The Long Way Home - Magnolia Parks-

However, the ending justifies the journey. This isn't a book about fixing broken people. It’s a book about two broken people deciding that they’d rather be broken together than whole apart.

If you have ever cried in a parked car over a boy who didn’t text you back, or if you own a single item of clothing in “cigarette cream,” Jessa Hastings’ Magnolia Parks universe already owns a piece of your soul. The latest installment, The Long Way Home , is not so much a book as it is a surgical dissection of the word “inevitable.” Magnolia Parks- The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home is the longest book in the series, and at times, you feel every single page of the heartache. The middle section drags slightly as Magnolia explores a “healthy” relationship that feels as exciting as beige wallpaper. However, the ending justifies the journey

But Hastings has a secret weapon: . She writes emotional devastation like a poet who just got dumped. “Missing him wasn't a feeling. It was a place I lived. I just hadn't figured out how to move out yet.” The Long Way Home doesn’t apologize for its toxicity. Instead, it argues that sometimes, “home” isn’t a healthy place. Sometimes, home is the person who knows exactly which scar to press because they were there when you got it. If you have ever cried in a parked

Jessa Hastings has written the saddest, sexiest, most frustrating love letter to soulmates who are also disasters. Take the long way home. Just make sure you have tissues and a therapist on speed dial. Disclaimer: This article is a draft based on the established style and tropes of the Magnolia Parks universe. If specific plot details from an unreleased book differ, please adjust the character arcs accordingly.

Read if you love: Taylor Swift’s The Great War , champagne hangovers, the ‘will they/won’t they’ that lasts a decade, and characters who make terrible decisions with impeccable lip liner.