has some overprotective, jealous tendencies (nowhere near as bad as BJ's, but still bad) - but ultimately, he puts her first. big respect for christian.˚ 𝜗𝜚˚⋆｡☆
જ⁀➴ There was an actual plot! The story moved forward, the characters had lives outside of their bickering. They were humans outside of whatever love interest it was. If you like Gossip Girl x Gang Lords, you'll love this.
જ⁀➴ the ENDING why? WHY? Julian, if I ever see you, it's on sight. You know what you did.
જ⁀➴ am I going to keep reading this series even though the next one is MP and BJ? Yes. I'm too obsessed. Hopefully, Daisy and Christian will be in that one.
︶︶︶ ⊹ ︶︶︶⠀୨♡୧⠀︶︶︶ ⊹ ︶︶︶
⋆˙⟡♡ post-reading
yes i'm absolutely obsessed. this was so much better than magnolia and beej. and yes, you were all completely right christian is to die for in this book.
am I looking forward to reading the next one? I'm not entirely sure I don't really want to go back to magnolia and BJ ):
⋆˙⟡♡ pre-reading
yes, i'm addicted to this world and I will be reading the next book. hopefully christian is better in this one?
February 4, 2024
I can confirm that this one was not fun. It hurt. What is this series doing to me 😩 RTC
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HERE WE GO AGAIN! Signing myself up for sometorture fun 🤩🍿
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HERE WE GO AGAIN! Signing myself up for some
February 26, 2024
writing: unique | plot: toxic, escapist mess | ending: NO. NO. JESSA, COUNT YOUR DAYS. HOW DARE YOU.
my opinion
Yes I gave this 4 stars and yes I'm refusing to look at 1/2 star ratings otherwise I will not stand on business 😂 The premise is sooo OTT I couldn't take any of this seriously, but was this romanticizing toxic relationships? Yes. Do not let impressionable women (young or old) read this. No one's relationship in this book is goals. Was this repetitive? Yes. Were the footnotes a crime against literature and never used when we actually need them? Yes. But did it somehow make me feel... something ? Also yes. And therefore: 4 stars.
I stayed up until 12:30am to finish this and the last sentence had me so entirely fucked up, it took me another hour to fall asleep. I haven't read a "romance" (doesn't feel right calling this a romance lol) with an ending like that and I don't like it but I kinda do? It's like pressing a bruise. Hurts good. However, my life is too breezy to submerge myself in turmoil, so YES I did look at the spoilers for DH2 and.......... no comment.
Anyways I don't have anything constructive to say other than the fact I thought Jessa's writing style was the perfect fit for the vibe of the story. I definitely DON'T recommend this with chest so if you pick this up based on my review and give it one star... that's YOUR business. Love though.
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my opinion
Yes I gave this 4 stars and yes I'm refusing to look at 1/2 star ratings otherwise I will not stand on business 😂 The premise is sooo OTT I couldn't take any of this seriously, but was this romanticizing toxic relationships? Yes. Do not let impressionable women (young or old) read this. No one's relationship in this book is goals. Was this repetitive? Yes. Were the footnotes a crime against literature and never used when we actually need them? Yes. But did it somehow make me feel... something ? Also yes. And therefore: 4 stars.
I stayed up until 12:30am to finish this and the last sentence had me so entirely fucked up, it took me another hour to fall asleep. I haven't read a "romance" (doesn't feel right calling this a romance lol) with an ending like that and I don't like it but I kinda do? It's like pressing a bruise. Hurts good. However, my life is too breezy to submerge myself in turmoil, so YES I did look at the spoilers for DH2 and.......... no comment.
Anyways I don't have anything constructive to say other than the fact I thought Jessa's writing style was the perfect fit for the vibe of the story. I definitely DON'T recommend this with chest so if you pick this up based on my review and give it one star... that's YOUR business. Love though.
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January 17, 2025
Pain and heartache!! 😭💔 The way this series already means everything to me and I’ve only read the first 2 books. This one HURT! I swear I had to stop every few chapters to stare at the wall.
No more thoughts, just tears. Jessa Hastings writing is some of the most beautiful I’ve ever read, so here’s some quotes that I’ll never get over for you to enjoy while I think about what I just read for the unforeseeable future:
“The feel of him is my favourite feeling in the world, for all of history and all of time, write it down, ring the town bell and tell the scribes—I’ll wear it on my heart’s sleeve forever that I love him.” Bye 😭
“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.”
“I know me and her have a weird relationship; she's somewhere between my sister, my kid, and my best friend. She might be all of the above, but of all the things she is to me she is absolutely and irrevocably my way home.” TEARS!!!
“I can't even look at him because I'm a flower and he's the whole entire sun and he'll wilt me away, I know he will.”
“You can be done, baby” Hear that?? It’s my heart breaking. MORE TEARS!!! 💔
No more thoughts, just tears. Jessa Hastings writing is some of the most beautiful I’ve ever read, so here’s some quotes that I’ll never get over for you to enjoy while I think about what I just read for the unforeseeable future:
“The feel of him is my favourite feeling in the world, for all of history and all of time, write it down, ring the town bell and tell the scribes—I’ll wear it on my heart’s sleeve forever that I love him.” Bye 😭
“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.”
“I know me and her have a weird relationship; she's somewhere between my sister, my kid, and my best friend. She might be all of the above, but of all the things she is to me she is absolutely and irrevocably my way home.” TEARS!!!
“I can't even look at him because I'm a flower and he's the whole entire sun and he'll wilt me away, I know he will.”
“You can be done, baby” Hear that?? It’s my heart breaking. MORE TEARS!!! 💔
July 25, 2024
I’m a Daisy Haites girlie.
July 30, 2025
WHEW—THE DRAMA IS DRAMA-ING 😭👀
Umm… that ending??? OMGGG 😭 Everything is so messed up right now, I don’t even know what to do with myself 😭 I need to know what happens next 👀 This series is so addicting, I swear. It’s not even my usual 5-star type, but I’m LOVING this messy chaos 🤭
Ok ok ok—Daisy?? I’ve loved her since book one and I STILL love her 🫶 She’s such a baddie, frrrr. One of my fave FMCs ever, no question. I feel everything she feels 😭 Like my poor girl just wants something normal, something stable, but nope—life said ✨chaos✨. And it just keeps getting worse for her, and I’m suffering WITH her omg 😭
Also… I wasn’t into Christian at first but now??? Yeah. I was so wrong about him 🙂↕️ Because dayummm—he’s one of the MMCs for a reason 👀 The man has LAYERS. Everything’s so messy right now, even for him, and I KNOW what happens to him and it’s eating me alive 😭
I’m devouring all this drama and messiness like it’s gourmet ✨🍽️ It’s different from my usual reads, but in the best possible way. Gimme more of this chaossss 🤭
Some of those scenes literally had me like:
“WAIT—WHAT!?” 👀
“HOLD ON?? HOW??” 👀
“UMM EXCUSE ME??”
“OH. MY. GODDDDD.”
“DAISYYYYY!!!” 👀
Like??? I was spiraling and I LOVED it.
So yeah… totally satisfied 😌
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I’M SOOOO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE 👀 I LOVE DAISY HAITES SM 💙💙
Umm… that ending??? OMGGG 😭 Everything is so messed up right now, I don’t even know what to do with myself 😭 I need to know what happens next 👀 This series is so addicting, I swear. It’s not even my usual 5-star type, but I’m LOVING this messy chaos 🤭
Ok ok ok—Daisy?? I’ve loved her since book one and I STILL love her 🫶 She’s such a baddie, frrrr. One of my fave FMCs ever, no question. I feel everything she feels 😭 Like my poor girl just wants something normal, something stable, but nope—life said ✨chaos✨. And it just keeps getting worse for her, and I’m suffering WITH her omg 😭
Also… I wasn’t into Christian at first but now??? Yeah. I was so wrong about him 🙂↕️ Because dayummm—he’s one of the MMCs for a reason 👀 The man has LAYERS. Everything’s so messy right now, even for him, and I KNOW what happens to him and it’s eating me alive 😭
I’m devouring all this drama and messiness like it’s gourmet ✨🍽️ It’s different from my usual reads, but in the best possible way. Gimme more of this chaossss 🤭
Some of those scenes literally had me like:
“WAIT—WHAT!?” 👀
“HOLD ON?? HOW??” 👀
“UMM EXCUSE ME??”
“OH. MY. GODDDDD.”
“DAISYYYYY!!!” 👀
Like??? I was spiraling and I LOVED it.
So yeah… totally satisfied 😌
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I’M SOOOO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE 👀 I LOVE DAISY HAITES SM 💙💙
August 8, 2022
well there goes my mental stability…i just went through all five stages of grief & the seven circles of hell
November 27, 2023
i have never in my life been more happier to finish a book. the last 30%? skimmed it. the most boring events and the most laughable events ever.
SPOILERS FROM MP1 CONTINUE AT UR OWN RISK
daisy haites. do not like her. maybe i will dh2if i want to torture myself even more but do i plan on reading that anytime soon? hell fucking no. she’s so infuriating i’m sorry. why is she giving wanna be mp and fan behavior all at once? like i’m sorry i just couldn’t like her. i see the potential ill give u that but rn? she’s on my fuck off list. i did feel extremely bad for the traumatic life she had gone through tho but besides that, she has the same amount of common sense as a rock 💗
christian hemmes. tbh he was the only thing keeping me going. like i thought he deserved so much better. like hello, im right here? i’m not a med student but im pre-pa, and get this, im actually smart and can be seen studying. i genuinely think they accept anyone into med schools in london cause sure daisy was smart but why would she act like she was better than everyone? are you magnolia parks? no ur not girl sit down. even tho i love my parks mentions it still hurt to see christian dealing w the pain. i just honestly felt bad for him the entire time…like could he catch a break?
now onto the most disgusting horrific shitty character…
j*lian haites
the absolute worst person in this ENTIRE universe, i hate him i hate him i HATE him. he wouldn’t shut up ever. i physically and mentally could not take listening to this boring ass man talk. yes i’m including that disgustingly horrifying photo ^ bc that's literally him. tell me that's not a gang lord i dare you. i had to put this away anytime his pov came on bc i literally couldn't care LESS. and was i supposed to be surprised by the ending?? i saw it coming he’s a bitch and a shitty person like omg he’s a bad person??? wow!!! i never knew 😧😧😧 omg i’m so shocked bffr. i don’t see the j*lian hype yall are okay with what he’s done but draw the line at cheating? a lil bit selfish is it not? caring about something more likely to affect you than something that affects others? but that’s just my opinion 🫢
anyways. back to the story, the chemistry? not in the room, i think jh forgot to include it maybe it’s somewhere in the first draft? cause with daisy and christian i felt no emotional connection, although i love mags i was happy to see christian have his peace and let her go but my question is who what when where why? cause there’s no chemistry. i’ve had more chemistry with a pair of shoes.
and that ending?? goodbye. so wannabe mp1 like cmon girl you can’t outdo the doer!!! like i was laffing my ass off cause it felt like a joke. the last 30% was such a joke. daisy doing something had me LAUGHING like whaaaat???? i’m still laughing about it cause it’s such a joke. the entire book was a joke. the baddies and j*lian plotting HAD ME LAFFINGGG. like ain’t no way i was supposed to take it seriously, this felt like a try not to laugh challenge and i def lost.
the only reason this is getting two stars is because my bby henry’s back is tired and aching from carrying it on his back 😩 and the bjparks mentions kept me going as well. fuck the baddies the box set is the only right friend groupminus a few bitches
thanks for coming to my ted talk <3
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daisy haites will never be magnolia parks and i say that with my whole heart
SPOILERS FROM MP1 CONTINUE AT UR OWN RISK
daisy haites. do not like her. maybe i will dh2
christian hemmes. tbh he was the only thing keeping me going. like i thought he deserved so much better. like hello, im right here? i’m not a med student but im pre-pa, and get this, im actually smart and can be seen studying. i genuinely think they accept anyone into med schools in london cause sure daisy was smart but why would she act like she was better than everyone? are you magnolia parks? no ur not girl sit down. even tho i love my parks mentions it still hurt to see christian dealing w the pain. i just honestly felt bad for him the entire time…like could he catch a break?
now onto the most disgusting horrific shitty character…
j*lian haites
the absolute worst person in this ENTIRE universe, i hate him i hate him i HATE him. he wouldn’t shut up ever. i physically and mentally could not take listening to this boring ass man talk. yes i’m including that disgustingly horrifying photo ^ bc that's literally him. tell me that's not a gang lord i dare you. i had to put this away anytime his pov came on bc i literally couldn't care LESS. and was i supposed to be surprised by the ending?? i saw it coming he’s a bitch and a shitty person like omg he’s a bad person??? wow!!! i never knew 😧😧😧 omg i’m so shocked bffr. i don’t see the j*lian hype yall are okay with what he’s done but draw the line at cheating? a lil bit selfish is it not? caring about something more likely to affect you than something that affects others? but that’s just my opinion 🫢
anyways. back to the story, the chemistry? not in the room, i think jh forgot to include it maybe it’s somewhere in the first draft? cause with daisy and christian i felt no emotional connection, although i love mags i was happy to see christian have his peace and let her go but my question is who what when where why? cause there’s no chemistry. i’ve had more chemistry with a pair of shoes.
and that ending?? goodbye. so wannabe mp1 like cmon girl you can’t outdo the doer!!! like i was laffing my ass off cause it felt like a joke. the last 30% was such a joke. daisy doing something had me LAUGHING like whaaaat???? i’m still laughing about it cause it’s such a joke. the entire book was a joke. the baddies and j*lian plotting HAD ME LAFFINGGG. like ain’t no way i was supposed to take it seriously, this felt like a try not to laugh challenge and i def lost.
the only reason this is getting two stars is because my bby henry’s back is tired and aching from carrying it on his back 😩 and the bjparks mentions kept me going as well. fuck the baddies the box set is the only right friend group
thanks for coming to my ted talk <3
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daisy haites will never be magnolia parks and i say that with my whole heart
February 19, 2024
well, this was definitely fuckload better than whatever the fuck magnolia parks was and just to put it out there:
daisy haites ⋙ magnolia dumbass parks
christian hemmes ⋙ blowjob ballentine
christiandaisy ⋙⋙ bjparks
i liked reading daisy as a character. she had her dumb moments, but SHE IS THAT BITCH!! i really loved when she showed these ignorant men their places and when she fought back on her own (that too physically).
she really said: 💪💪
christian mf haites THE MAN THAT YOU ARE. and can someone tell me why is this bitch so funny? like?? christian showing every mf in this book their place is what i live for. his hatred for magnolia is what i breathe for. him calling mags out on her bullshit is the best fucking thing on this series and i'll die on that hill.
he's the only character in this series with enough braincells. my man deserves better people in his circle!! his group of friends are such douchebags. the way they always start cussing him out and beating him up at every occasion, istg i would have beaten their shit up if i were him. jonah, beej, henry, mags fuck you all. specially jonah and beej and mags. why does mags get treated like a queen despite whoring around with 5 men at once?? why does christian gets treated like shit just for falling in love?? HE DESERVES BETTER AND THAT BETTER IS ME.
jealous christian is my roman empire. 🧎♀️🧎♀️
i'm free this saturday sir. (please dear lord i beg u)
julian haites: ladies and gentlemen, the man of the evening!! everyone say thankyou julian for adding ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to the story🥰🥰
can anyone tell me why was he in this book? i don't hate him, i don't love him, he had no existence in my mind. but i really need to know why this boring ass man had his own povs??? seriously the only time i was not bored enough to skim his chapters was when he had his big brother jacket on for daisy.
romeo, tiller and delcan were all good. and ik i'm in the minority here (but when am i not when it comes to this series?) but i liked them. romeo was good, idk why people call him annoying and immature? (real talk: no-one is good enough to be called mature in this series) he was the one who asked daisy to communicate with christian. he was the one who guided her once he knew that she was using sex as control. he was the one to protect her and he was the one to let her go when he got to know that she's in love with another man. why is he hated sm? his only fault is that he loves daisy? that doesn't make his pain and feelings invalid.
tiller is cute. nothing special here tho.
and delcan, boo i'm so sorry julian beat the shit out of you😭😭 i loved how daisy took responsibilities of her own actions and even went to visit him in the hospital. (he still shouldn't have slept with her drunk. but none of the men in this series can keep it in their pants, can they?)
now to the negatives:
jessa hastings writes shitty books.
there. i said it. y'all can come with your pitchforks idc i said what i said and i'm completely valid to my opinions.
her books are cheap walmart version of some hollywood selena-justin-hailey drama. the quality of her characters and storyline are absolute dogshit. wannabe kardashians😭
her books are so so crap. but still fun. (can't say the same about magnolia parks though. they are just shit.)
but one thing i gotta agree is her writing. the metaphors she uses to express the emotions her characters are feeling is TOP TIER. yet it wasn't good enough to reel me in, it wasn't strong enough to drown myself in their pain and love and happiness.
why are her books so dramatic for no reason? why are her characters 30ish yet the most insanely immature knobheads i've ever read about?
here's any jessa hasting's book's blueprint:
fmc: has a childhood lover. they are in the stars. some useless shit happens. they break apart. she falls in love with another man, BUT SHE'S ALSO IN LOVE WITH HER CHILDHOOD LOVER, but she also loves a third man, and there's a fourth one too who's in love with her too, AND SHE ALSO HAS A CRUSH ON HIM AND-
yeah. you get it.
she's highly codependent on every male she meets. she's 20ish yet sits on any random man's lap, hooks up with 5, while being in love with 10 others, while dating 15 others, while flirting and leading 100 others on.
but why, you're supposed to be sYmPaThATiC towards her. bcz of her shitty childhood she seeks male validation and attention like there's no tomorrow. she's soft and sensitive and pouts with wobbly lips and cries and throws a tantrum for calling her an "idiot". BUT YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND HER AND HER ATTACHMENT ISSUES not that she's 25 or sumn- NOPES! we don't talk about that 🥰🥰
mmc: in love with the fmc. but is in a stupid denial. so what's the only mature approach to this? YES!! HOEING AROUND TOWN!! fmc catches him, throws tantrum, kisses another guy, mmc throws a tantrum, THE CYCLE REPEATS!
anyways, so the mmc loves her, yet sleeps with other women, bcz he can't keep it in his pants for 2 mins. the fmc loves him, yet hoes around with other men, bcz she can't keep it in her blouse for 2 mins. and this cycle continues for 700+ fucking pages 🥰🥰
fmc is about to get killed, but these two pathetic corners of a love pentagon are fighting and pushing each other out of jealousy. SWOOOOON 🥰🥰
yep. that's the entirety of magnolia parks and early 40% of daisy haites summed up for you.
this book was 2.75ish stars for quite sometime, but christian (for 100%) and daisy (for the last 40%) were the saving graces of this cheap crack of cocaine.
daisy haites ⋙ magnolia dumbass parks
christian hemmes ⋙ blowjob ballentine
christiandaisy ⋙⋙ bjparks
i liked reading daisy as a character. she had her dumb moments, but SHE IS THAT BITCH!! i really loved when she showed these ignorant men their places and when she fought back on her own (that too physically).
she really said: 💪💪
christian mf haites THE MAN THAT YOU ARE. and can someone tell me why is this bitch so funny? like?? christian showing every mf in this book their place is what i live for. his hatred for magnolia is what i breathe for. him calling mags out on her bullshit is the best fucking thing on this series and i'll die on that hill.
he's the only character in this series with enough braincells. my man deserves better people in his circle!! his group of friends are such douchebags. the way they always start cussing him out and beating him up at every occasion, istg i would have beaten their shit up if i were him. jonah, beej, henry, mags fuck you all. specially jonah and beej and mags. why does mags get treated like a queen despite whoring around with 5 men at once?? why does christian gets treated like shit just for falling in love?? HE DESERVES BETTER AND THAT BETTER IS ME.
jealous christian is my roman empire. 🧎♀️🧎♀️
i'm free this saturday sir. (please dear lord i beg u)
julian haites: ladies and gentlemen, the man of the evening!! everyone say thankyou julian for adding ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to the story🥰🥰
can anyone tell me why was he in this book? i don't hate him, i don't love him, he had no existence in my mind. but i really need to know why this boring ass man had his own povs??? seriously the only time i was not bored enough to skim his chapters was when he had his big brother jacket on for daisy.
romeo, tiller and delcan were all good. and ik i'm in the minority here (but when am i not when it comes to this series?) but i liked them. romeo was good, idk why people call him annoying and immature? (real talk: no-one is good enough to be called mature in this series) he was the one who asked daisy to communicate with christian. he was the one who guided her once he knew that she was using sex as control. he was the one to protect her and he was the one to let her go when he got to know that she's in love with another man. why is he hated sm? his only fault is that he loves daisy? that doesn't make his pain and feelings invalid.
tiller is cute. nothing special here tho.
and delcan, boo i'm so sorry julian beat the shit out of you😭😭 i loved how daisy took responsibilities of her own actions and even went to visit him in the hospital. (he still shouldn't have slept with her drunk. but none of the men in this series can keep it in their pants, can they?)
now to the negatives:
jessa hastings writes shitty books.
there. i said it. y'all can come with your pitchforks idc i said what i said and i'm completely valid to my opinions.
her books are cheap walmart version of some hollywood selena-justin-hailey drama. the quality of her characters and storyline are absolute dogshit. wannabe kardashians😭
her books are so so crap. but still fun. (can't say the same about magnolia parks though. they are just shit.)
but one thing i gotta agree is her writing. the metaphors she uses to express the emotions her characters are feeling is TOP TIER. yet it wasn't good enough to reel me in, it wasn't strong enough to drown myself in their pain and love and happiness.
why are her books so dramatic for no reason? why are her characters 30ish yet the most insanely immature knobheads i've ever read about?
here's any jessa hasting's book's blueprint:
fmc: has a childhood lover. they are in the stars. some useless shit happens. they break apart. she falls in love with another man, BUT SHE'S ALSO IN LOVE WITH HER CHILDHOOD LOVER, but she also loves a third man, and there's a fourth one too who's in love with her too, AND SHE ALSO HAS A CRUSH ON HIM AND-
yeah. you get it.
she's highly codependent on every male she meets. she's 20ish yet sits on any random man's lap, hooks up with 5, while being in love with 10 others, while dating 15 others, while flirting and leading 100 others on.
but why, you're supposed to be sYmPaThATiC towards her. bcz of her shitty childhood she seeks male validation and attention like there's no tomorrow. she's soft and sensitive and pouts with wobbly lips and cries and throws a tantrum for calling her an "idiot". BUT YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND HER AND HER ATTACHMENT ISSUES not that she's 25 or sumn- NOPES! we don't talk about that 🥰🥰
mmc: in love with the fmc. but is in a stupid denial. so what's the only mature approach to this? YES!! HOEING AROUND TOWN!! fmc catches him, throws tantrum, kisses another guy, mmc throws a tantrum, THE CYCLE REPEATS!
anyways, so the mmc loves her, yet sleeps with other women, bcz he can't keep it in his pants for 2 mins. the fmc loves him, yet hoes around with other men, bcz she can't keep it in her blouse for 2 mins. and this cycle continues for 700+ fucking pages 🥰🥰
fmc is about to get killed, but these two pathetic corners of a love pentagon are fighting and pushing each other out of jealousy. SWOOOOON 🥰🥰
yep. that's the entirety of magnolia parks and early 40% of daisy haites summed up for you.
this book was 2.75ish stars for quite sometime, but christian (for 100%) and daisy (for the last 40%) were the saving graces of this cheap crack of cocaine.
June 13, 2023
For a med student Daisy SURE DOES HAVE A LOT OF FREE TIME (for doing stupid shit)
This book is the lovechild of "Elite" and "Gossip Girl".
THOUGHTS
It took me way too long to read this (almost four months). And have in mind, I flew through Magnolia Parks (read it in like a day-two). It's true that I was distracted by other books, but tbh, I had no motivation to finish this. Thinking about that, maybe I should've rated this even lower! In Jessa's defense, this was another fast-paced and action-packed book. Characters were equally as messy as in the first part, I just didn't get attached to them. Nevertheless, I'm invested in finding out how is the story (mainly Daisy's and Christian's) going to develop.
CHARACTERS
DAISY ugh my messy colleague, I (quite) liked her. Reading the first book, when Daisy showed up, she seemed like this mysterious borderline rude girl, and that intrigued me, I can't lie. Getting into her head, I was a bit disappointed. It turned out the cause of everything was (plainly) jealousy, not a character trait, right? Anyways, she has an interesting narrative and potential to get better. I like her with Christian, when they’re not fighting (which is never BUT). Surprisingly, I feel like they have much more chemistry than Magnolia and BJ (uh they’re always in the center of attention, even here). BUT I HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE, you simply can’t convince me Daisy is some kind of an IT GIRL. You can’t have two of those really, and Magnolia already delivered, so what are we going to do about that situation Jessa?
CHRISTIAN I like him much more than BJ. He’s still a bit of a weak character, but he has devotion and potential to develop. You can really how he cares about Daisy and it was so cute (legit butterflies) to watch him slowly realize that.
JULIAN MY MAN. MY MAN.
I love him so much. He’s questionable, I’ll give you that (I like them like that). Him as a character, a brother, the relationship with Daisy, just amazing. They did mess everything up at the end, but I strongly believe they’re going to rebuilt what they had.
DAISY TTYL, MAGNOLIA BABE HERE I COME
This book is the lovechild of "Elite" and "Gossip Girl".
THOUGHTS
It took me way too long to read this (almost four months). And have in mind, I flew through Magnolia Parks (read it in like a day-two). It's true that I was distracted by other books, but tbh, I had no motivation to finish this. Thinking about that, maybe I should've rated this even lower! In Jessa's defense, this was another fast-paced and action-packed book. Characters were equally as messy as in the first part, I just didn't get attached to them. Nevertheless, I'm invested in finding out how is the story (mainly Daisy's and Christian's) going to develop.
CHARACTERS
DAISY ugh my messy colleague, I (quite) liked her. Reading the first book, when Daisy showed up, she seemed like this mysterious borderline rude girl, and that intrigued me, I can't lie. Getting into her head, I was a bit disappointed. It turned out the cause of everything was (plainly) jealousy, not a character trait, right? Anyways, she has an interesting narrative and potential to get better. I like her with Christian, when they’re not fighting (which is never BUT). Surprisingly, I feel like they have much more chemistry than Magnolia and BJ (uh they’re always in the center of attention, even here). BUT I HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE, you simply can’t convince me Daisy is some kind of an IT GIRL. You can’t have two of those really, and Magnolia already delivered, so what are we going to do about that situation Jessa?
CHRISTIAN I like him much more than BJ. He’s still a bit of a weak character, but he has devotion and potential to develop. You can really how he cares about Daisy and it was so cute (legit butterflies) to watch him slowly realize that.
JULIAN MY MAN. MY MAN.
I love him so much. He’s questionable, I’ll give you that (I like them like that). Him as a character, a brother, the relationship with Daisy, just amazing. They did mess everything up at the end, but I strongly believe they’re going to rebuilt what they had.
DAISY TTYL, MAGNOLIA BABE HERE I COME
August 22, 2022
i’m an absolute fucking mess is what i am
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June 16, 2024DNF at 57%
these year's Dnfs are getting out of hand fr!! i really tried to finish it, but it's been more than 6 days since the last time I picked it up, and I have ZERO desire to read it, why push it then?
daisy's character was more likable compared to Magnolia that had the personality of a dead leaf, but the book as a whole was not my cup of tea AT ALL!
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it's about time to continue the series, EVERY one of you said this one is better, and I should read the rest of it, I TRUST YOU GUYS, let's go!
January 20, 2023
how i thought this book was gonna go: like a long POV chapter about a character I don't care about.
how this book actually went: stressing at 2am because, even though I'm a grandma with a self proclaimed bedtime of 930, i couldn't put it down and i was scared the quiet sobbing would wake my family.
I started this book wanting to skip it and go straight to Magnolia's book, and I finished it wanting to skip Magnolia's book to go straight to the next Daisy book.
how this book actually went: stressing at 2am because, even though I'm a grandma with a self proclaimed bedtime of 930, i couldn't put it down and i was scared the quiet sobbing would wake my family.
I started this book wanting to skip it and go straight to Magnolia's book, and I finished it wanting to skip Magnolia's book to go straight to the next Daisy book.
February 21, 2025
I can’t talk about it
February 3, 2024
on the re-read… i am torn between being a magnolia & bj girlie and a daisy & christian girlie … but like wow the shining star of this book is daisy & julians relationship ♡
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