The book alternates between London’s gritty underbelly (where the Parks and Ballentine family drama threatens to turn genuinely violent) and the champagne-soaked ballrooms of the elite. Hastings forces them to orbit each other, closer and closer, until the gravitational pull becomes unbearable.
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. Magnolia Parks- The Long Way Home
Let’s address the elephant in the room: BJ and Magnolia are toxic. They cheat. They lie. They use other human beings as pawns in their emotional chess game. In any other novel, you would scream, “Get therapy!” closer and closer