It Ends With Us

by Colleen Hoover 

I know I’m very late to the party, so to speak, but I also know I’m not the only one to bump this to the top of my TBR list in anticipation of seeing the film at the cinema! I already owned a paperback copy, which I won via a giveaway.

Anyway….

OH. MY. GOODNESS!

What an emotional read!

I liked Lily immediately. I liked that teenage Lily was kind enough to help Atlas in his hour of need. I like how their friendship develops, and I love how she writes her diary in the form of letters to Ellen. I really felt her mixed emotions towards her father, and her mother for ‘putting up’ with him.

I love that Lily bites the bullet and opens her own florist.

I love Allysa!

When Ryle wanders back into her life the chemistry between them is palpable and my heart was so happy for her. That is until the first time he lets his temper get the better of him. My heart broke with hers as she faces the hardest of decisions.

Thankfully I have no personal experience to draw from, but I could understand her reluctance to just leave Ryle immediately. He’s not a completely bad guy and is very likeable in many ways. It’s easy to see why she fell for him, and he obviously adores her. It’s just the most heart-wrenching of situations.

I cried a lot reading this book, especially towards the end and especially during the hospital scene. I can’t even begin to imagine going through such heartache.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel though….

I’m looking forward to reading book 2, It Starts With Us.

Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating” rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan—her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.

With this bold and deeply personal novel, IT ENDS WITH US is a heart-wrenching story and an unforgettable tale of love that comes at the ultimate price. 

Happy reading!