Daisy Haites: The Great Undoing

Magnolia Parks Universe #4

by Jessa Hastings, Odile Carton (translator)

"It's the great undoing of my heart as I know it."

Daisy Haites thought she'd left everything about her old life in the past: the crime, her family and the man she loves. But when her safety is threatened once again, she finds herself back under the watchful eyes of her gang-lord brother Julian and her ex-boyfriend Christian, both desperate to keep her safe.

Everything gets more complicated when beautiful, broken-hearted socialite Magnolia Parks enters the scene and Julian finds himself entangled with her. Because for Julian, falling in love isn't just unwelcome - it could be deadly for everyone involved . . .

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Fiction, Audiobook, New Adult, Second Chance

608 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2022

Reviews

[kendyl ʚ♡⃛ɞ (hiatus) · Rating 5 out of 5]

∞ x ∞ ★’s

⁀➷ fuck. i hate loving her. it’s the great undoing of my heart as i know it.

*shoves face into pillow and screams*

°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°

𝓼𝓹𝓸𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀

❝you’re just so beautiful it hurts.❞
❝you can’t say that to me .❞
i like making her go weak.
❝i’ll say shit like that to you forever if you’ll let me.❞

⤷ i am forever undone. christian hemmes will forever have that toe curling, sheet gripping, thigh clenching effect.

°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°

❥ 𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓍𝒶 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎:
❝car’s outside❞ by james arthur

⤷ so many things i’d rather say, but for now it’s goodbye

*starts violently sobbing*
i’m unwell.

daisy and christian have embedded themselves into my dna. all the stars in every single universe are for them💫

life update since starting this series: completely dead inside. just a shell of a person with no emotion left to give.

⤷ it’s been about three weeks since i’ve finished this. three. weeks. i’ve been in a bit of a reading and review slump ever since because this book has completely consumed me to the point where i can’t even think straight.

i will never be the same after reading this series and i will never forget how reading it made me feel…which is every single emotion you can think of.

❥ 𝓂𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈:
putting all of my pain aside…daisy’s books have completely altered my brain chemistry. i want to cut open my heart, store these books inside, and sew it back up because telling you guys that these books will forever hold a special place in my heart is not enough. i wish that they were longer, i’d honestly read an 1000+ page book about daisychristian and julian!! the wait for their next book is going to be excruciatingly long. all i want to do is get lost in their story and never find my way out.

❥ 𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓉:
i swear i’ve never had so much anxiety while reading a book😭the plot was so good…significantly better than the magnolia parks plot. i love how daisy’s books have some mystery to them. you truly never really know what’s going on or what’s going to happen and that’s why i had so much anxiety. it had me on the edge of my seat like daisy’s first book and it kept me hooked. daisy’s books aren’t repetitive like magnolia’s. the ending. jessa why do you give us the most shittiest endings ever!? okay i’m sorry, that was aggressive. i’m just quite literally panicking because we have to wait god knows how long for the next book. the anticipation is going to kill me.

❥ 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔:
these books read like a movie. there’s just something about jessa’s writing that has me not being able to unsee things. i swear i dream about these books and these characters. i missed the footnotes so much!! being even more inside of daisy’s mind is one of my favorite places to be. she’s definitely one of my comfort characters. i have to say that this series has some of my most hated tropes ever, but i still love them. that’s the power of a well written book. it’s my dream to write a book or a series that’s unforgettable, to write a book that’s deep and pulls every single emotion out of a reader🥹

°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°

❥ 𝒸𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓈

⁀➷ mum used to say to me—when you pick who you want to be with, you have to imagine every part of life, every scenario. good, bad, happy, sad, painful, beautiful—not just the person you want to do road trips with, but the person you want to be stuck in gridlock traffic with. not just the person you want to have babies with, but the person you want to grieve with, the person you want next to you on the worst day of your life, at the funeral of someone you love, who’s next to you? who do you go home to? you don’t need a fair-weather lover, you need the person that’s going to stand next to you, staring down the barrel of the storm.
it’s daisy.
i know it’s daisy.

the hottest thing a man can do is be christian hemmes. that’s it. that’s the secret. this man’s love for daisy is so gentle🥺he’s a gentle man, but rough around the edges. idk how to explain him. he’s just the perfect gentleman, but can be dangerous when he wants/needs to. ugh that’s so hot🫦i don’t even know what i’m even saying anymore. this man has me FLUSTERED. i was desperate to know what it’s like to be loved by christian hemmes and i’m even more desperate now. ALSO…he’s a mama’s boy. such a walking green flag😭

❥ 𝒹𝒶𝒾𝓈𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈

⁀➷ i love him. he’s all i want. he’s all i think about. everything i didn’t want or believe about love, i want and believe in it with him. loving him has undone me wide open.

a visual of me and daisy—>👯‍♀️we are the same person. therefore, christian is mine and mine only. argue with a wall bestie. daisy is literally mother. mother was mothering in this book idc. there’s just something about her that makes me question if i want to be her or if i simply just want her? likeeeee😩diving into her past a bit more had me a sobbing fucking mess. no surprise there, i’m just a sobbing mess in general when it comes to these books. absolutely love daisy’s dad, but her MOTHER!? bye. disgusting. hate her with all of my being. daisy and mags forming a friendship had me fucking CRYINGGG. i just love it so much🥺

°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°

my face falters. i’m her death wish?
i frown at her. ❝i’m not going to hurt you.❞

if julian haites has only 1 person on their knees for him who loves him, it’s me.
if julian haites has no one who loves him, i no longer exist.
if no one can see how perfect this man is, well then i must be blind.

in conclusion:

⤷ i am obsessed with everything julian. i want to talk about him and how he is specifically in this book so fucking bad, but i can’t spoil it for you lovelies!! this man constantly has me giggling, kicking my feet, swooning, screaming, all that good stuff. i wanna know why he gets so much hate😔i just love it when a scary, dangerous man shows his soft, gentle side🥹weak in the knees every time.

°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°

❥ 𝓂𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝒹𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝓎 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹:

he pushes my hair behind my ear like he always has, then keeps his hand at the back of my neck, slips his other hand around my waist and pushes my body up against the bar behind me.
he’s slow to kiss me—careful almost?—and i wonder if he doesn’t want to do it? then he swallows heavy, brushes his mouth over mine and my eyes close without a second thought, because even considering all the circumstances, i just want to swim in this for a second. bask in the glory of his mouth against mine. and i remember in this split second the first time we did this—that night forever ago, when he kissed me, i felt like this. this stupid floaty feeling, like how those nasa pictures look of the galaxies with the space dust all pink and purple and stars and planets—that’s kissing christian hemmes. even if none of it’s real.

⤷ christian hemmes needs to kiss me. make me see stars😩

”are you going to ask me about my first time?”
”i don’t want to know about your first time.”
”why not?”
because it wasn’t with me.

⤷ fuckkkk he is so down bad😩and i am so down bad for him.

i give her a tiny smile as i push her hair behind her ears.
”in another life i reckon i could have loved you.”
she gives me a little smile back.
”in another life i would have let you—“
never you mind that i already love her in this one.

⤷ this replays in my head over and over and over again. i’ll never be the same. i want these words tattooed on my body idc.

i roll my eyes at him. “just kiss me already.”
”just say you love me back,” he says very loudly.
i stare up at him, can’t believe this is real life. i swallow once.
”i love you back.”
his face cracks into the best smile i’ve ever seen and will ever see.

a little moan from my lips.
”daisy—“

⤷ brb, gasping for air.

❥ 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓆𝓊𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈:
➛ i didn’t know how to pack him down, i didn’t know how to take loving him apart—i don’t think i can. i think i accidentally loved him in a way where he’ll be my weak knee forever.
➛ i never thought he’d morph into one of those rare people whose presence undoes you, and not only in a bad way, but also in a good way where he makes me feel safe when i’m not safe, brave when i’m not brave, and okay when i’m not okay.
➛ he feels like i’m looking at a painting.
➛ there are no arms that feel like christian’s arms. like he’s just pulled a curtain closed around me and blocked out all the bad.
➛ she’s the most beautiful thing i’ve ever seen, and i’ve seen it all.

°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°

❥02/17/24
𝓅𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌:
i’m never forgiving myself for choosing to read this series. my entire collection of books could be destroyed and that pain would be absolutely nothing compared to the pain i feel after reading every single book in this series. so. idk. rtc, when? idk.

❥02/05/24
i cried myself to sleep last night because of book 3 so why not go ahead and jump right into book 4🤸🏻‍♀️

i’ll simply never be the same after this series.

[Sara Carrolli · Rating 5 out of 5]

No thoughts, just tears xx

[Iqra · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5*

*taps mic*

HI, HELLO AND WELCOME BACK TO EPISODE FOUR OF WHY THESE BOOKS MAKE ME INSANE <3

𝗡𝗼 𝗯𝗰 𝘀𝗿𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱’𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 🥰

!! IMPORTANT: 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐯 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 (𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧) 𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 <𝟑

Okay so… where to begin?

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆’𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜’𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. srsly I could not comprehend why Julian is behaving like he’s a main character when 𝘏𝘌 𝘐𝘚 𝘕𝘖𝘛 𝗜𝗱𝗰 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘃, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗰 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘃 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗭𝗔, 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟴 🤡🤡) He’s supposed to stfu and STAY IN HIS LANE.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞- 𝐌𝐖𝐀𝐇 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 ヽ(♡‿♡)ノ

This book should’ve only been about DaisyChris THE END. Full stop. But nooo Julian gets more attention than a pest like him deserves. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝐀 𝐍 𝐓 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗦, 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗰 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵. I want him crashing and burning bc of what his fucking presence has done to my favourite characters 😭🔫

I get that no one could’ve known how everything would unfold but there’s a reason for everyone warning parks to stay away from him, which she clearly dismissed and that’s on her. She was too stubborn and to her detriment.

𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐜 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐜 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 “𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞”.
𝐒𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫.

Exhibit A:

“𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐚𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.
𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 — 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥.”

...THE FUCK?! What kind of love is this if you don’t even pay attention to warnings enough to keep them safe??

Okay let’s say he didn’t realise he was in love with her at that time 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐋 𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐈𝐅 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐎𝐓?!?!????? 👏 𝙊𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚!! 𝙃𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙄’𝙢 𝙨𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 🤭🥰

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝘀 — 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩? 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙮?? — 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. Other than him comparing her face to art every three seconds, I mean. Like okay, she's beautiful, I get it. But what else?! 𝐈𝐝𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫. But he was so materialistic almost all the time, I’m not convinced.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 “𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀” 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗰 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 “𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳”- 𝘽𝙐𝙇𝙇. 𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙏.
𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘿𝙄𝘿 𝙅𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙏𝙊 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙏𝙀𝘾𝙏 𝙃𝙀𝙍. 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙉 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙎𝘾𝙐𝙍𝙍𝙄𝙀𝘿 𝘼𝙒𝘼𝙔 𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙐𝙂𝙇𝙔 𝙍𝘼𝙏 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘼𝙍𝙀 🔪🔪

𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀.. 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲?? 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙥𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪?
AND WHERE ARE ALL HIS MEN?! 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗽𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯?? 💀✋
And wtf does he even do other than steal art and ruin lives?? No, honestly, it’s concerning.
And TF is he murdering ppl for anyway? Gang lord, my ass.

𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧, my love’s DaisyChris deserve a whole ESSAY for how adorable they were — or would’ve been if we had more content of them just being cute *gets a murderous glint in eyes* — ugh there were two iconic scenes in this book and I loved them! 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 😭💗✨🤌 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐜 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞. I don’t understand why we were given so less of themmm!! it breaks my heart at the injustice of it all 😩

𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐉𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑰𝑹 𝑶𝑾𝑵 𝑭𝑼𝑪𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑩𝑶𝑶𝑲𝑺 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑩𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑫 🔪

Jessa, u need to do better, I’m sorry.

𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲:
Jonah Hen and Taur need to sort their shit out 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 bc I’m sick of it alr.

𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀: 🎧

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𝗙𝗮𝘃 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:
In the comments section ugh

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Fuck this shit. Despicable.

[anh · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars

"It’s the great undoing of my heart as I know it."

I have never been more beautifully destroyed by a book! My first 5-star read of the year, and I am already shattered. I lost count of how many times I sobbed. This book doesn’t just break your heart—it plants that heartache deep within you and refuses to let go. Without a doubt, this is my favourite book in the series so far, and it’s a feeling I will never recover from.

"Loving him will be my magnum opus."

Daisy Haites- To call my love for her just admiration would be an understatement. Daisy is everything—she feels like a part of me. Watching her journey in this book was like seeing a reflection of my own growth. She doesn’t lose herself along the way; she remains fiercely true to who she is. She’s unapologetically tough, the kind of person who wouldn’t hesitate to protect those she loves, even if it means picking up a gun. But the pain she’s endured, and the person she’s become because of it, is what makes it all so much more heartbreaking.

Her strength comes from knowing herself, from refusing to be anything but who she is. Some people find her difficult, but that’s because she refuses to shrink herself for anyone. She is sharp edges and soft moments, a walking contradiction, and I love every piece of her. Her trauma, her life, her relationship with trust, and how she’s been shaped by everything she’s gone through—it is so human.

Her bond with Julian is so tender, one of the most beautiful sibling relationships I’ve ever encountered. They are each other’s unshakable foundation. And then there’s her evolving friendship with Magnolia. Daisy doesn’t let people in easily, but Magnolia’s kindness and empathy start to break through. Magnolia is there to comfort her, to listen, to hold space for Daisy in a way no one else does. Watching them grow closer felt like witnessing something fragile and beautiful. Their friendship was one of my favourite parts of the book.

“Daisy for me was a complete trip—I accidentally fell in love with her, and I accidentally lost her. I wasn’t ready for it. I wasn’t ready to love someone how it turns out I love her.”

Christian Hemmes- The man that he is! His development throughout the story is flawless, but what really stands out is how he loves Daisy. He’s the definition of patience and gentleness. His love for her isn’t about force or expectation; it’s about giving her the space she needs while always being there for her. Christian’s tenderness doesn’t come with the desire to fix her—he respects her boundaries and loves her in ways that make me ache. He waited for her to come to terms with her feelings, even though his own heart ached in the process.

Christian is humble, caring, and selfless but there’s also a fierceness that he only reveals when it’s truly necessary. The way he balances that strength with such gentleness? It’s captivating. I fell for him in DH1, but this book only deepened my love for him. I am begging Jessa Hastings to please have mercy on his heart because I’m not sure it can bear much more!

Daisy & Christian- They’re everything! Their love is woven into the smallest moments between them, in the quiet exchanges and the silent understanding they share. Their relationship has been a journey of its own, and in this book, it’s all about the complexity of their love. It’s not easy, but it’s deep and real. They adore each other, but it’s never uncomplicated.

Their love is unspoken in a thousand little ways—in the way Christian waits, in the way Daisy lets him in just a little more each time. They orbit each other, drawn together despite every force trying to keep them apart. The way they’re there for each other, even when the world is anything but stable—that’s what makes their bond so profound.

Watching them share these small, tender moments, the way Christian calls Daisy “baby” and looks at her with such soft devotion, is enough to ruin me. These two are undeniably meant for each other, in a way that nothing else compares to. Daisy and Christian are each other’s safe place.

Their pain is my pain; their joy is my joy. I can’t imagine them apart, and if they’re not endgame? I won’t survive it.

Julian Haites- This man. I love him—complicated, messy, and flawed as he is. Julian deserves to be seen, cherished, and loved for everything that he is. Yes, he’s made mistakes, yes, his life is far from perfect, but there’s so much depth to him. He’s aware of his faults, but that doesn’t make him any less deserving of love. His unwavering protection of Daisy—he would do anything for her, and that’s something I can’t help but admire. His arc in this book was redemptive, a man trying to make up for his past mistakes, especially in his relationship with Daisy.

But what absolutely tore me apart was how he speaks about Magnolia. He doesn’t just love her; he worships her, sees her as something beyond human. And the way he describes her as art?? It’s poetry, pure and simple.

“She is the goddess in the Botticelli clam shell, her eyes are the waterlilies in Monet’s pond, she is the hand of God reaching down to mankind. Klimt’s Kiss is a portrait of us and I’m gonna steal it. Take it, make it mine, make her mine too.”

How can you not be moved by that??

Julian’s heart is broken, and it’s so painfully clear. He loves her like a prayer, like something sacred, but she was never meant to be his religion. And yet, he kneels at her altar anyway. He knows Magnolia is in love with BJ, and he does everything he can to ensure she gets the love she deserves—even if it destroys him. In doing so, he loses himself, quietly making sacrifices that no one even realises. His love for her is deep, but it’s also tragic. The way he sees her is nothing short of art, but it’s a love that was never meant to be. I’ve accepted that, but that doesn’t make it any less painful.

“In another life I reckon I could have loved you,” I tell her.
She gives me a little smile back.
“In another life I would have let you—”
Never you mind that I already love her in this one.

Julian deserves so much more than he’s gotten. Magnolia may love BJ, but what’s truly devastating is how little she understands Julian. It’s heartbreaking, and I will always protect his heart from any more damage.

Julian’s life complicates everything. Loving him means living in constant danger, and that burden weighs on him heavily. His responsibilities are immense, and even though he loves the life he leads, it’s clear that it demands too much of him. He loves Magnolia, but his world doesn’t allow him to be with her. That, in itself, is a tragedy.

This book has left me an absolute sobbing mess. The ending is going to haunt my dreams. I don’t know when I’ll be able to pick up MPU5 because I’m still reeling from the emotional wreckage of this book.

[Clace · Rating 1 out of 5]

Baxter James Ballentine is BJs full form thank fuck i got it. Now i can stop calling him blow job Ballentine 🙂‍↕️

As a MP book disappointing BUT as a DH book such a massive improvement.

I like julian alot, he is prolly my favorite character...id also advise Iqra if she reads this to skip some parts 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️ He was so good. toxic? sure, but who isnt in this book 🫣 he also deserves so much better than whatever the fuck magnolia is. As for daisy and Christian i loved them in this both were really enjoyable to read about...but magnolia and bj??? i wanted to slap them both so hard because wtf were they on.

the plot was so mid like the characters were the only reason why i was reading this was because of the characters, jessas writing was good but it didnt work with the plot because what was even happening there.

I don't even wanna talk about the romance because AHAHAHA it was so toxic yet cute?? weird but cute? why was i shipping these two so much idk but jessa definitely did something there (talking about daisy and Christian. Because I can't stand bjparks)

all in all, i still dont think daisys books are necessary because MPs books are way more enjoyable. they just feel like obstacles to cross because the length is so much and it drags at times as well. Also at times it feels like magnolia and BJ are the main characters even tho daisy and Christian are supposed to be the MCs?!?

[Marianna Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

“It’s the great undoing of my heart as I know it.”

NO BECAUSE BY THIS BOOK I AM FOREVER UNDONE AND WILL NEVER EVER EVER RECOVER!!!

6 STARS!!! Some of the most painful tear stained stars I have ever given but that just goes to show how DEEPLY I feel for these characters. This is without a doubt my favorite book in the series and one of my new favorite books of all time. Not to be dramatic but to be completely dramatic, I will never go a day without thinking about the ending of this book. Christian and Daisy have officially ruined all other fictional couples for me, THEY ARE MY ROMAN EMPIRE.

“I press my nose up against the window and Christian’s trying to punch through the glass. I watch him break at least two fingers and probably a knuckle and it doesn’t slow him down an inch.”
“how can I have lost her again when I’ve just gotten her back?”

I actually cannot think about this scene without ugly crying.

STRAIGHT TO JAIL FOR HURTING MY BABIES IN THE WORST WAY JESSA!!! But not really because I love you for bringing them into my life but also I’m so obsessed with them that if they aren’t endgame I might actually have to be restrained and fear I’ll never pick up a book again…. *she says in the least dramatic way possible while also being entirely dramatic…. Again.*

CHRISTIAN HEMMES THE MAN THAT YOU ARE!!!! I say this with my full chest, HE IS MY FAVORITE MAN IN THIS SERIES! I feel like he is so underrated and you know what, that’s okay, more for me. YOUR HONOR I LOVE HIM!!! His growth in this series is PERFECTION! And the way he loves Daisy… don’t even get me started. He’s so attentive to daisy and her needs and is so gentle and patient in loving her. Literally all this man wants is for her to be happy so he was okay with loving her from afar because it was what she needed at the time. He never pushed her or rushed her into anything, talk about a man that’s knows and respects boundaries!! I loved how he waited for her to come to terms with her feelings first despite being so painfully in love with her!! Not once did he try to fix her, and I think that’s one of my favorite parts about him.

Daisy and Christian’s love is soft. They give each other a sense a calm and stillness and stability and the crazy fucked up world they live in. They are eachother’s home. Soulmates in every possible way. I feel their love so deeply that their pain is my pain at this point. But their happiness is my happiness and my GOD I JUST NEED THEM TO BE HAPPY!!!!

Daisy is me, I am daisy, the love I have for her as a character reminds me why I love reading so much. My connection to her makes me feel so seen. She grew so much in this book while still never losing sight of the parts of herself that make her, her. She’s honestly mother. Something about a women who doesn’t hesitate to pull out a gun. Which makes the fact that she’s about to be put through the ringer HURT 10 TIMES MORE!!! I’m so scared for her and watching her in pain is going to ruin me all over again. She will go to the end of the earth to protect Christian and I know we’re about to see that in action in the next book.

Julian….. my heart. Is in a million pieces for you. I hate to say I told you so…. But falling in love with Magnolia Parks did in fact ruin you and I HATE IT!! She does not deserve you sir. Getting his POV of their relationship gutted me. He fell in love with each and every tiny detail that made Magnolia Parks, Magnolia Parks, and the way he described that love in his head actually made me sob on multiple occasions. It was never going to be Magnolia and Julian and I stand by that and he deserves so much more, but it doesn’t mean it didn’t DESTROY ME!!! That being said I really felt like their relationship was so one sided with Magnolia being so in love with BJ (which duh) but I still hated how she seemed to never truly get to know Julian on a deeper level.. I know I know they were both clear that they weren’t anything serious BUT IM PROTECTIVE OF JULIANS HEART.

“She is the goddess in the Botticelli clam shell, her eyes are the waterlilies in Monet’s pond, she is the hand of God reaching down to mankind. Klimt’s kiss is a portrait of us and I’m gonna steal it. Take it, make it mine, make her mine too.”

LIKE ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???????

I’m so scared for this man…. He’s about to go off the rails in DH3 and tbh im scared for his mental sanity as well as his life….

Anyway…. Nothings okay, everyone’s fucked and I won’t be able to sleep at night until we get Daisy Haites book 3…. I genuinely will never recover from this book and honestly, I don’t want to.

Favorite quotes:

“Daisy for me was a complete trip—I accidentally fell in love with her, and I accidentally lost her. I wasn’t ready for it. I wasn’t ready to love someone how it turns out I love her. I couldn’t have picked loving her out of a line-up until it happened and then it was everything.”

“What am I to you?” “Oh I don’t know — Like, just, everything.”

“What are you doing?” “Sorry. You’re just — So beautiful it hurts.”

“Every loud and perfect symphony, every immaculate clash of pastel colours in every sky that this stupid, beautiful world has ever given us—he is all of it. He is the drug. Every high I’ve ever chased, every good feeling, everyone else is Vicodin, morphine and fentanyl, but Christian—he’s the good stuff. He’s heroin.”

“In another life I reckon I could have loved you,” I tell her. She gives me a little smile back. “In another life I would have let you—” Never you mind that I already love her in this one.

“I am fucked up in love with you.Have never stopped loving you, since the second I realised I did, and I admit it, it took me too long to know it but I know it now, and I can’t unknow it. I don’t want to unknow it, I want to be with you.”

[lulu · Rating 2 out of 5]

oh my this book should’ve been called Julian Haites: The Great Undoing.

he had the loudest voice in here. unfortunately.

CHRISTIAN AND DAISY WERE ROBBED. completely, utterly, without a doubt, robbed. this was supposed to be about them, but they literally feel like background characters. what the hell?? no like what in the actual hell. i loved and enjoyed their relationship so much in this book, they were adorable. but it felt like it wasn’t a significant enough part of the story. i am also just an absolute wreck at their ending.

although daisy was a btec magnolia in her last book, i actually enjoyed her quite a lot here. and christian makes her so much more likable as well. thats bae <3. wouldn’t say i fell in love with her like i hoped i would, but i did warm to her and that’s a start. shes much better written in this book (less mental instability). and her povs are also so much better when you don’t open those despicable footnotes.

Some people have freckles sprinkled on their noses, other people have eyes clear like water, or hair that’s the colour of the night, but me? My unique feature is that I lose everyone, and everyone loses me.

daisy’s past was just heartbreaking. it honestly left me so devastated. her mother was an awful person. daisy deserved so much better. she’s just been dealt some shitty cards.

i loved seeing daisy and magnolia form a friendship that was honestly so precious. UGH MAGNOLIA IS JUST SO PERFECT💞💞 (im in love w her idc ADD ME TO THE ROSTERRR)

if you love julian, just stop reading rn. it’s for the best 🤍

if i didn’t detest julian, i’d actually feel so bad for him. but no. i hate julian. with every fibre of my being. i despise this stupid, pathetic clown of a gang lord. cant do anything right. fucks up everyone and everything around him. his povs literally ruined everything good in this book AKA the relationship thats ACTUALLY worth reading about: christian and daisy. am i supposed to empathize with him? i really don’t. he deserves pain, humilation, sadness, and suffering for the rest of his miserable life.
why oh WHYYYY did he think it would be okay to get involved with her😭😭😭😭 everything is ruined now. everything. he cannot be forgiven for his involvement. he’s literally the worst character.

things i didn’t like:
- julian
- daisys relationship with tiller dragged on for way too long. it was like half the book.
- julian
- julians “relationship” with magnolia.
- NOT ENOUGH CHRISTIAN (like wtf??) i want more from his character
- julian talking about how much he “loves” magnolia.
- tiller
- oh and did i mention julian yet?

i felt so conflicted on what to rate this book because i know if this was just a christiandaisy book i would be in love. but its not, so here we are 🫤

i don’t know if i’m gonna read another daisy haites book because i can’t stand julian and i really like christiandaisy but i’m not as invested in them because of julian taking over their books. he should’ve just been given a novella that i can ignore or something. so disappointing.

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i better fall in love with daisy haites in this book

[Larissa Cambusano · Rating 5 out of 5]

still processing.

i’m in love. but also i’m unwell.

julian haites >>>>>

i fell completely in love with christian & daisy in this one. soulmates.

idk how i’ll be able to wait until the next one. but here i am. 5 millionnnnn stars!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“you’re a little bit of magic, aren’t you, daisy haites?” <3

[Madison Kait · Rating 5 out of 5]

re-read update: still my favourite♡
didn’t know these books could get better … always thought i would prefer the magnolia/bj perspective but this book… the ending — jessa hastings single handedly breaking my heart. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 6 stars !!!!!

re-read number 2 *audiobook* - never not 6 stars 🤍☁️🥺✨

[siff ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

➵ 4 stars

“𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙄’𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚, 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙄 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙬, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚’𝙫𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨, 𝙄’𝙢 𝙞𝙣.”

summary:
daisy left her old life behind, because she wanted to be done with all the crime and just be normal for once. it wasn’t easy for her, she left her whole friend group, her brother, and the love of her life behind. she has a new boyfriend now, his name is killian tiller, before he was just the cop at the door, but now he’s the man in her life. but her new life slowly crumbles to pieces when her life is being threatened once again. she has to move back in with her brother, whom she hasn’t spoken to in a long time, not only that but she also has to face the love of her life, whom she hasn’t spoken to either since she left him, or did he leave her ?


first of all i’d just like to state; i’m ready to risk it all for a daisychristian endgame, at this point fuck beej, magnolia, and julian. just give me a daisychristian endgame, and i’ll finally be happy. anyway, these books just never get easier or hurt less. it doesn’t matter if you already know what’s going to happen, it doesn’t get easier. everything just crumbles through your fingers right in front of your eyes. i’m always reading this series with a heavy heart, it just hits me so fucking hard. and i don’t know what it is about daisy and christian, but they just make my heart grow a size or two or a million. everything about these people is complicated, their relations, feelings, journeys, stories, etc. and they all touch your heart in a different way, and you can 100% relate to one of them or in my case a little bit of them all. this series will have you pulling your hair, screaming into your pillow, sobbing, frustrated, happy, comforted, etc. you feel everything, and sometimes you feel it a little too much, but you honestly just can’t help it. this series has just as much drama as the netflix series “gossip girl” has, and if you’ve watched it you know that you can’t relax for more than two minutes max, in this case, you just can’t be happy for more than two minutes max. this series and all its characters will 100% give you a big, fat, amount of trust issues. even tho you already know this book doesn’t have a hea, you don’t stop hoping and praying for it, you continue to hope with everything in you, but from personal experience, i can tell you that the shit doesn’t work.

characters:
daisy haites / baby haites / face
daisy is my girl. fuck you christian imma take your… whatever she is to you. daisy is such a fucking girl boss, i love her with my whole heart. she knows who she is and she knows her boundaries, and i respect that so much. from the very first moment i got to know daisy in dh1 i just knew she was a character that would touch my heart. daisy’s character for me is a comfort, she feels like one of those really needed hugs to me. her character is complicated, smart, loyal, brave, responsible, messy, etc. and i just absolutely adore her. and i know that there are many mixed opinions and feelings about her, but to me she’s just absolutely perfect. she’s often very confused about her feelings, she doesn’t trust them because they’ve betrayed her before, and i feel like that’s a thing most people with trust issues can relate to, and it often makes it very hard for you to open up and trust completely. her past and her relationship with her mother always break my heart, and i absolutely despise her mother. which leads me to her brother julian, and how he always had her back and protected her no matter what. the haites siblings is probably my favorite sibling duo of the year.

“𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩. 𝙄𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙄’𝙢 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙖���𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚.”

christian hemmes
christian fucking hemmes, in other words; the love of my life, except zade and dante ofc. i love and appreciate christian so much, i honestly just want a man to love my like christian loves daisy. it’s just the most precious thing i’ve ever read about, and it had me tearing up sobbing my heart out at times, i can’t lie. he’s so precious, humble, unselfish, caring, etc. just everything good, sometimes you forget that he’s actually rather dangerous and could beat the shit out of you in two seconds. i just want to give him a big fucking hug. nobody in this series honestly deserves him, he’s literally too good for them all. he’s probably one of the reasons why i hold such a strong grudge toward magnolia, she literally manipulated the shit out of him, and i’ll just never forgive her for that. so there’s that, plus all of magnolia’s other annoying character traits. christian is just such an angel, and i fell completely head over heels for him in dh1 and this book only made me fall harder for him, which i didn’t think was possible. he’s such a lovesick fool for daisy and i’m eating that shit right up. and last but not least; please jessa have some mercy on my man’s heart i don’t think it can take anymore, like do you hate him or something ?

“𝘿𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥 — 𝙄 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧.”

julian haites / jules
i love julian, but i can’t lie even tho i get why he made the choices he made, they were still a little pathetic. but when that’s said i do love him, which is annoying at times. my heart does break for him, because he’s a gang-lord that word always makes me cringe a little ngl, and loving someone means putting them in danger, which makes things a lot more complicated for him. he has so many responsibilities weighing on his shoulders, and so many people relying on him, and that must be so exhausting at times. he does love what he does, but a man like him can’t have it all. and he does love magnolia, but what he does for a living kind of stands in the way of him loving her. there’s that and then the whole magnolia being in love with beej, but that’s old news. imo julian deserves way better than magnolia, because we all know magnolia can’t love another man like she loves beej. plus magnolia is a bitch, she’s likable at times, but most of these people deserve so much better than her. she basically hurts everything and everyone around her, when she’s hurting. anyways, i don’t know how i feel about what julian did at the end of this book, but that’s because he hurt my babies, and broke my heart into a million pieces in the process.

“𝙄𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙤𝙣 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪.”
“𝙄𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪—“

⎯ daisychristian is my heart, and i’m sure most of y’all know that by now. they’re just everything and my love for them cannot be described with some simple words. they’re truly one of the most precious couples i’ve ever read about ! these two touch my heart, it’s like they reach into my chest, wrap their arms around my heart and hug it. it’s actually kind of scary because if these two aren’t endgame i know i’ll be completely crushed, and that my ladies and gentlemen is something i’ll never recover from. all these small moments of daisy and christian just admiring each other in silence without the other person knowing >>> their journey and love story just hit differently because it all started out so complicated in dh1, but in this book, it’s just so simple, except its actually not. it’s simple because they both love each other more than they love anything else, but complicated because they are who they are. the amount of times i was giggling and smiling like an idiot is uncountable, i just know i looked like an absolute fool every time christian called daisy “baby”. okay, i need y’all to imagine a golden retriever with its tongue hanging out of its mouth looking at its favorite snack, okay so you got that image in your head right now ? because i’m pretty sure that’s how christian looks at daisy. these two are soulmates, and there are simply no discussions or questions about it.

actual footage of me wallowing in my self-pity while reading about daisychristian:


i did really love this book and it also did exactly what i imagined it would… shattered my heart. because happiness isn’t a thing when you’re reading this series, and you’ll learn that very fast. i actually enjoyed this book far more than i thought i would. but that’s probably because i’ve seen so many mixed reviews on it, but that just proves you have to read the book yourself and see. you never know, someone's least favorite book might be your favorite book and the other way too <3 now when that’s said magnolia needs to get her ass back into her own book, i’ve had enough of her whiny ass for now. daisy and christian really saved this book, however, i do agree with not getting enough of them, considering this is daisy’s book and not julian’s. this book would 100% have been a five-star read if i had gotten a little more daisychristian and a little less magnolia. magnolia was somewhat likable in the end, but she’s still the absolute bane of my existence, i just liked her because she helped daisy a lot. if you want to know how i feel right now, i feel kinda like that saying “fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me”. the last thing i want to say is, before starting this series i’d recommend buying some recovery ice cream, it’s the only thing that keeps you going istg.

daisychristian brainrot moments:
“A new freckle under his right eye. Eyes are just as much trouble as they’ve always been, coloured like honey split on leaves in autumn.”

“He opens his arms for me and I step into them. He wraps me up and I sink into him, and it’s bad for me — I forgot what it was like to be held by him. I put it out of my mind that it’s my favourite feeling on the planet, that there are no arms, not even those of my boyfriend — who I’ll remind you that I do love — there are no arms that feel like Christian’s arms.”

“Did you get any good presents?”
“Yep.”
“Favourite?”
“My best friend in my kitchen at my mum’s house.”

“What am I to you.”
“Oh, I don’t know— Like, just — everything.”

“Christian—“
“Daisy—“
“What are you doing?”
“Sorry. You’re just— So beautiful it hurts.”

“Are we fighting?”
“We don’t fight.”

“Is it a bad vibe that I’m up here?”
“Maybe?”
“Should I go?”
“If you want to.”
“I don’t.”
“Then stay for a minute.”
“If it’s all the same to you, Baby, I might even stay for five.”

“Thanks for kissing me.”
“Anytime.”
“It was just a kiss, right?”
“No. It’s never just an anything with you. But I say ‘yes.’”

“I can’t love him again.”
“Well, therein lies problem, Dais — you never stopped.”

“I’m late for breakfast with the boys. late because Daisy jumped into the shower with me when I was getting ready to leave and I got a bit sidetracked. I’d sidetrack my whole fucking year for five minutes alone with her, but by way of miracle I’m getting a lot of her five minutes these days — and I’m not going to fuck it up this time.”

“I can’t trust anything I think I see in his feelings for me — I can’t read him, even if he’s the only thing I ever want to read for the rest of my life.”

“Okay. Let me be clear now then, Daisy— I am fucked up in love with you. Have never stopped loving you, since the second I realised I did, and I admit it, it took me too long to know it but I know it now, and I can’t unknow it. I don’t want to unknow it, I want to be with you. And I’ll do whatever I need to to make us work. You want me right leave London with you? Great. I’m in— You want me to quit, not have anything to do with this shit — fine. That’s fine, I don’t care, whatever it is, I’ll do it.”

“Just kiss me already.”
“Just say you love me back first.”
“I love you back.”

“Daisy’s sitting there shaking her head, but happy. I love it when she’s happy. She has been these last few days. Suits her.”

“She sits on my lap instead of a seat every chance she gets. Whenever we’re standing, whether she’s facing me or her back’s to me, her hands are in my pockets. Front pockets, back pockets, the big one at the front of a hoodie, her and her little ice-lollie hands always find mine, and we’re probably annoying and I definitely don’t give a shit.”

“I stare over at Daisy — it’s shit that she looks so hot when she’s cross. That pouty mouth. It’s pouty in general, but when she’s pissed — I don’t stand a fucking chance.”

“You nervous, Baby?”
“No. I’m not scared of anything. It’s just that if someone looks at you in a way that I hate, I’ll have to kill them — and then, that’s a mess we don’t need right now—“

“His hands are trembling a bit — adrenaline — so I pull him outside. Out into the hallway and then into an empty room, and as soon as we’re in there, he wraps his arms around me, holds me tighter than he ever has and cries. These big, undone sobs and each one of them fastens my heart a little bit tighter to his.”

“I love him. He’s all I want. He’s all I think about. Everything I didn’t want or believe about love, I want to believe in it with him. And loving him has undone me wide open.”

spotify playlist; daisy haites: daisy and christian
(the link only works on laptop tho)

tropes; mafia romance, second chance, she fell first he fell harder, and soulmates

[Sabrina · Rating 3 out of 5]

“I never thought that he’d morph into one of those rare people whose presence undoes you”

The narrators? absolutely delivered. I highly recommend listening to the audiobooks for the whole series as they seem to truly bring out the emotions from these characters in making me feel like I was there. I was simultaneously listening while reading along

This book? the potential to love it was there but it felt more like the great undoing of my sanity with how many chapters Julian had in comparison to Daisy & Christian.

3.5 stars

*Spoiler free section and a spoiler one below*

christian and daisy felt almost like side characters simply put. But the scenes we do get with them were so sweet and wholesome that I was able to feel more of a deeper connection between them. There was some growth in how they dealt with things in being less reactive and more decisively conscious of their actions. So y’all were right.. this book was both better and worse. The art gallery scene, New Year’s Eve, dinner at his parents house, the sex tape (I’d literally pay to see it) and how that was ultimately handled and one towards the end—all those moments had me wanting more. I’m seriously rooting for them

“His face cracks into the best smile I've ever seen and will ever see, because his face is... fuck The Mona Lisa, screw The Last Supper, never think of Michelangelo's David again—they all pale compared to him in front of me.”

daisy with her insecurities and how she acted made it so difficult to accept her initially but I admit and can say she kinda grew on me here. Similarly to magnolia, you will find reasons to like or dislike her but keep in mind as I am that they both have their own fair share of trauma and flaws that doesn’t excuse their behavior but gives much reason for it. With this in mind, I was able to meet those flaws with more empathy and warm up to her after everything and found myself relating to her a bit. Her mistrust in women is very apparent with how she acts (it bothered me in dh1 but now I chalk it up to her being obnoxious besides her having her reasons). it was funny as hell seeing her reluctance to accept that magnolia was growing on her by trying to find reasons to dislike her lol I genuinely enjoyed their friendship? With the bonding moments they had and magnolia showing her grace as she did since I was so fed up with the animosity that was there

“I love this one,” she tells me. “Me too,” I say, staring at her. She glances over at me and our eyes catch and my cheeks go hot so then I look quickly at the painting. “Same.” Him not looking at the painting but her >>

Christian the man that you are. You can tell he truly cares for everyone around him and deserves so much good. I loved him so much more here and can say his character arc was even better compared to how he was in dh1 in not harboring those mixed messy feelings he felt. He was more self aware with himself and everyone here besides being so patient, soft and caring with Daisy and I know how much she needed that. When he reassured her as to how he felt “He nods once then ducks a little so we’re eye-to-eye. “Let me be clear now then, Daisy—”“I am fucked up in love with you and I admit it, it took me too long to know it but I know it now, and I can’t un-know it. I don’t want to un-know it, I want to be with you.” goodness the eye contact and that whole scene had me weak and whenever his narrator said baby I was done for 🫠 Now his last couple of scenes.. my heart was seriously hurting for him because why did you have to go and do that Jessa WHY

Tiller I didn’t mind him in dh1 but his character felt so useless here and unfortunately what went on with him dragged for way too long

As for Julian, i see why he's so loved by some after this. In part, it’s clearly due to the bad boy complex he had going on, some of his internal monologue provided Jessa's relatable writing, but most of all--its undeniably the idea of someone who doesn’t believe in love being secretly in love with someone despite that person loving someone else that just tugs on your heart. However, I personally couldn’t for reasons that make it difficult to but it’s great that anyone else was able to. I did however love his narrators voice and would happily let him talk my ear off any day

It’s obvious why magnolia had so much screen time and I know some people cringed when she was giving fashion advice at that meeting but i thought it was funny lmao I’m somehow glad for it since all these books need that comedic relief that her humor brings out

‼️ SPOILER‼️ Keep scrolling if you haven’t read mp2 long way home (Idk if the spoiler coding works still but I used it just in case)

reading this confirmed what I knew from LWH and put things more into perspective. Julian talked about keeping magnolia safe by ending whatever they have as he “loves her” (to me they were mostly just fucking with no deep connection to affirm this love and magnolia always made it clear how she felt) but he was overall careless with her safety since he thought it would attract the wrong message not keeping in mind that everything was fucked the moment they got together. Idk where was the common sense that his “business” and the death of his parents had afforded him in not telling her she was in danger because that mistake seems to have costed us Bridget 😭 I cannot forgive that. And then he practically runs away after the accident not checking if she’s ok? some love huh

Obviously magnolia was aware of him being dangerous as all of London associates him as such but he always kept her in the dark about it all. If she had known she could’ve protected herself better and acted accordingly. a tracking device? really? and even Jonah knew.

As well as, his involvement in kidnapping daisy at the end so abruptly. I understand his inherent need to protect her but I was soo angry at him for doing that because christian was already suffering because of his mom and had made plans with Daisy to leave for a normal life. he couldn’t just not be selfish and let her make her own decisions being the adult that she is. The foreshadowing towards what potentially could happen to his character was very apparent here too and I honestly don’t see Daisy living a happy life with Christian unless something gives because of who Julian is and represents in her life

‼️SPOILERS OVER‼️

DH1 review

I fully expected to write a short review and not enjoy this but I surprisingly did and now here we are. This series has been many things and I just know into the dark will be incredibly painful than these last two books have been. Here’s to hoping jessa rewards us immeasurably for the distress she causes and dh3/dh4 won’t be too distressing. My rating would've been higher had we gotten more scenes between Christian and daisy.

Quotes

“Mum used to say to me — when you pick who you want to be with, you have to imagine every part of life, every scenario. Good, bad, happy, sad, painful, beautiful — not just the person you want to do road trips with, but the person you want to be stuck in gridlock traffic with. Not just the person you want to have babies with, but the person you want to grieve with, the person you want next to you on the worst day of your life, at the funeral of someone you love, who’s next to you? Who do you go home to? It’s Daisy. I know it’s Daisy. THIS 🥹

“There is no us,” “For now,” I tell her with a smirk. “No—”“I like riling her up so I do it some more. “For now.” She gives me a look. “Christian—” “Daisy—” I reach over and push some hair behind her ears. “What are you doing?” “Sorry. You’re just—” I shake my head and laugh once even though none of this is funny to me. “So beautiful it hurts.”

“I wasn’t ready to love someone how it turns out I love her. I couldn’t have picked loving her out of a line-up until it happened and then it was everything: my first thought, last thought, mid-thought, the name I’d say in my sleep..”this was longer but how he feels >>

“and I guess this is what happens when you can't be alone and your friendship group is as incestuous as ours and I make a mental note to buy everyone a group therapy session for Christmas this year.” 😭🤣 yes thank you
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Had this one left to read before mp3 next month and listening to the audio book is making this experience so much better. I’d highly recommend that because the narrators 🤌🏼

[♥︎ Heather ⚔ (New House-Hiatus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Someone needs to clue Jessa Hastings in on what a HEA is... RTC.


𓍯𓂃𓏧♡ “If this is what being loved by him on accident feels like, I can't imagine what it'd feel like to be loved on purpose.”

“His face cracks into the best smile I've ever seen and will ever see, because his face is... fuck The Mona Lisa, screw The Last Supper, never think of Michelangelo's David again—they all pale compared to him in front of me.” 𓍯𓂃𓏧♡

𓍯𓂃𓏧♡“It's the great undoing of my heart as I know it.”
✎﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏
I'm so excited to start this one - also... these original covers are SO much better than the feet ones. 😎

Daisy and Christian >>> 💚💚

[Ri ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Every loud and perfect symphony, every immaculate clash of pastel colours in every sky that this stupid, beautiful world has ever given us—he is all of it.”

Loving this series and it's characters has undone me wide open.

This book should be named Julian Haites: The great undoing because this book was all about him and I am not even complaining but I NEEDED more of Christian and Daisy's romance! The romance was really so beautifully written in this book, with all the emotional, angsty and wholesome moments ever.

The new year's eve scene at rooftop is peak literature no arguement and it's my roman empire and it will forever be engraved in my mind.

She drops her head on my shoulder and my head falls back and I stare at nothing in the sky, take a big breath, breathe in how much I love her.
“Happy New Year,” she says, not looking at me.
I don’t say anything for a few seconds. Drop my head on top of hers, let it rest there how it always wants to. “This is the hottest thing that’s ever happened to me on a midnight.”

This book and Jessa's haunting writing again wrecked my heart in the worst way possible. The story started off good and I was hooked in Julian's side of story because Daisy and Tiller's 'normal' relationship was dragged on for more than half of this book. Honestly, I think Jessa only wanted to see Christian living a miserable life where the only true love of life is busy living her normal life because Christian couldn't do the normal with her. It's so heartbreaking to see how much he went through in this series only to get his heart shattered in the end AGAIN.

“I love this one,” she tells me.
“Me too,” I say, staring at her.

The first half was a little bit boring and just dragged on with no actual content but the second half of this book is everything! The drama and the angst was to die for. I liked how Jessa focused more on Julian's story in this book and how he come to love Magnolia and what are the actual reasons for behaving the way he did in MP2. Jessa shattered my heart at first with how Daisy and Christian still loves each other but can't have their normal, then Jessa put it back together by reuniting them, only to stomp on my heart again with her six inch heels and with that punch to the gut ending —which I hate with every fiber of my being.


➸ 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬

I loved Daisy in this book so much. She's such a girl boss who knows what she wants in her life and doesn't seek attention just to prove others that she's different. Her backstory broke my heart and she deserves so much better than the life she was born into. Even after seeing so much pain and trauma in her life, she never backs down from anything in her life. She takes control of the situations, no matter how dangerous they are and that's what I like most about her because she is her own person. She was a complicated character for me to understand to in DH1 but this book explored more of her personage and the reasons behind all her actions and decisions. She has lots of trust issues and it's mostly because of all the betrayals she has faced in her life, but I like how she never let them overpower her.

“I didn’t know how to pack him down, I didn’t know how to take loving him apart—I don’t think I can. I think I accidentally loved him in a way where he’ll be my weak knee forever.”

➸ 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐬

Christian is my man. He's the most selfless, caring, thoughtful, respectful and humble man and he deserves all the happiness in the world. He is literally the only tortured man in this series and I hate Jessa so much for it. He's upfront about his opinions and his feelings for Daisy and he always made sure she felt comfortable with him. All the ways he loved and will always love Daisy is just something out of this world. If I loved him DH1, then this book has made me a goner for him because this man is perfection. No words will be enough to describe how precious he is to me and the way he's such a golden retriever boy for Daisy but also is the second most dangerous man in London who can kill anyone with just his hands never fails to amaze me.

“Daisy for me was a complete trip—I accidentally fell in love with her, and I accidentally lost her. I wasn’t ready for it. I wasn’t ready to love someone how it turns out I love her.”

➸ 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬

He deserves to be loved and cherish. Julian is....well...words always vanish from my mind when I want to write about him because he is just amazing. Yes, he is flawed and imperfect and has his faults and messy life but he's aware of all of them. Behind all the hard edges and gang lord profile is a caring and a thoughtful man. The way he protects Daisy with all his life was so admirable and precious and he did fucked up in DH1, but he also tried to redeem himself in this book for Daisy. The way he was their for Magnolia because she needed him to forget about Beej and he just took upon that opportunity thinking he's not a man about love. He was so wrong and I hate how Magnolia broke his heart without even having any idea what she did to him and that's why I hate Magnolia with other men that's not Beej.

“Fuck. I hate loving her. It’s the great undoing of my heart as I know it.”

╰┈➤ 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐲 & 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧

Protect them at all costs! Daisy and Christian were everything in this book! I loved them in DH1 but now they are everything and so precious to me. They had something really beautiful and precious in this book that touched my heart. The way Christian is all about Daisy and Daisy is all about Christian. All the stolen glances and touches, secretly admiring each other so they could keep that look forever hidden in their hearts, all the meaningless conversations and hopeful museum dates, enchanting rooftop new year's eve were just....everything. It was a punishment to see how they gravitate towards each other but couldn't be together. Daisy's relationship with Tiller was pathetic in my opinion because it added nothing to the story except only pain for Christian. Christian is and will always be a goner for Daisy and everytime he calls her “Baby” or “Dais” my heart just grow few inches more and I'm not being dramatic.

“What am I to you?”
“Oh, I don’t know—” I give her a little shrug, stare straight ahead. Take a long sip before I look over at her. “Like, just—everything.”

I was so happy for them when Daisy stopped being a complete idiot and realised Christian is and will always be the only man in her life who loves her for who she is and not who she can be. Daisy is all about acceptance and Christian is exactly the man she deserves. They were so happy in the second half and I almost thought “Yes! This book will have a normal happy ending.” but who was I kidding because just when Christian was ready to do Normal with Daisy, Jessa dropped a dynamite on their soon to be normal-happily-ever-after. I need justice for daisychristian!

“When he kissed me, I felt like this. This stupid floaty feeling, like how those NASA pictures look of the galaxies with the space dust all pink and purple and stars and planets—that’s kissing Christian Hemmes. Even if none of it’s real.”

╰┈➤ 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 & 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐚

I really hated their relationship in MP2 because I never thought this man was this truly and deeply in love with Magnolia. He did some fucked up things but honestly, they were all understandable from his persepective, because he couldn't be with Parks even if he wanted to. I don't ship them because I'm a bjparks apologist but mostly because Julian deserves someone who can love him unconditionally and Magnolia is not that girl. Their sex-only-friends-with-benefits relationship was cute and it was so good to see Julian's different side with Magnolia. How he was devoted to her and protective of her and how he's just a man who goes all mushy for Magnolia and not the gang lord of London. My suspicions were all right about why and how all that happened to Magnolia in MP2 but it's not Julian's fault.

“In another life I reckon I could have loved you,” I tell her.
She gives me a little smile back. “In another life I would have let you—”
Never you mind that I already love her in this one.

The ending is just a classic-traumatic-heart-crushing-soul-crushing-mind-fucking-ending that only Jessa can write.

“I love him. He’s all I want. He’s all I think about. Everything I didn’t want or believe about love, I want and believe in it with him. And loving him has undone me wide open.”

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I am not ready but i need to know what happens to daisy and Christian 😭 gimme all the heartbreaks and drama

[Sophie Jayne Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS CONSUMED ME IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE

[B˚⟡˖ ࣪ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Stars

One for Christian, one for Daisy and half for Jonah.

This book has been painfully bad to read. Jessa Hastings clearly forgot the plot right until the very last chapters and decided to fill the remaining space with unnecessary shit.

So let’s talk about the unnecessary shit:

- Julian’s pov. First of all, these books carry Daisy’s name in their title so why in the nine circles of hell did we agree on witnessing the nonsense of Julian’s love story with - once again, going three for three - MAGNOLIA PARKS. You are not gonna believe this! (Or maybe you are) but their relationship was the same exact one she had with that Tom from Book1!!! SHOCKER (I know, who would’ve thought) and by that I mean there was no chemistry whatsoever. Miss liliac bambi should just accept she’s stuck for life with her idiotic coke addict codependent baby daddy and maybe just leave the other male specimen to their miserable life without making them more miserable!
On top of this unbearable mess with Magnolia (made worse by her usual dumb ass and whiny behavior) I’m convinced the author doesn’t know shit about how the mafia works because WHO in their right minds would hold a mafia G6 meeting in their own fucking house (which by the way the police knows very well) and survive it? So when this already bad scenario was interrupted by MAGNOLIA (yes, again) because she was feeling lonely and then she started styling this random man right in the middle of the meeting I was this close to start shedding tears of frustration. And if you add the whole mess to how their relationship made no sense because there’s not a single thing in common between these two (and that’s the reason why all their conversation were all about sex and NOTHING. ELSE.) you’re gonna spend much of your reading time wondering why he’s suddenly so in love with this childish human being clearly stuck in another relationship with another idiot.

(I get the attempt to add to her dept talking about how beauty is not all and the eating disorders and the very dead child of hers but lemme tell you, it’s not working AT ALL.)

So we can safely admit that this useless relationship dragged Julian’s character in the mud and made him unbearable. Good job.
Now we thank the lord for all the foreshadowing regarding his death in this book. 🙏🏻✨

- Daisy and Tiller (EYEROLL). Another couple that made no sense! YAY. If you haven’t read this book PLEASE GO and witness the way their conversations can bore a person to death! That was so fun actually, I imagined their whole dynamic at the dinner table being like a shopping list of the things going on at work/university, followed by sex and then they pushed the repeat button for a whole ass year. And we had to listen to the ramble of this for half of the book before Christian Hemmes - our dear lord and savior amen - came to the rescue.

So if you make the addition: Daisy + Tiller + Magnolia + Julian you have 80% of the book.

The rest was for - and start clapping - CHRISTIAN! (finally).
So Christian is the best character of this series, as usual. A living and breathing and walking green flag, as usual. A victim of his supposed friends, as usual. The “”””plot twist””” of his sex tape has been the funniest part of this book. His presence has been the light at the end of the tunnel.
I cannot stress enough how I wish he would just drop everything and change life somewhere else so that not one of his stupid “friends” could ever find him because they all make his life as miserable as possible.
And although I found the whole thing with his father a massive what the fuck I’ll take it over the rest.

I hated this book so much that writing this is boring me so let’s move on onto the list of things I liked:
- Daisy and Jonah being family. THAT WAS THE CUTE SHIT WE NEEDED FR.
- Daisy and Christian spitting poetry for each other. Truly the highlight of the books as always.
- JONAH AND BIANCA. we need them. WE. NEED. THEM. Once we get rid of Julian please replace his pov with Jonah’s if you must.
- Christian getting praised for his skills in the sack! I’m proud of you dear child of mine
- Daisy and Christian looking at each other while donating blood for her nearly dead brother in the back while her current useless boyfriend is looking at them! Romance peaked right there.

and that’s it. this was very sad considering i’ve waited months and months for this.

[Ikay Hates Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love daisy so fucking much but this book had too much of magnolia parks. I know everyone loves her but if I wanted to read about her I would read her books. I came here for Daisy but I feel I didn’t get enough of her because the POVs kept going back to Julian and Magnolia. AND TO THINK THAT IVE ALREADY READ EVERYTHING THAT WENT DOWN BETWEEN MAGNOLIA AND JULIAN IN LONG WAY HOME?? I love julian but if his pov’s are gonna continue to be magnolia parks centered that feel like recaps of the magnolia parks books then I’m sorry but his POVs need to go….Daisy Haites is my favorite character of ALL TIME she deserves the spotlight in her own freaking book.

[X · Rating 1 out of 5]

why are we wasting so many pages on a relationship we all know is doomed(magnolia & julien) in a book that isn’t even supposed to be about them????? is this daisy’s book or not?????

it’s no secret i hate magnolia(many of you have probably seen my roast of mp2), and guess what: i still hate her. seriously. stop wasting words on her. i came here for daisy(and christian).

i saw someone else say that it feels like jessa doesn’t actually like or care about daisy/her storyline and yeah, i would agree. girl can’t even be a main character in her own damn book. at this point i’m pretty sure jessa isn’t capable of writing a story that doesn’t revolve around magnolia. she also doesn’t know how to write character depth, or how to explain why characters love magnolia. people just do in this universe, thems the rules, no explanation—and i hate it.

anyway this was really a bummer because i still had a sliver of hope left for daisy’s storyline but rip that

[benedicta · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️ too bored to write a review. I'm sorry I still do get the hype with this series. I'm over all the stupid self-sabotaging actions. And no one is even having fun 😭 especially ME!!!!!???

[shania (hiatus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

JESSA WHEN I CATCH YOU JESSA

[Natilie Bell]

should i finish this whilst being in a heart crushing situationship thoughts comments concerns?

₊˚⊹♡ reading log

♡ 13/10 3:48pm
considering putting this on pause

girls im sooooo bored, what i typically love about the magnolia parks universe is that theres always drama but like in this there is 'drama' but the book doesnt give it weight so its all just sloshed together...? i couldn't tell you the actual plot if a gun was put to my head i really couldn't and the way magnolia is integrated into this one is so much more confusing than previously done

♡ 9/10 11:59pm
daisy daisy daisy girl i've beeeen you and clearly i've learnt nothing because i'd pick the same guy as you girl

♡ 23/09 12:05pm
why is it every time i pick up this series a guy i’m involved with decides to be a prick how can i not be a hater

♡ 21/09 3:40pm
ah my favourite debate - is there such thing as "just sex." always comes with some kind of strings, whether emotional or transactional.

₊˚⊹♡ pre-reading

I love Daisy Haites. I've been so hesitant to read this because I'm trying very hard to heal my relationship with love and intimacy, and I am just so scared that this will make me feel so much that it pokes and prods and all my insecurities (like Magnolia did) - and anything I possess that resembles stability will just get obliterated in this regard. It's also good exposure - now that I'm ready to fall in love again, it's just nice to see characters feel and experience love in different ways. In my social circle, love and relationships have become like a checklist, revolving around a status quo. I could do a deep dive into modern relationships but it genuinely might just make me angry - and that's what Jessa Hasting is for <3

also hiii everyone ive missed you!! x please let me know what i've missed<3

[steff ౨ৎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

reread:

4 stars ☆

This four stars is for christian and daisy only !! still can’t get over that ending. bawled my eyes out.

I lowered my rating a bit (not much of a difference but it is to me) because magnolia & julian took over this book more whereas this should be about daisy & christian. I’m sorry. It was okay when I first read it but now, I’m just here for daisy & christian, not them 🫡 That’s why I felt like I needed more from them in here because of it.

Now I’m just waiting for their next book and hoping there’s a lot of daisy & christian, especially from that ending.

“who am I to you?”

“oh, I don’t know— like, just— everything.”

“did you get any good presents?”
“yep.”
“favourite?”
“my best friend in my kitchen at my mum’s house.” i folded.


original review:

4.75 stars ☆ I. AM. NOT. OKAY. 😭😭😭

Ok, I know I rated this higher it's because I did enjoy reading this even though it broke my heart into small pieces. I STILL LOVE IT. The only problem I have was that 50% (or even more) of this book was also based between Julian and Magnolia.

Like I understand that we also have a Julian POV since he's also in the 2nd book and that Magnolia is a fav character in the mp universe but I somehow felt like their relationship takes over from this book more instead of Daisy and Christian. (since I didn’t read mp:tlwh cause I don’t like Magnolia and BJ that much so I didn’t know that some of what happened here was the same as from that book so that’s why I’m okay with it. probably if I read it, I would be a bit mad too)

But please I need more Daisy and Christian moments together cause that's what I'm here for, they’re my favourites from this series. We’re probably gonna wait for the next one for a very long time and then of course it left us with a cliffhanger which was brutal too 💔

Was this better than the first daisy haites book? no. (in my opinion) even if it’s still good. But I’ll gladly reread the first one more than this one.

Anyways, I’ll be back for Daisy Haites 3 🤭. DAISY AND CHRISTIAN ARE ENDGAME ‼️‼️

[Alyssa Nieves · Rating 5 out of 5]

If my house was on fire this book would be the first thing I grab. I’m literally never going to recover from this. I love these characters so much.

Some favorite quotes:

“In another life I reckon I could have loved you,' I tell her. She gives me a little smile back. 'In another life I would have let you-' Never you mind that I already love her in this one.”

“She is the goddess in the Botticelli clam shell, her eyes are the waterlilies in Monet’s pond, she is the hand of God reaching down to mankind. Klimt’s kiss is a portrait of us and I’m gonna steal it. Take it, make it mine, make her mine too.” I’m obsessed with this man.

“What am I to you?” “Oh, I don’t know—” I give her a little shrug, stare straight ahead. Take a long sip before I look over at her. “Like, just—everything.” 😭

“It’s the great undoing of my heart as I know it. She’s made herself at home, kicked off those fucking cerulean heels, put her feet up on my left rib. Over the mantelpiece she hung her own portrait up herself, that little minx. Best painting I’ve ever seen, too. Better than any woman anyone has ever painted in the history of time, a face I’d win battles for. A face I’d lose anything for. Even her.” Goodbye.

“I lose everyone. Everyone, all the time. I lose people like a tree loses its leaves in autumn. I’m marred by it. It’s the thing that’s shaped me most . . . My distinctive characteristic . . . Some people have freckles sprinkled on their noses, other people have eyes clear like water, or hair that’s the colour of the night, but me? My unique feature is that I lose everyone, and everyone loses me.” 💔

Going to go stare at the wall now

[ˋ✧*⁀➷ ʙᴇᴛᴛʏ (med school got me good) · Rating 1 out of 5]

this series is a fucking joke.

This book has been a blur. I don’t even really remember writing it, but it appears I have and here we are. ~Jessa Hastings

we can tell.

for anyone who's on edge about what happened to christiandaisy after daisy haites 1, don't worry, nothing happened.

you see this 500 page book? yeah for this entire thick fucking book, daisy broke up with tiller and got back with christian. that's... that's the only thing that happened. oops! not me not putting a spoiler tag before. SILLY ME 🤦‍♀️ jessa, i can never be as productive as you ☺️🥰

so you see, not only were we starved of christiandaisy crumbs in a christiandaisy book, but also whenever we got to their povs --which was about only 20% of this book-- they were busy talking about julian, blowjob, and magdumb parks. and then we had julian's pov for like 80%, AND HE WAS ALSO BUSY SIMPING FOR MAGDUMB PARKS. 🥺🥰🥺🥰 the only spotlight jessa hastings bestowed upon to daisychristian's story was AN ANNOYING STUPID THIRD ACT BREAKUP 🥰☺️🥰☺️🥰☺️ jessa, now one does it like you. no one can.

the rest of the book, as jessa said, was a blur. people fucking each other, then fighting, then fucking a group of another people to make the previous one jealous because they are a bunch of self absorbed cunts who can't keep it in their pants or in their blouse for more than 5 seconds. not that they are sum 30 year old grown ups or something- NOPES!

i'm 19, and i'm too mature for this shit. farewell jessa, never picking up any of your books again.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I AM ILL... NO ONE SPEAK TO ME EVER AGAIN.

I have about 700 highlights I'd love to share with you all... but I can't, so I will leave you with this instead....

[mel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately not 5 stars but let‘s rename it to Julian Haites and Magnolia Parks: The Great Undoing.

I honestly never would have thought that there‘d be a book in this series I‘d give less than 5 stars… and the book being (supposedly) Daisy and Christian’s is sad to me because I absolutely adore them and I was so looking forward to it.

This book was so different from Daisy Haites 1 and I don‘t mean it in a positive way.

I wanna start off by saying that I love every single fucked up character in this series (yes, Magnolia too) and that this may be long and painful to read because I‘m still frustrated.

With that said…

This book has Daisy‘s name on its title but I feel like I‘ve read Magnolia and Julian‘s book and Daisy and Christian were side characters.

The whole plot with Magnolia and Julian was too much. Julian‘s povs were too much. I love him and I loved reading his chapters in daisy haites 1 but this… no.

I hate that I know more about Julian and Magnolia‘s dynamic than I do about Daisy and Christian‘s.

All of Daisy and Christian‘s scenes had Magnolia (and Julian) in it or were somehow related to her. EVEN their love confessions were full of Julian and Magnolia‘s dialogue. For what? Not even the cover had anything to do with Daisy

Magnolia aside, I didn‘t want to read about Julian falling in love. I liked this difference between Daisy and Julian regarding their love lives. And I just have to say… a meeting with the most dangerous men of the country in Julians house is unrealistic. Again, this shows that this whole book is based on Magnolia and Julian because what was the point of this scene? Correct, Julian falling in love with Magnolia.

And where were the Lost Boys??? Where were Romeo and Carmelo??? Oh yes, Carmelo and the Boys were there to emphasize that Julian is so madly in love with Magnolia.

Now to our ‘main characters.‘ (Again, where were THEY?)

Daisy and Tiller were just dumb. I don‘t even want to talk about them. Him living in the compound? Seriously…

Christian… He‘s just amazing. He‘s such an interesting character and I wish we got to read more of and about him. Him and Daisy have my whole heart. They love each other so beautifully it broke my heart. We got so little of them I don’t even know what else to say. Their scenes were great and the way they talk about each other is just poetry.

Daisy… She’s just amazing, too. I liked that she made friends with women (Taura and Magnolia) but again, Taura was her first female friend but we got NOTHING about them but Magnolia filled all of Daisy‘s chapters. It feels like Jessa Hastings herself isn’t really interested in Daisy.
Oh, and her with the Hemmes family was beautiful. I love that she brought their dad back and that sees Barnsey as a mother figure. AND HER AND JONAH… I love it. Though, I love Jonah with everyone. He made the book so much better.

But again, there wasn‘t enough of Daisy and Christian. For example; Daisy can drive! HELLO? Why wasn‘t that mentioned? The first book was so deep and so raw regarding the two of them so this was disappointing.

Also, even though it‘s the same universe and they are completely present in each others lives I loved the different vibes in Magnolia‘s books and Daisy‘s first book. This felt just like another Magnolia Parks book.

I feel like Jessa Hastings had the beginning and the ending of the book and then just filled the rest with Magnolia and Julian.

I liked the daisies and magnolias deliveries but where is the rest of the crime world? Where is Christians work?

I enjoyed the sex tape plot and I enjoyed the few scenes with the Box Set which were not solely focused on Magnolia.

Oh, and the last hospital scene with Daisy and Christian and Jonah and Jud? Amazing.

Jessa Hastings said that she doesn’t remember writing this book and that she obsesses about something and then writes about it and it shows.

Also, I hope she confirms if Christian is going to be Daisy‘s endgame otherwise I‘ll just give up on the series now.

I‘m disappointed and I hope that it‘s true that there will be two more Daisy Haites books which focus on… Daisy Haites.

[shei · Rating 4 out of 5]

—— 4✰ stars.

no one can ever be happy, not even me.

[Paige · Rating 3 out of 5]

★ 3.75 stars

RTC I need to write up my MP2 and DH1 reviews first 🤪

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Pre-preview: I missed my bby Christian 🥰

[ellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

there is not two people i love more than daisy + christian (jessa quote on quote said i’m n1 daischris fan and i will be rinsing that)

i am in awe. this is my favourite one yet.
although as always it isnt a jessa hastings book with a shock WTF ending

the character development, the different relationship + friendship dynamics, the angst, magnolia + julian??? im out here rooting for them, the sheer love the haites siblings have for eachother, THE LOVE DAISY AND CHRISTIAN HAVE FOR EACHOTHER

i wish for everyone to be loved by someone the way christian loves daisy. endlessly. + wholeheartedly. to the moon and back.

this was incredible. i laughed + cried (a lot, but that could just be because i was crying because i love them)

the harry styles lyric “theres never been someone whos so perfect for me” springs to mind when i think about this couple.

this is arguably jessa’s funniest one yet sorry the one liners CRACKED me up!

the ending… god ive never gone “wtf” so many times, you think you hit the rough part and then it hits you AGAIN , my heart goes OUT to christian daisy + julian :( <\3

[taylor ❤️‍&#x1f525; · Rating 5 out of 5]

JESSA FUCKING HASTING this book has been my great undoing 😭 what the FUCK

[Meagan✨]

Umm soft DNF. I'll come back to this one day. Im just not invested in Daisy story :(((((

Okay because Sabrina definitely convinced me to read this before my copy of MP3 comes in on Wednesday.

I’ll be reading this book with my eyeballs on speed 2.75 😭😭

Wish me luck. I gave DH1 only 2 stars 😅