Magnolia Parks

Written by Jessa Hastings

Narrated by Benjamin Noble and Ella-Rae Smith

“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 every sad endeavor 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?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Audio
• Release date: Aug 8, 2023
• ISBN: 9780593793947

Jessa Hastings

JESSA HASTINGS is an Australian native who now lives in Tennessee with her husband, two children, her beautiful, clingy dog, and three cats, which is one more than the last time she wrote one of these. She spends a lot of her time in London, which is still her favourite city in the world. Other current favourites are: Bluey, Jenni Kayne cardigans, Galaxy Minstrels and Gracie Abrams' 'The Secret of Us' album. Magnolia Parks was her debut novel and is the series that changed her life and made way for all this. She is very grateful.

Reviews for Magnolia Parks

[carrmel21 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

? Just finished Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings, and I’m still reeling. How do I even put this into words? This book wasn’t just a story — it was an experience.

I swear I’ve never loved (or hated) fictional characters more. Magnolia and BJ are messy, toxic, beautiful, everything. Their love is so flawed, so real, and it HURTS. Every decision, every misstep, every word — I felt it all. I was completely immersed in their world, and now I don’t know how to let them go.

The emotional rollercoaster this book put me through?? ? I laughed, I cried, I screamed (a lot) at the pages. And that ending? Jessa Hastings knew exactly what she was doing. It left me breathless and shattered, with just enough hope to keep me holding on.

I haven’t stopped thinking about it since I closed the last page. It’s not just a book; it’s a heartbreak, a love story, a whirlwind of emotions that stays with you long after it’s over. This is one of those rare reads that feels alive — messy and beautiful, just like life.

If you’ve read it, please tell me you felt this too because I need to talk about it! And if you haven’t… buckle up. It’ll wreck you in the best way possible. ❤️?

#MagnoliaParks #JessaHastings #EmotionalRead #BookLover #PageTurner #BookFeels

[marinaitye · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Magnolia Parks ⭐⭐?
? definitely this book has not been for me. I couldn't deal with how super selfish Bj was towards her. I didn't connect with the characters. I felt indifferent about everything... I don't know.
? it was very hard for me to get into the story. I don't think I'll continue with this series, to be honest. (Translated from Spanish)

[karlapiscina · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

January 25, 2024
The first book of the year, and I loved it.
I was deep into a reading slump, and what a way to get out of one.
Simply a spectacular book.
I loved Magnolia, her scandalous life.
I loved all the characters, I loved and hated BJ.
What a book full of drama, love, and toxicity, such a beautiful way of writing. (Translated from Spanish)