Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home (Magnolia Parks Universe)

♡ "<i>I dare you to find anyone who loves anything more than I love him.</i>"♡ “<i>whatever happens I know I’m lucky to have had her. to have gotten to love her how I have.</i>"•buckle up, because it’s another long one! find my immediate bullet points first, followed by a more streamlined review.⬡ BJ and Parks foreverrrrrrrr. how can i love two characters so much?!⬡ Julian Haites🥵…is it possible for a gang lord to be a cinnamon roll?⬡ Christian Hemmes supremacy 🥵 …i need more⬡ these boys. help me!⬡ Box Set for life⬡ I need a Taura Sax⬡ each book gets even better…how?!•it’s been over a month since I finished this one, and honestly, i’m having trouble putting my thoughts into words because <i>The Long Way Home</i> was everything I wanted. please bear with me.if you read my review for the first <i>Magnolia Parks</i>, you may remember that I talked a lot about the messiness that was Magnolia and BJ. well, this one has a lot of the same unhealthy shenanigans, but it was…different.yes, this book is still filled with the exhausting back-and-forth that makes you want to pull your hair out and shake the characters. but it’s filled with much more hope than what came before. lots of pain and trauma is uncovered. those uncoverings aren’t meant to be excuses, but they are intended to help provide some understanding. when it comes to the unhealthy habits, you see it through more of a self-preservation lens and less of a desire to hurt the person you love…it’s more about protecting yourself in order to survive and less about crushing your soulmate (<i>although there are moments of that, too</i>).we leave <i>Magnolia Parks</i> with the revelation of BJ’s big, ugly secret. with the truth exposed, it means Magnolia and BJ have to reconcile with it in their own ways. for Parks, that looks like it always does: running away…literally. for Beej it looks like self-help, therapy, and sobriety — a shocking twist, to be sure.when their magnetic pull inevitably brings their worlds together again, they have to navigate what that looks like and where it will go. enter a live-in girlfriend, a gang lord friend-with-benefits, and a friend group that wants nothing more than for you to be together, and you have the perfect ingredients for a zigzagged path. the question is…do all roads really lead home?one of the most beautiful things about this series is the internal monologues. <i>The Long Way Home</i> does a fantastic job showcasing BJ and Magnolia’s self-awareness and self-sabotage. you can’t help but desperately want them to end up together while constantly asking yourself if they really should. and just when you think it’s going to happen... that they are finally going to get it together, they take two steps back. every. single. time.the raw exploration of humanity…showing how we all mess up and handle things poorly at times is so relatable. Parks and Beej aren’t perfect, but they never actually claim to be. in fact, it’s the fear that they’ll never be enough that contributes to a lot of their drama. they are both aware of their shortcomings, and they are open to growing so they can be better for themselves and for each other. they don’t always do it right, but they want to.there’s no question that Magnolia and BJ are meant to be together. even if their external actions don’t show it all they time, internally they are working their way through the mess to find their way back to each other. you just have to trust that they’ll make it — even if they take the long way home… 👀 <i>heyyyyyyyy, spot that title drop!</i> 😆the long and short of it is that I’m absolutely head-over-heels, you-jump-I-jump, if-you’re-a-bird-I’m-a-bird in love with the <i>Magnolia Parks Universe</i> and all the characters that come with it. I want to squeeze myself in their dysfunctional found family and never return. my obsession deepens by the day, and I’m truly afraid I’ll never love any other books as much as I love these.all that to say, <i>The Long Way Home</i> should come with a warning label, because while you <i>may</i> get the ending you want, Jessa Hastings throws a sharp stinger in there at the end to remind you that maybe you can’t have it all.I wish you well as you journey through this story, and I hope it’s as remarkable to you as it is to me.•<b>read if you like:</b>♡ dual pov♡ one bed♡ constantly wanting to shake sense into the characters♡ incredibly close friend groups♡ irresistible, ridiculous boys♡ codependency♡ trauma bonds♡ fake dating a gang lord♡ therapy♡ anxiety rep♡ finding your way back to each other♡ personal growth journeys♡ London socialites♡ fashion♡ upscale nightlife♡ travel♡ soul mates♡ childhood sweethearts♡ absolutely loving the world you're in<b>trigger warnings:</b>☞ rape☞ loss of a child / miscarriage☞ death of a loved one☞ sex as a coping mechanism☞ sex as a weapon☞ infidelity☞ friendship betrayal☞ graphic violence

5⭐️!!!I love them all so much!The girls - Parks, Bridget, Taura, Daisy 💜The boys - BJ, Henry, Jonah, Christian, Julian 😮‍💨I never want to leave the Magnolia Parks universe! The obsession is real! 🫶🏻This book gave me LIFE! The best one so far! The toxic banter/back & forth between Parks & BJ was so delicious. I ate it up!There are really no words to describe what it’s like reading this series. You just have to dive in and experience it for yourself.I am messed up after reading this though. That ending? What?! I am dying thinking about having to wait a year before the next book comes out.Jessa Hastings - I love you babe! Thank you for writing the most delicious series that is feeding my soul! 💜

I have never absolutely hated and loved a book as much I do this one. Sooo worth it!!But wtf was that ending???

This book… just wow. I never wrote reviews for Magnolia Parks or Daisy Haites, because I felt there was no way I could piece together the right words to describe how incredible these books are. The Long Way Home is just as great. I was so wrecked by the ending I considered pulling a Joey from Friends and putting the book in the freezer, but I love the book so much I didn’t want to ruin it! Jessa’s writing style is so poetic and beautiful it makes you feel the widest spectrum of emotions. I can’t recommend this book (and the others in Magnolia Parks Universe) enough!

I love a good love story, but this one is just so amazing and like necessary. I loved this series so much and highly recommend

If you want to feel every emotion - If you want to laugh out loud— if you want to feel seen—-if you want fictional characters to be real and wish they were your friends—if you want to obsess over a world and the gut wrenching love story that it revolves around— this book is for you. (Warning though, you’ll never stop thinking about them once you meet them.)Jessa is the gift that keeps on giving. A pure genius.

It’s fine, I’m fine 😭😭😭 but I love everyone so much.

I love a light book but this is not even fun to read!! The main characters and storylines are all so repetitive, frustrating, and lame. Back and forth constantly, twenty something guys fighting, an entire adult friend group absolutely obsessed with the relationship of two of their friends. Not even fun to read, absurd outfits that NO ONE would put together on paper let alone wear - spare yourself the agony.

please check triggers🫶the ending, my heart. shattered. i was a sobbing mess. jessa, why did you hurt us like this? incredibly addictive—i ate up this extraordinary thick book, a little over 500 pages and i inhaled in just over 24 hours. i could not put this book down.one of my comfort series, the character feel so real. i’m so emotionally invested in this universe! absolutely living for the drama this friendship group brings, what an absolute cliff hangover of an ending as well a super emotional one. very excited to dive into the next book, daisy haites: the great undoing!tropes:* childhood friends* soulmates x toxic relationships* love triangles* lots of drama / tension

Just awful.Dunno why I put myself through it.We call egg rolls spring rolls by the way.And stop putting magnolia in cardigans at clubs.

Couple typos in the version I received. Page 451 “in her both her hands”Pg 427 “takes holds me by the waist”Overall I liked the story. If you enjoyed Gossip Girl, you will enjoy this.

Está review não é sobre a história mas sobre o livro e as condições em que chegou! Super bem embalado! Capa linda

I need another one ASAP