Book Synopsis:
From the #1 bestselling author of All Your Perfects, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can’t stop thinking about her first love.
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.
My Review:
Wow I’m not sure where to start with this review. I picked up this book as I’d heard lots of great things about it and was naturally very intrigued. I was expecting a light hearted romance story but It Ends With Us is actually a heartbreaking, emotional and powerful read which I really wasn’t expecting.
I was immediately drawn into the story and into the lives of the characters. I enjoyed getting to know Lily, Ryle, Alyssa and the lovely Atlas who was my favourite character. The book is told primarily from Lily’s points of view with flashbacks from her journal as a teenager which gives some background into her relationship with Atlas. I thought this was very effective especially as the flashbacks were spread out to complement what was happening in the present day.
About half way through the book the tone of the story changes abruptly and takes on a more serious note. Although I initially didn’t like this change and kept wishing it would go back to how it was before I soon realised the powerful message behind the story. It would have been very easy to have made this a light hearted story, something the author acknowledges in the epilogue, and I thought it was very brave of the author to take it in a different direction.
Overall I absolutely loved this book and immediately went and bought more books from this author after finishing. The book was just so addictive that I was soon finding any opportunity to read just a few more pages of it as I really wanted to find out what happens next. The ending was perfect and I can’t wait to read the sequel when it comes out later this month. Highly recommended by me!
About The Author:
Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times and International bestselling author of multiple novels and novellas. She lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. She is the founder of The Bookworm Box, a non-profit book subscription service and bookstore in Sulphur Springs, Texas.For more information and for a schedule of events, please visit colleenhoover.com.To contact Colleen and her team (Her team’s name is Stephanie), please email hooverink@outlook.com
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