It Starts with Us, Colleen Hoover
It Starts with Us, Colleen Hoover
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It Starts with Us

Bestseller

Author: Colleen Hoover

Narrator: Colin Donnell, Olivia Song

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/18/2022


Synopsis

This riveting sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller picks up where It Ends with Us concluded and shares what happens next for Lily and Atlas.

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, New York Times bestselling author ) 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).

About Colleen Hoover

Colleen Hoover is an American author who has been categorized to be in the New Adult and Young Adult contemporary romance genre. Her published novels and novellas have all become a New York Times Best Seller. Her first novel, Slammed, was published in 2012 by Atria Books (a division of Simon and Schuster), Hopeless in 2013 was her first self-published novel. It went on to become one of the bestselling books of 2013.

Her 2015 novel, Confess, won the Goodread's Choice Award for Best Romance. It was also made into a filmed series by Awestruck. Katie Leclerc and Ryan Cooper star in the series. Another novel, Ugly Love, has also been adapted to film. Hoover's newest book is Without Merit, which is described as a contemporary romance.

Colleen Hoover founded The Bookworm Box which allows its subscribers to receive books from authors all over the world. The funds collected generate money for several different charities. The Bookworm Box project has donated more than $850,000 to those in need.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tish on October 25, 2022

5 stars Let me start by saying this: there’s going to be a lot of hate for this book for the sole reason people just want to dislike this author for their popularity and there’s this hate train going on for the littlest things this author does so I already know people are going to just come out of t......more

Goodreads review by Yun on June 16, 2024

I don't dislike It Starts with Us per se, but it does feel more like a long and unnecessary epilogue to It Ends with Us rather than the separate, worthwhile story it should've been. I remember vividly the experience of reading It Ends with Us, how every page felt riveting and every moment essential.......more

Goodreads review by trina (kenan ross’ wife) on October 30, 2022

2.5⭐️ If you love Atlas individually or Lily and Atlas as a couple, this is the book for you, you’d love this. However, I don’t feel like a sequel was necessary. The ending in It Ends with Us was perfect! It left us to imagine our own ending for Lily and it was realistic! This book was strictly writt......more

Goodreads review by Mareeva on April 07, 2023

2.5 stars Well this was useless. It Starts With Us in a nutshell: 15% of this book is a retelling of the first one through Lily's creepy letters to Ellen. Literally reused, word for word scenes. Was Colleen tryna reach a word count or smth? 35% is the vandalisation/(view spoiler)[secret brother (hide spoiler)] subplot which I......more

Goodreads review by jules on October 20, 2022

Might be because I’m very sentimental and I needed closure, but I adored this book (regardless of the Ellen letters and the Tiktok mentions) <3 ———————————— Previous review: Colleen Hoover could publish her grocery list and I would still buy it 😌......more


Quotes

"Narrators Colin Donnell and Olivia Song deliver Hoover’s highly anticipated second-chance-at-love sequel."