Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark
2024 • 720 pages

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Average rating4.3

15

Jess Hastings has this talent where she'll write the most heartbreaking, gut wrenching sentence you've ever read and then proceed like she didn't just leave you staring at the wall for five minutes trying to cope.

Distraught is not a strong enough word to describe how this book made me feel. As someone with a sister, I barely made it through this book. I cannot imagine the type of grief Magnolia felt, it was heartbreaking to read. There were time I had to put the book down and walk away. It's very grief heavy but the character growth we see in Magnolia and BJ is worth the heartache.

I will admit this had me crying so hard during some scenes. Especially the funeral scene. I was damn near sobbing because what she said is so accurate with having a sister. Not matter what happens, we will always be sisters. I cried so damn much during that scene. Her ending it with “I'm burying my guiding light”... I couldn't read any more for the rest of the day after reading that scene. I don't blame Magnolia a single bit for how she acted. She's a lot stronger than I would've been.

The wedding scene!!! Magnolia's vows to BJ

April 25, 2025