Hello everyone! Today’s post is a review for the book It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover. I’m so happy to finally have read this book as I had been seeing it everywhere in the book community and plus, the cover is way too beautiful.
First of all, I just want to say I was sent the book for review by the company SocialBookCo and I’m extremely grateful 
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I’ll be including a synopsis of the novel alongside my review and a link to the SocialBookCo website at the end – therefore, you’re able to see where you can buy the book cheapest.
I hope you enjoy the review and please let me know if you’d like to read this book or if you already have! I’d love to discuss opinions and thoughts on it with you all.
So here we go –
Title: It Ends With Us
Author: Colleen Hoover
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Atria Books/Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publication Date: 2nd August 2016
Genre/s: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary and Sociology (Abuse)
(cr. Goodreads)
“Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most.
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 in Maine where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost 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, Colleen Hoover delivers a heart-wrenching story that breaks exciting new ground for her as a writer. Combining a captivating romance with a cast of all-too-human characters, It Ends With Us is an unforgettable tale of love that comes at the ultimate price”.
It Ends With Us is the first Colleen Hoover book I’ve picked up and read and I absolutely adored it! Before reading this, I was definitely interested in the cover ( as nobody can deny how beautiful it is oh my… *heart eyes* ) but after reading the synopsis I was even further intrigued. I was familiar with the contemporary and romance genres of the book but I’ve not read many new adult books so this was an exciting book for me. Also, the novel focuses on sociological issues which was something very new and foreign to me reading wise. I actually appreciated the different themes more than I expected to!
Personally, I loved the protagonist – Lily Bloom. She was such a quirky yet classy character that I can see a lot of people relating to. I really respected her storyline and the development that can be noticed within the ‘flashbacks’ to her rough childhood through to adulthood as although some situations she was in weren’t desirable, they were most definitely interesting and made me admire her strength to be a strong person for others and herself more.
I felt that Ryle (another main character) was quite likeable – mostly because he’s like everyone’s dream man, especially mine oops. Who doesn’t love a dark and mysterious man who conveniently happens to be a successful neurosurgeon too?! However, if you’ve read the book, you know how his character development goes but for those who haven’t, there are situations including him that are extremely emotional and arguable. I won’t go into too much detail but in most ‘events’ that happened I could forgive him, yet there was one near the end of the book where I wish I could have just said to him, “nope nope nope, you can be as charming and beautiful as you want but what you did was not my cup of tea, sorry”. His character isn’t really ruined by his actions as I kinda expected it, but I did most definitely learn that people aren’t always what they seem.
Then onto Atlas, oh how I loved Atlas. To me, he seemed like the ‘knight in shining armor’ for the book – again, I have to restrain myself on talking about certain situations as this is a spoiler free review, but let’s just say he is the type of person you just want to be around 24/7. His character is just so comforting and lovable it’s unbelievable. Every time he appeared and was talked about I just felt so happy. Plus, I admired his and Lily’s journey over the course of the entire novel – sometimes it felt more distant that I would’ve liked but it’s definitely understandable for what had happened.
For the all characters as a whole, I especially loved the fact that there literally wasn’t a single character that seemed perfect, even the minor characters – every one had their own faults 🙂
I feel like the pace of the storyline/plot was perfect. Early on in the book, there was a moment where I thought, “Oh my word this is all happening too fast”, but then I thought about it more and realised if the book has slowed down even just the tiniest bit, it just wouldn’t be the same and be probably completely ruined. As now that I’ve finished the entire book, I appreciated how things moved so quickly – hard to explain but you’ll probably understand if you’ve read the book.
And, although I’ve never experienced personally or read about ‘certain topics’ that are focused on in the book, the plot definitely seemed logical. But that may depend on the reader as the themes are quite controversial. Plus, I thought I’d mention the vibe of the book as when I read a book, I usually feel one certain feeling about it overall – whether that be excited, shocked, happy, sad etc… But with this one, all I can say is that it’s nothing but emotional. I felt like I had gone on a rollercoaster in my mind – at times I felt happy and excited, then I felt pity and sadness, at some points I felt comforted and others I just didn’t know what to do with myself. Some readers strangely don’t like to feel hundreds of emotions in one book (yes I’ve actually read reviews from people who say that, whaaaat? ), but for me it’s what made me love the book so much.
Finally, the ending. I couldn’t have asked for anything better. I was so so satisfied with how the story played out – I did expect it but I’m glad I did. I truly wish that this could be a series as I need more of certain relationships that evolved in the book. Again, it’s so hard not to mention characters names and events that happened between them as it’s a spoiler free review – but believe me, if it wasn’t I’d just be swooning and spilling out all my thoughts over the drama that occurred. But yes, the ending I was over the moon with!
So as I mentioned, this was my first Colleen Hoover book and I can officially say it most definitely won’t be my last. The writing in this book was incredible – including the pages of letters that Lily wrote to Ellen DeGeneres. Yes, Ellen. Sounds peculiar but you’ll understand if you know the whole story aha.
Overall, it took me less than 2 days to read this book and I literally never wanted to skip any of it. Although it was a quick read for me, it was one of the most spontaneous and affecting books I’ve read. I wish I could read it all over again (unfortunately my TBR is now over 100 books so that won’t be happening for a while now oops).
If you’re thinking of picking up this book, please please do! I’d love to hear what everyone thinks of it as I feel like not everyone will feel the same way as I did about it. Therefore, I most definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking for a powerful, ecstatic and tear-jerking book – honestly, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU.
My rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 ★
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Thank you all for reading my review! I’d love to know –
Have you read this book before?
What did you think of the storyline?
Were there any characters that you felt differently about ?
If not, do you want to read this book and why if you do? 🙂
Again, thank you for reading and have a lovely day!
Aimee ( lovelybookloves ) 