It Starts with Us - Colleen Hoover

It Starts with Us

By Colleen Hoover

  • Release Date: 2022-10-18
  • Genre: Contemporary Romance
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 19,019 Ratings

Description

Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller and major motion picture It Ends with Us.

Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date.

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.

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. 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, New York Times bestselling author).

Reviews

  • Boring

    3
    By SRC9105
    Boring
  • We need another part

    5
    By 635renee
    Absolute fav book I am usually not into books but Lilly and atlas reminded me about one of my relationships and I would love to read more about there journey together and how things with go emerson and josh. This healed my inner childhood
  • This is on par with the first book

    4
    By Abbottsford
    First, I think at least some of the negative reviews come from people expecting literary fiction. Four stars here for Hoover delivering a really solid follow-up. I gather she initially self-published these online. I hadn’t read these until I heard about the movie. They are inspired by Hoover’s mother’s tragic and brave story, and Hoover is clearly so proud of her, which shines through and gives the book even more heart. This whole story is one fictional rendering in an ocean of possibilities, and I hope it inspires other authors to tell their equally individual stories. Strengths: as always, so much more to Lily than this event in her life. I was glued to the flashback of the immediate aftermath of Lily’s father’s attack on Atlas, brief but affecting. A good portion is devoted to a new, unknown character from Atlas’s family, and we see more of Atlas’s mother. Alyssa’s husband has more prominence here in places, supportively. The caring, wise middle-schooler who counsels Atlas is a surprise charmer. I would have liked to see more development of Ryle, for worse or better, and maybe linking the characters together more. There are quite a few comments here about the sex: some people say there isn’t enough of it, or it goes too far. Atlas and Lily “get down,” yes, in romance-fiction style, but that’s as far as it goes.
  • Good

    4
    By starrynigjt
    It was a good book, but sometimes it was just long. This one took me awhile to get through, still happy I read it though.
  • Great book

    5
    By ecuadoriana77
    Great book
  • Oh my !!

    5
    By Em Avery
    So so good!! 😭
  • Not as good as the first book

    4
    By Lillianllll
    This book is like an ending of the first book. I like the first book more. This book is okay if you really like the first book and a happy ending.
  • Ggirl

    5
    By Gigi8490
    What a Love story! I was so engulfed with Lilly and Atlas. In life you do need to keep swimming, the best part is when you find someone to do it with! This is a must read but, first read It Ends with Us.
  • Can’t wait for the movie

    5
    By Jeristewart
    Loved the character build-ups… the way the author created the scenes… the sensitivity…the eye-opening… and the reality setting… totally recommend
  • Loved it

    5
    By Jenniferlynnc
    Just as great as it ends with us

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