It Ends With Us
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
Reviewed by Mimi
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The start of this novel has all the makings of a classic romantic story. Boy meets girl on a roof and there is an instant attraction. It hooks you in because Lily has just been at the funeral of her father who you immediately know, wasn't a good man. Whilst romance is at the heart of this book, there is much more to it than that. Lily is a protagonist who had a difficult upbringing in a household where her father beat her mother. It is part of everything that she experiences in her life including the developing of a relationship with the seemingly perfect man.
This book is written in an accessible style but has a lot of depth. We see flashes of Lily's upbringing, her experience with homeless boy Atlas, the defending of her mother and the hatred of her father. Her present day, meeting Ryle, setting up a flower shop and figuring out who she is as an adult in Boston all with the context of where she has come from is really well written.
I really enjoyed this read. It wasn't what I expected and that made it engaging, it's not a thriller but it had all of the pace and intrigue of one. I loved Lily, she was flawed, emotional, strong and vulnerable. These sorts of characters are so hard to write without cliches and in my opinion, Colleen Hoover has cracked it.
