Mi guardi nel riflesso dello specchio, con i tuoi occhi chiari che sfavillano. La luce è fioca, il tramonto alle porte, eppure quel bagliore verde mi lascia senza fiato. Odio tutto ciò che esce dalla tua bocca: se le parole fossero pietre, le raccoglierei per soffocarti. Mi racconti dell'ennesima modella che è caduta preda del tuo fascino. Come è capitato a me, tanti anni fa. I tuoi discorsi non dovrebbero più farmi male, in fondo sono stata io a decidere che non c'era futuro per noi e a lasciarti. Da quel momento, mi sono rifugiata nei vestiti firmati e dietro l'espressione annoiata che tutti si aspettano dall'erede del patrimonio della famiglia Parks, una delle più ricche di Londra. Lo sai, BJ, qualche volta mi sembra che solo tu mi conosca davvero, anche se ho deciso di non concederti più questo potere sulla mia vita. Ma quando sussurri il mio nome, le difese che ho eretto vacillano per il terremoto delle emozioni che ancora vivono dentro di me. Che ancora vivono dentro di te. Perché ti conosco, e so quanto questa danza che facciamo da anni, sfiorandoci senza toccarci mai, ti riempie di rabbia e nostalgia. E, credimi, non c'è giorno in cui amore e odio non rischino di incrinare la facciata di ragazza perfetta. Ma non cederò. Me lo ripeto ogni minuto, ogni secondo. Eppure, quando mi guardi nello specchio, so di mentire. Perché quello che provo per te trascende persino la mia volontà.
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How many loves do you get in a lifetime?
Bewertung am 03.07.2023
Bewertungsnummer: 1973265
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
Magnolia Parks und BJ Ballentine sind füreinander bestimmt. Leider schaffen sie es nicht, den anderen immer wieder zu verletzen. Ein Auf und Ab an Gefühlen und Geschehnissen. BJ schläft sich komplett durch London, um ihre Aufmerksamkeit zu bekommen. Magnolia datet immer wieder andere Jungs, um ihm eins auszuwischen.
Beide kommen nicht voneinander los. Sie verfallen immer wieder in alte Muster.
Ich habe beim Lesen so gehofft, dass die zwei endlich aus ihrem Kreislauf ausbrechen können. Eine solch toxische Beziehung in Büchern habe ich bisher noch nicht gelesen.
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Paula am 27.05.2023
Bewertungsnummer: 1949971
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
Jessa‘s Schreibstil sollte in der Schule gelehrt werden. Das Magnolia Parks Universe hat mein Herz erobert und ich werde mir absolut alle Bücher dieser Autorin zulegen, die zukünftig das Tageslicht erblicken werden.
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... How many people do you get to call yours? There are all sorts of loves in this world, not all of them, but most of them are beautiful."
"Magnolia Parks" is a contemporary novel about toxic relationships within London's High Society, a story about friendship, addiction, love (it is what it is) and all of their nitty gritty scandals - champagne problems if you will... The toxic relationship in focus however is about Magnolia and BJ, we get both of their POV's in first person and some mixed media style text messages sprinkled throughout the book.
To be in their head was fascinating, because the way they were thinking was very new to me. I kept reminding myself that this book was fiction (a work of art nonetheless) - not only because it made me feel all of their emotions, but if you won't suspend your disbelief, this story will frustrate, probably even anger you. But the way it is written will entrance you as well - and if you let it, it may leave an imprint on your soul... I know this sounds very dramatic, but you get the gist of it and it fits the book perfectly.
This was such original writing, at times fun, at times preposterous and stuck-up (don't forget we are following super rich, silver spoon "teens" in their twenties) and then we get the sections when BJ and Magnolia will think about each other and the writing will transform completely, because they think in metaphors, in poetic love-letter-descriptions in an all consuming kind of way.
"And the world falls to black. It's just me and him in all the universe. The stars have exploded, the sun's burnt out." (Most of the book is written in this way and I am here for it!)
So if you like character development (and there is more room than enough to grow because we don't start at the bottom, we are starting in the basement) found family, drama and shiny yet broken things, then you might want to give this novel a go, give it a chance to surprise you and to lure you into its magnetic field, never able to escape its breathtaking storytelling completely. It was original, heartfelt, ravishing, toxic and I hung on every word that the author had put together, carefully threaded like pearls on a string, with so much care and love, like a drowning person in need of land and desperately gasping for air with every wave that threatens to pull me under its ferocious spell and I will gladly take my downfall.
In other words: I can't wait to continue this series!
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“Painful things can still be beautiful things, in case you didn’t know.”
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I'm obsessed and in love with this book. They are the IT Girl and IT Boy from London. The whole of England is obsessed with them and if they are coming back together.
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