It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover -> Restarting October 1st, 2022

[Alaina]

Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most.

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 in Maine where she grew up
— she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost 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.

[Brittany]

25%: (view spoiler)[ Okay so Ryle only wants a one night stand with Lily and is basically begging her to do it with him. I am very very interested in Lily's past with Atlas (what a cute name!) (hide spoiler)]

[Brittany]

50%: (view spoiler)[ WOW intense. Atlas owns a restaurant in Boston that Ryle loves. Ryle accidentally pushed Lily and she got flashbacks of her past. The next day when they went to Atlas's restaurant he over-reacted and thought Ryle hit her. There was a fight and a huge scene was caused. I don't really know what to think of the situation. I understand Lily came from an abusive household, but I don't really know whether to think Ryle did it on an accident or it somehow will happen again. (hide spoiler)]

[Brittany]

75%: (view spoiler)[ Casually crying in my car on my way home. It's fine, everything's fine. This section really hurt to read. How unfortunate for Lily. I hope things turn out better for her and she doesn't go back to Ryle! I mean I feel bad for him too because of his past, but at the same time, can that really justify his actions? (hide spoiler)]

[Brittany]

finished: (view spoiler)[ Ugh what a nice ending. I really didn't feel much of a connection with the characters, other than I hated Ryle from the beginning. I really feel like Lily and Atlas were meant to be together so I was so happy when they were able to find each other. (hide spoiler)]

[Felicia]

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[Jammin Jenny]

20% (view spoiler)[ I am really enjoying this story so far. I like the flashbacks to her childhood while she's reading her journal. I also love the letters she writes to Ellen DeGeneres. So funny. I wonder if she and Ryle will finally get together. (hide spoiler)]

[Jammin Jenny]

Okay I am at 50% now. This book is getting good. I love a good (view spoiler)[ love triangle. I can't believe she runs into Atlas again in Boston just when she is getting Ryle to commit to trying a relationship. (hide spoiler)] I wonder though if Ryle has issues (view spoiler)[ kind of like her father - her father tried to rape her mother when he was drunk and Atlas was there to try and help her (hide spoiler)].

[Jammin Jenny]

78% (view spoiler)[ Wow! They say that sometimes you marry someone that is just like your mom or dad, and boy did that turn out true with Lily and Ryle. He rapes her and then she is able to get away with the help of her good friend Atlas. I hope this doesn't add badly for anyone (other than Ryle maybe). (hide spoiler)]

[Jammin Jenny]

100% (view spoiler)[I loved this story by Colleen Hoover. It dealt with the issue of abuse in a very conscientious manner, and it felt real while I was reading it. I was so glad (view spoiler)[Lilly didn't go back to Ryle when their baby was born - I was scared she was about to. (hide spoiler)] I loved that Lilly found Atlas again in Boston after he left to join the Marines. That was a nice touch. Another favorite CoHo story. (hide spoiler)]

[Agne]

Chapter 1-4 (view spoiler)[Okay, it's just starting to get interesting. I already get that the story will be about Lily and Ryle. But I wonder how Atlas is conneted to their story. Is it just her past or it will be something in her future too... (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 5-10 (view spoiler)[ I really ship Ryle and Lily, but... hm. Is there might be more, something unfinished in Lily and Atlas story? Their meeting was intense. And Atlas words that he wish they have met a year ago... and is he really in a relationship, or he just said it because Lily has someone? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 11-14 (view spoiler)[ Fuck. Seriously. And after everything her mom gone through, she will believe that it was just an accident? really? I am pretty sure it won't be the last time. Damn. And I really liked Ryle. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 15-33 (view spoiler)[ Damn. I wih she never took Ryle back, but a lot of time in situations like that woman finds a way somehow to make excuses for abusive partners. But geez. I am glad she at leats now is staying strong. I hope she will. She has to.
Atlas would be perfect man for her. I hope they will find a way to each other again. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[ This book made me cry so much. It was great. And I got the ending I was hoping for. (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

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RESTARTING OCTOBER 1ST, 2022


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