Part of what I loved about that book was the nuanced and flawed characters, while this book distilled everyone down to either just a good guy or a bad guy. Maybe I’m the weird one, but if someone I “love like a brother” were to push their partner down the stairs and bite them so hard they bled, I simply wouldn’t love them like a brother anymore! It took me days longer to read this than I anticipated because I didn't feel any pull to keep going. Colleen Hoover takes us on a whole new emotional rollercoaster, this time, switching between the perspective of Atlas and Lily as they navigate friendship, love and a very jealous ex-husband. I just don't understand or stand for the unwarranted amount of hate that goes into BASHING books just for the way they are written.

If a refund or reimbursement is payable to you, we will transfer the money using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase.I was more invested in Lily’s healing process and her story, I still felt that way going into this book. Registered address: Unit 31, Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, LE5 3EF, United kingdom. Immerse yourself in a captivating tale of love and self-discovery with "It Starts with Us" by Colleen Hoover. a sequel, which is an outright romance, being written to a book (marketed as a romance which is so gross) about domestic abuse really throws me off. Meanwhile, Josh, the half brother Atlas never knew he had, enters Atlas’s life, and Atlas takes him in, hoping to finally have a real family.

Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue for the “gripping, pulse-pounding” (Sarah Pekkanen, author of Perfect Neighbors) bestselling phenomenon It Ends with Us left off. Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. i swore i’d never read another coho book, but it ends with us was the only one i could somewhat stomach so i decided to read it starts with us to see how it was.

Or it could have been written along the lines of La La Land, where the couple didn't get their happily ever after but had a fleeting glimpse of the life that could have been. Maybe I thought in this book, Ryle would acknowledge he’s a fucking monster and he’d watch Lily flourish happily from the sidelines. I understand that it would be very hard for Lily to win over Ryle in court, and the ending was probably more realistic with him still being involved; but if that’s the case, it doesn’t “end” with you and your daughter! Pages of love letters and wedding vows don’t make up for an absence of depth, and certainly not lack of banter and attraction between characters.

Revealing more about Atlas’s past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that “no one delivers an emotional read like Colleen Hoover” (Anna Todd, bestselling author). Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue for the “gripping, pulse-pounding” (Sarah Pekkanen, author of Perfect Neighbors ) bestselling phenomenon It Ends with Us left off. That the result would be mundane, at best an unnecessary add-on, at worst ruining the legacy of a previously amazing work. I will admit, I thought the secret brother plotline was interesting, but it wasn't nearly enough to keep my attention until the end.I can't see any guy typing that much, especially in a text message, but Atlas is apparently not your average guy.

And about those journal entries - one was apparently written six months after the event but contained word for word descriptions about what was said. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life. I understand I can change my preference through my account settings or unsubscribe directly from any marketing communications at any time.While you might be putting out decorations for Spooky Season, we’re putting out our Most Anticipated Reads for the month. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. And now having finished this, I'm already unable to point to a single memorable moment because there honestly weren't any. Registered address: Unit 5, Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, LE5 3EF, United kingdom. I don’t know if CoHo needs to go back to school or something, but there’s a biiiiiig difference between history and chemistry, and our main characters are missing the latter.