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It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)

Colleen Hoover

Start date: October 18, 2022

Finish date: October 22, 2022

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Oct 19, 2022 Anne OK rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2022-reads

Well, I'm a bit disappointed and a tad disgruntled with the over-pricing -- but still glad I read CoHo's additional installment to the original story. It felt right to do so. There's a lot of repetitive language from the fabulous "It Ended With Us" and not really any substantive additional storyline other than the happily-ever-after for Atlas and Lilly -- which seemed rushed and a tad funky. The only new and shiny addition was the introduction of a new character who is a big surprise for Atlas. ...more

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Jan 30, 2023 Kirsten rated it liked it

Shelves: reading-with-catherine

I enjoyed this sequel to It Ends With Us. But just that. It doesn't measure up to the first book. Lily and Atlas are sweet together. But I didn't get all the feels with this one. Plus the situation with Ryle seemed to resolve itself too easily.

I loved learning about Atlas's past and getting to meet the brother. This book could've been so much more. Maybe this is why Colleen Hoover doesn't do sequels. ...more

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Oct 22, 2022 Sara rated it liked it

I don’t know if we really needed this book. But it was fine.

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Sep 18, 2023 Rhonda Frankhouser rated it it was amazing

Shelves: raw-real-perfection, shocking, heartwarming, heart-wrenching

Colleen has a way of making you drop into a story and feel all the feels. I loved these characters and the honesty. I love the truth in the final decisions that were made.

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