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Magnolia Parks

By: Jessa Hastings
Narrated by: Benjamin Noble, Ella-Rae Smith
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Summary

'How many loves do you get in a lifetime?'

She is a beautiful, affluent, self-involved and mildly neurotic London socialite. He is Britain's most photographed bad-boy who broke her heart.

Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are meant to be, and everyone knows it.

She dates other people to keep him at bay; he sleeps with other girls to get back at her for it. But at the end of their every sad endeavour to get over one another, it's still each other they crawl back to.

But now their dysfunction is catching up with them, pulling at their seams and fraying the world they've built; a world where neither has ever let the other go completely.

As the cracks start to show and secrets begin to surface, Magnolia and BJ are finally forced to face the formidable question they've been avoiding all their lives: How many loves do you really get in a lifetime?

©2022 Jessa Hastings (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited

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Narration was great! Story Not So Much...

I'm all for a messy book, I read them often in fact, but this book was just urghh! the characters were a mess and don't get me started in mmc, he was literally the most toxic character I've ever read.

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This book is pure trash

This book is pure trash and I enjoyed every second of it. The will they won’t they relationship, mixed with juvenile toxicity (which is infuriating at times), the wealth of gossip girl characters, the underlying secret with an explosive heartbreaking finale. It’s a great world to get lost in if you’re looking for some Holland Park escapism.The constant designer item descriptions killed me! This should not be a character trait. And we love Booshka.

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The F***ing Ending

Jessa hasting must be sent to jail for that ending because what was the reason? I could actually see myself watching this on TV loved it

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How’s the weather parks” ☔️🌧️🌤️☀️

Read in 2022

Listened 🎧 February 2024

Magnolia parks
🎀♾️🐝 🫶🏹 💜🦌 🏖️ 🩹 🌳

Forget me not 🌑 🌊

December 3rd.
December 6th.

*fake dating
*London socialites
*childhood sweethearts
*cheating
*magazine editor
*model
*different pov
*love triangle
*best friends girlfriend

The world this lady Jessa has created, the brand she has created is incredible. The work that has gone into this story is without a doubt the most creative story I’ve read. Maybe ever.
From beginning to end you will fall into the biggest magnolia parks hole. The world sucks you in and you will never want to leave even at them hard parts you will read.
Magnolia and Bj are childhood sweethearts. They are that couple who love each other too much to the point of pain.
BJ hurts magnolia in a way she won’t forgive him or give into him. This set bj on a path of self destruction. And set magnolia on a path of dating anyone but BJ.

What draws you into this story is that BJ and magnolia are real, they feel real, they are likeable and also unlikeable.
There love is young love that grows as they getting older and have more experience without each other.

Each character in this story plays a role. They are family. The love they have for each other is something most dream of. So while reading this story you will dream and it will hurt at times but the hurt is so worth it.
I have to mention the writing. The formatting of the story, the different povs. It’s done so well. Absolutely brilliant.

There was honestly not one part of this story that I didn’t love.

Listening to it was fantastic. The narrators are so so perfect. They bring this incredible story to life. I think listening was more enjoyable than reading it and I loved reading experience. But you will never get the feels on the level you get when you listen to it. Also if you use ku download this book first so it’s on your kindle then buy the audio you get it for cheaper if you have the ku in your library.

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“It’s been one of the great burdens of my adult life knowing that I love him and he loves me and we just cannot for the life of us figure out how to be together.”

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Gossip Girl X Made in Chelsea

It's cheesy, it's got a lot of chemistry and it's juicy. Loved this book! Booktok made me do it and I have no regrets!

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interesting story however not the best produced audio

such as noticeable voice overs, or repetitions (even at the very beginning of audiobook) and inconsistencies with how the text messages depicted in the paperback is read throughout. nevertheless a fun rollercoaster of a story.

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Pretty decent

Reality television in book form. A quick read that mirrors gossip girl and is a good background listen.

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The worst

Loved the performance, HATED the story. Never have I ever wanted to throw a book in the trash as badly as this one. These main characters are some of the absolute worst people, who do the same things to each other over and over again. This book could’ve been at least 300 pages shorter.

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Absolute drivel

I’m absolutely astonished that this book even got a publishing deal
The story is predictable
The characters are weak and the plot is turgid.
I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone

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nothing

felt like poor made in Chelsea fan fiction, characters are unlikeable, unrelatable and insufferable

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