I HATE reading, never been able to get through a chapter BUT this book is AMAZING! I finished this entire book in 5 days!!

Naked truth, I haven’t read a book in years. So happy I chose this text to be me first of many more to come. Initially I couldn’t put it down but there were certain points in the text that I had to because I was nervous as to what will happen next. Did I mention I cried at one point, I felt for Lily, Ryle, and Atlas. Colleen’s creative writing skills are impeccable. Can’t wait to begin reading It Start With Us. Also anticipating seeing it come to life on the big screen.

She is very articulate and writes in depth. She paints a picture very well. I am a huge fan!

Boring at times, yet still delectable. Delish

This was a super good book I couldn’t stop reading it. I finished it in 2 days. Just a warning though it could be triggering to some. But well worth the read!

This book was at times hard to read. I felt myself telling Lily what to do. Frustrated with the choices. But easier said than done. After reading the authors take on why she wrote the book, it really hit me that it was never supposed to be a perfect ending. Overall I read this book quickly and enjoyed it very much. I look forward to the next one. I recommend the read if you’ve read the summary and think it will interest you even the slightest.

COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN! i love a good love story and this was ittttt i felt such a range of emotions

This story is absolutely a mix of passion, love, suspense… great story. I would definitely recommend it!!

I loved reading this book, best experience ever with it!🤍

I absolutely love this book, I cried so much and the plot twists always got to me, I couldn’t put it down once I picked it up. I couldn’t choose a side between Atlas or Ryle😭🙏 I love em both!

I loved this story so much, had such an amazing message. So captivating almost read in one sitting.

I just finished reading this book and if u love romance, toxic,crazy build up sensation that happened in the past that might effect the future this book is for u just be prepared u might cry at the end ;) love Hoover and keep swimming as atlas said

I became instantly invested with the characters. I didn’t expect the ending but it was truly empowering. Loved it!

One of my favorite reads. Wasn’t too sure about a romance book but definitely worth it!!! It’s written so well. Loved it!! Looking forward to the next one !!

Really great read. I’ve been trying get back into reading… And this was the perfect book for that! It kept me coming back for more… Highly recommended!

Absolutely keeps you on your toes. You find yourself immersed in this life, living and breathing as Lily.

This book if for every heartbroken little girl that lives inside of us, the ones that had to watch our Mommas hurt. To have to find the courage to learn how to love others.. but most importantly, how to love ourselves first.

Lily Blossom Bloom is my hero.

it ends with this book and author.

i honestly think this is my favorite book and is the best book to exist. The story was just amazing from lily growing up to her new love and then reconciling with old love was amazing. It was a slow burn. And to be honest i love Ryle even though you may think he’s a jerk i love him and i do think he deserved another chance and would recommend anger management classes and marriage consueling but this book was overall amazing! i definitely cried throughout the book and related to lily when it comes to love sometimes we’re so in love that we don’t realize that we are being hurt. overall i will never forget this book and i think everyone should read it and i absolutely love it.

Loved reading it though

Love how you never know which direction the story is headed and throughout felt all the emotions alongside the main character.

I couldn’t put the book down. I highly recommend. 10/10

I love this book!!

I freaking love reading this book! I’m not a book reader, but this year I wanted to start reading books. I’m 30 and to be honest I have never read a book that I finished all the way. I love it and can’t wait to read the next book. I want to see what happens on Lily’s life. I’m glad I chose this book.

Truly, I don’t read allot but these either had to be my longest or best time spent on a book. The story actually reminded of someone, a loved one, who kind has gone through the same situation. I hope this book can inspire her to speak up about these type of situations, and she’s actually the reason I bought this book. It was in her bedroom. I understood why she bought this book, I would too. I think this helps me see from her POV.

Such a great book there are part where I wanted the toxic charcter over the good chart there even though I knew they weren’t good for each other. Very emotional and changed my life

I loved the ending ! I was hoping for it and so happy for Lily. This story also reminded me of what happened if my parents would’ve realized the pattern earlier in their relationship and did the best thing for us.

Disappointed

Too rushed and the main character was toxic.

I just finished reading this book and I applaud the author for bringing a difficult subject into the light. I don’t want to spoil this story for future readers. But, I too was a victim many years ago. It’s a subject most people don’t talk about but, they really need to. I also want to say that I think this is one of the Best books I have ever read. I normally never read romance novels but something made me decide to read it. It grabs you and holds onto you from the start all the way to the finish. The only thing I didn’t care for was the sexual aspect but, that’s just me. This author reminds me of Nicholas Sparks in some ways. I hope you decide to read this book. I promise you that you won’t regret it. Lastly, I hope it’s made into a movie. It’s that good!

I loved this book! There was so much emotion with the story, and it kept me reading and wanting to know what happened. I just bought “It Starts With Us” to read and am looking forward to the continuation of Lily’s story. I know most movies made from books aren’t the best but this made me excited to see what is done with the movie!

I hope I read this one 3 years ago… it gave me the strength to let him go for sure.. thank you

My husband thinks I’m nuts with how I couldn’t put this book down. Such a great story and had me on the edge of crying the whole time. Maybe because I’m pregnant, but there’s so much emotion in it! Love it.

It was really good. This book meant a lot to me because I grew in an abusive household and I learned a lot from it ends with us. LOVED IT

This book is mixed. It is raw and true, and poignant about the generational experience of domestic abuse. The setting of everything else however is sugary and besides the abusive situation, everything else in the life of the character is picture perfect, even the abuser when he is not abusive. People are rich and successful, buying apartments in Boston and starting great businesses. Hard work prevails, and true love perseveres.

Absolutely loved it! I finished it within a week which is insane with my busy schedule. It’s easy to obsessed over, any free time I had I was absorbed back into it .

LOVE ! Couldn’t put it down!

I don mot like to read but I could not put this one down. I read it in a day! I was torn between the 2 male characters, I loved qualities of both but I’m not upset at the ending! I can’t wait to read the next one tomorrow!

Great read, kept me engaged the entire time.

This book was an easy read and eye-opening about DV and generational cycles. The way it was written is was super engaging.

This was a really heartfelt book that I liked but surprisingly didn’t make me cry.

Couldn’t put this book down! So many emotions when reading it! Absolutely love the ending

Easy to get caught up in this book.

My boyfriend and I really enjoyed reading this together, so many up’s and down’s we were truly in awe throughout the book.

It was amazing. Provided happiness!

Really easy to read

As each chapter passes you really get invested in wanting to know what the end will be and I was self challenged as well in what I think I would do. The ending was bittersweet and beautiful in its way.

So predictable, kind of for teenagers.

I loved this so much, i will never heal from it 😭

Loved it!

This book made me feel all the emotions. A book that shows reality and not the perfect endings we get in story books. I started this book and couldn’t set it down until I finished.

As a survivor of narcissistic abuse by my ex husband and my father, I have so much respect for the way the characters are presented. Abuse is a pattern and until we courageously stop the pattern it will continue.

This book made me feel okay. Okay that I was once Jenny Bloom and once lily. This healed every part it needed to heal!

Wow! This book was written perfectly. You really felt everything the characters were going through and it had some mystery to it you just want to keep reading to find out what happens next.

best book i’ve ever read and the fastest i’ve ever read any book in my whole life

absolutely loved it! easy read!

I still don’t. I’m reading it starts with us now and I’m sad knowing I just bought both books 24 hours ago & im halfway through the second already. 10/10

Couldn’t put it down .. I’m glad TikTok made me read this.. worth the hype

Can’t believe all the raves about this book. Feels like it was written by a 14 year old for a 14 year old. I like characters that have depth. Maybe some of her other books are good but I will never buy another one written by her.

Couldn’t stop rolling my eyes at how cheesy/cringy this book is. It’s extremely predictable and feels like a teenager wrote it.

The first half of the book really had me. The second fell flat. I feel like the same themes and conversations were happening over and over in different words and dialogue. Over all it’s not terrible. It’s ok.

Oh my goodness! I have heard of so many amazing things about this book and people hyping it up so much. Many people were saying that it was an emotional roller coaster that they felt while reading this book. A lot of people mentioned that this book, along with “It Starts With Us” is like a therapy session. Let me say that I have never felt so much emotion while reading a book in my life. This book had me sad, angry, tense, happy, worried. I even gasped in some of these pages! I completely understand the hype around Colleen’s books and I’m so glad that I read this one. I am super excited to read “It Starts With Us”. I 100% recommend!

This is my first Colleen Hoover book and I was very disappointed. Don’t waste your time reading this book as it is obvious that the author didn’t really research Domestic Violence/Abuse (though she mentioned this book is quite personal to her)—if you have actually done research on it you know why I mention this. I’m actually quite concerned that none of the reviews mention the fact that an 18-year-old grooms and then sleeps with a 15-year-old. I know that age of consent varies between states in this country, but I still couldn’t get over this. Atlas is a predator. Period. Furthermore, I am quite baffled at the raving reviews because the writing is at an 8th-grade level where most of the chapters and characters seem like outlines of much meatier ones. Thus, characters aren’t developed well enough to connect. Overall a huge disappointment—there are so many much lesser-known authors that truly write about complex matters with their soul, so give them a chance and don’t buy into the hype of authors like CH.

This book made me love reading again

I couldn’t put it down, I couldn’t go to bed. I had to know every word to their story, as fast as I could learn it.

This is one of the best books I’ve read in this lifetime.

Everyone with a brain needs to read this book, not just women, not just sad humans but everyyyyyone. It’s worth every penny, I feel like I could have paid double and still feel like the value of these words outweighs the cost of this book.

GET IT

For someone that does not read often, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It kept me captivated the entire time! Such a good read after not picking up a book in so long. Highly recommend! Can’t wait to read more of her stuff!

The ending was unsatisfying. Not worth the price. I read it in less than a day

This book has gutted me from the inside out. It's absolutely amazing, emotional and powerful! DON'T SECOND GUESS BUYING AND READING THIS BOOK ITS TRULY WHOLEHEARTEDLY INDEFINABLE!

This book was incredible. It is 5 in the morning and tears are falling from my eyes. This book is such a major accomplishment and I cannot express how much it impacted me. Please read this, please listen to the lessons in contains, please please let this book change you like it changed me. It was everything a book should be. I am at a loss for words

How do you even start writing a review for a book that has left an indelible scar on your heart and soul? There are simply no words that I could string together to deliver you anything as poignant and touching as the message that Colleen Hoover has conveyed with It Ends With Us. There were times I literally had to force myself to put the book down just to absorb the all the emotions that were given.

“Maybe love isn’t something that comes full circle. It just ebbs and flows, in and out, just like the people in our lives.”

Colleen Hoover has a magical quality to her writing that I don’t know how to explain, but continue to fall in love with time and time again. She really understands the multi-dimensional aspects to a person and conveys them beautifully. She forces readers to feel sympathy for characters you should dislike, while also despising actions that they may take. At the same time, she is able to make me empathize with characters and find pieces of myself in all her major heroines, Lily included. Honestly, it’s fascinating for me to see where she will take the different personalities in her stories. Lily and Ryle’s story is a rollercoaster ride that is genuine, tumultuous, and beyond personal.

“Fifteen seconds. That’s all it takes to completely change everything about a person.”

It Ends With Us is a novel that made me smile, made me hurt, and certainly made me reflect. When an author can take a situation and make her readers feel like they’re being spoken to on a soul-deep level, I think it’s safe to say that it’s a phenomenal read. The subject matter wasn’t always easy to get through, but I felt like Hoover had to break my heart in order to put it back together. As odd as it may sound, she even filled in cracks I had known were there, but couldn’t figure out how to mend. Her words were just that powerful.

“I feel like everyone fakes who they really are, when deep down we’re all equal amounts of screwed up. Some of us are just better at hiding it than others.”

This isn’t a long review, and it is definitely vague, but I want every reader to just experience It Ends With Us. I want people to close their eyes, go for the ride, and trust the journey that they go on. Colleen Hoover is by far my favorite writer, but I’m never sure how she’ll top her previous release. She continues to grow, continues to pour her heart and soul into the pages of her novels, and I can say with utmost certainty that it shows. It Ends With Us is so different to any of her previous books, yet filled with the signature Colleen Hoover style. I have the utmost faith that readers everywhere will fall in love with these characters and everything they’ve been through; there is no doubt that it’s her best work yet!