It Ends With Us 2: It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is every bit as engaging as the first book. Unfortunately, Ryle doesn't seem to be very willing to learn his lessons or face reality. Fortunately, Lily has some very good family and friends that are on her side and help her take the steps she needs both for their safety and to find some sort of peace to move forward with their life. We get a lot more of Atlas with even more surprises from his family in this installment, and his point of view of his shared past with Lily. As good as Lily and Ryle seemed at times before they all went wrong, there is something about Atlas and Lily that really is special here. For all the pain and the abuse cycles they've seen and lived through, they're lucky to have a solid foundation to build their own happily ever after, even if they're also both realistic enough to realize that happily ever after will have their own brand of challenges to face and overcome together.
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January 28, 2024
January 27, 2024
It Ends with Us 1
It Ends with Us 1 by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was recommended to me by a co-worker, and she was absolutely right saying I would enjoy this book. It has a ton of emotions and complex stories woven together and creating both the individual characters and how they interact with each other. Lily's story isn't what you may think at first glance and doesn't follow what might be considered the usual script for a romance book, especially with how good Ryle is how clear it is they love each other. And then we have Atlas who seems out of place and time for a long time. After everything that happens, we don't see Ryle's reaction to Atlas being back in the equation at the end, though truthfully his part was just a catalyst for what happened between Ryle and Lily ultimately. If anything, it's good that at the end they are supportive and respective and seem to be finding other acceptable ways to be a loving family without continuing the cycle.
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was recommended to me by a co-worker, and she was absolutely right saying I would enjoy this book. It has a ton of emotions and complex stories woven together and creating both the individual characters and how they interact with each other. Lily's story isn't what you may think at first glance and doesn't follow what might be considered the usual script for a romance book, especially with how good Ryle is how clear it is they love each other. And then we have Atlas who seems out of place and time for a long time. After everything that happens, we don't see Ryle's reaction to Atlas being back in the equation at the end, though truthfully his part was just a catalyst for what happened between Ryle and Lily ultimately. If anything, it's good that at the end they are supportive and respective and seem to be finding other acceptable ways to be a loving family without continuing the cycle.
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