A review by maggiestraveledbookshelf
Daisy Haites by Jessa Hastings

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

📖 Daisy Haites

📚 Book 2 of the Magnolia Parks series

✍🏻 Jessa Hastings

☑️ Contemporary Romance

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Spice: 🌶️🌶️

“𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚.”

This series is WILD. I repeat, WILD.

Overview: 

•Toxic Relationships 

•Love Triangles

•Gang/Crime Family

•High Drama

•Multiple POVs

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆’𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿.

I’m absolutely hooked on this series, and no one is more surprised than me. 

This story is told in a concurrent timeline with the first book (Magnolia Parks), but from three different POVs: Daisy, Julian, and Christian. 

Daisy has such a unique voice! I loved her, but I was also extremely frustrated with her at times. But she is only 20 years old and has excessive amounts of trauma, so I’ll allow it. 

“𝙉𝙤 𝙜𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚. 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙨.”

And Christian!! What whiplash. He can be such a blockheaded idiot, but once he screwed his head on, he was a man obsessed.

“𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚. 𝙄𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜, 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.”

Oh Julian… he is one complicated character. I was so rooting for him, but by the end, I wanted to shake him silly. 

“𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙄’𝙢 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙞𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠.”

Julian and Daisy’s sibling bond is one of the best parts of this books. I won’t say anything else (to avoid spoilers), but what a rollercoaster.

“𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝, 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙.”

There was SO much drama in this book, and I totally ate it up. I loved the gang shenanigans, the bodyguard banter, and the pure shock factor of the last 20%. 

During Daisy’s POV, there are hundreds of footnotes. If I was reading the physical copy, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but having to click on that tiny star on my kindle every time to expand the footnote drove me crazy. 

With that said, give me the next book immediately!!!

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