Name: Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark
Rating: 4.525 (20 reviews)
ISBN: 9781398717022

Jessa Hastings

Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark

Emma Hak-Kovacs

My face falters. "Do you not read the society pages?" 

Tiller's eyebrows go up and he flicks BJ a look. "I can't say that I do, no-" 

He shrugs. "I don't know anyone in them.”

“That's —“ He and BJ catch eyes again, and maybe they're smirking over top of my head. “ — fine."

Time can be a bit like that, don't you think? It doesn't hurt when you're losing it as much as it does when you see in retrospect how much you lost.

Funny how life works, the people you find who become yours.

How many loves do you get in a lifetime? Fuck. It's undeniable now, isn't it—? I've had too many. None of them are the same, none have felt the same, and all of them I loved incredibly differently.

BJ, I love in an unquestionable way. I love BJ Like he's the sun. Blinding, bright, unbridled, unavoidable. He's the thing that sustains the galaxy of me. He drives the currents of me, he dictates the climates and the seasons. I feel his warmth on my face, and when he's gone, it's colder. He is the centre of everything, and the gravity of me is loyal to him above all.

And Christian, I loved, truly I did. I know he mightn't think I did in retrospect but here and now, I can tell that I did. I won't say that it was a pure love; it was painful and convoluted, but I did love him. I loved him like he was the nurse dispensing morphine to me after a surgery. He helped me, he numbed my pain, he saw me through it to the other side of betterness.

And then Tom, who always deserved more than could ever give him. I loved him like you'd love the hand of a person who reached down into the water to pull you back up to the surface when you're drowning. Sort of dazed and dreamy, enamoured in a rootless, drifting out to sea sort of way.

He is a star. Not the shooting kind. Not some flash-in-the-pan meteorite that burns up on entry into the atmosphere. And stars, they're undeniably beautiful, kind of magical. Only come out at the nighttime. Easy enough to ignore. In a sky full of them, a single star can be difficult to tell apart from the others. They don't affect our day-to-day lives, really. You might see it one night and not the next, and it bears no real consequence other than perhaps the sky is a little less wonderful on that particular evening. A star is a star.

But you see, the thing about stars is that in another galaxy, the star is also the sun.

He gives me a look. “You’re really pushy.”

"I am, yes," I concede. “It’ll grow on you." 

"No-" BJ shakes his head at the same time Henry scrunches his nose and says, "It won't," which is at the same time Christian — from rather far away — calls, "It never grows on you," at the same time Jonah says, "It actually wears you down a bit over time."

Book five in the sensational Magnolia Parks Universe series! How many loves do you actually get in a lifetime? Everyone knows by now that Magnolia and BJ are in the stars, but is that enough? Magnolia and BJ are reeling from a devastating loss as they try to plan what’s been dubbed “the wedding of the century”. As family tensions mount and their respective pasts begin catching up to them, they finally have to look the truth in the eye: Can they learn to trust and be with one another again, or will they die trying?

*ORIGINAL COVER COLLECTION EDITION* Book five in the sensational Magnolia Parks Universe series! How many loves do you actually get in a lifetime? Everyone knows by now that Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are in the stars, but is that enough? Magnolia and BJ are reeling from a devastating loss as they try to plan what's been dubbed 'the wedding of the century'. As family tensions mount and their respective pasts begin catching up to them, they finally have to look the truth in the eye: Can they learn to trust and be with one another again, or will they die trying? This edition is part of the original cover collection.

Book 5 (Original Cover Collection)

Yulez

Let me preface this review by saying that this is a book review on this story, and in no way does this mean that I stand/agree with the author's personal political/social views. With that being said... After reading The Long Way Home, I wasn't sure where the story would go next 0r how much of the events that transpired would be talked about in Into the Dark, but man, this story alone could've been the main topic of discussion in any therapy session with the way I felt like I was right there in the trenches with our main characters just going THROUGH IT. I have so many theories of what the next DH story might be about, and all I can see is pain in my future. I honestly think the author is going to put her readers through the ringer before we get any semblance of a happily ever after, but I'm here for it, if and whenever that story decides to reach the light of day.

Reluctantly I have to say I loved this book.. i cried & laughed 

Lucy Williams

Reluctantly I have to say I loved this book.. i cried & laughed 

So emotional and what a journey 🥹

It has been a while since I have felt so deeply and sobbed how I did reading this. Magnolia is truly such an imperfect perfect person and so relatable and unrelatable. Love her and him so much. Also pls hurry with the next daisy haites I need to know what happened with Christian 

Nicole Mills

Absolutely devestated that this book is finished. That this series is finished. That I'll never read another book from Magnolia's life. At the same time, I feel like I'm on the moon. Magnolia and BJ finally tied the knott. After pages and pages of going back and forth, cheating, crying, heart break and pain, London's favourite couple is together, forever. 

It was so flipping hard to read a book which is so heavily dipped in grief and pain. Losing Bridget was painful, especially when you have a sister you love so dearly in real life.

Towards the end, I felt unsettled. Something's happening with Jonah and the Haites and everyone, and I'm so upset about it. I really hope it was nothing, because I cannot for the life of me remember if it's related to something in the previous books. 

Honorable mention for KILLIAN TILLER THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. I love Tiller so much he's super underrated. 

surtified™

Absolutely devestated that this book is finished. That this series is finished. That I'll never read another book from Magnolia's life. At the same time, I feel like I'm on the moon. Magnolia and BJ finally tied the knott. After pages and pages of going back and forth, cheating, crying, heart break and pain, London's favourite couple is together, forever. 

It was so flipping hard to read a book which is so heavily dipped in grief and pain. Losing Bridget was painful, especially when you have a sister you love so dearly in real life.

Towards the end, I felt unsettled. Something's happening with Jonah and the Haites and everyone, and I'm so upset about it. I really hope it was nothing, because I cannot for the life of me remember if it's related to something in the previous books. 

Honorable mention for KILLIAN TILLER THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. I love Tiller so much he's super underrated. 

I was scared going into this one. I won’t lie. After the ending of the last Magnolia Parks book I wasn’t sure how I was going to make it through. There were some tough parts but there were some really good parts. I think Magnolia has grown so much as a character since book one. It was a rollercoaster and not an nice, kiddie type one. Nope one that you have fun on but get a little nauseous  because of the vast amount of times you decided to ride and out yourself through the eventual pain it will cause. It also left so many questions for what will be the last book in this series too. But for this being Magnolia em B.J.’s conculsion and it was a crazy ride to it but it was unforgettable. Like what are the chances a specific couple would make me view bathtubs differently for the rest of my life?

Priscilla Stanfield

4.5/5⭐️ • 2/5🌶️

I was scared going into this one. I won’t lie. After the ending of the last Magnolia Parks book I wasn’t sure how I was going to make it through. There were some tough parts but there were some really good parts. I think Magnolia has grown so much as a character since book one. It was a rollercoaster and not an nice, kiddie type one. Nope one that you have fun on but get a little nauseous  because of the vast amount of times you decided to ride and out yourself through the eventual pain it will cause. It also left so many questions for what will be the last book in this series too. But for this being Magnolia em B.J.’s conculsion and it was a crazy ride to it but it was unforgettable. Like what are the chances a specific couple would make me view bathtubs differently for the rest of my life?

As always, this book sucked me in. I don't know what it is about this series, but it's like the author injected crack into the pages. I love all of the characters and I love all of their banter. It's giving Calloway sisters meets Kardashian. It's like a car crash, and I couldn't look away (horrid imagery in this case - but precise). If there is another book about Daisy, I already know that I'll eat it up and it'll be a five star read.

Sarah Campbell

I will forever be a BJ Ballentine defender for the rest of my days. He has set the bar so high for the level of love I expect from the person who decides to love me 

Jaclyn

Redwineandbookplease

Everything I thought the end of Parks and BJ should be. Sad. Happy. The end. A beginning. Healing. Powerful. Heartbreaking. Perfection. 

Jessica Harn

I want to rate it 10 stars. Absolutely beautiful and so exhausting I wish it never ended 

Anushree Taparia

what a privilege it has been to live in these characters' minds. they absolutely pissed me off at least 85% of the time but i think that just made me love them even more. 

seeing magnolia and bj finally living as a (semi-)functioning couple has been the greatest relief and their love is truly so (unhealthily) wonderful. 
these characters are my best friends and yes i do have an issue with parasocial relationships but i really cannot bring myself to care. 

my heart is breaking into a million pieces knowing their story is over and i will no longer be able to live in their minds but i'm incredibly grateful to have experienced a story so touching that it ending makes me feel like this. 

now excuse me while i go scream every second of every day until daisy 3 is released because what in the hell was going on with these people

Spoilers: whilst I enjoyed this book immensely (and the most out of Magnolias 3 part series), the only irk I had was the constant over dramatisation of Magnolias “sexual being” which I did find odd because apart from the last book where she started having casual sex, prior she didn’t really sleep with anyone except for BJ and Tom England. It was a little odd to add this “plot point” so late in the piece. All and all a very happy ending. I loved BJs POV most of all. Magnolia annoyed me a little sometimes but not always. 

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