It Starts With Us By Colleen Hoover

    This is the happy ending I needed in my life. Colleen Hoover put at the beginning of this book that she did not think she would ever write a sequel to It Ends With Us, but we all needed it!! We needed to see what happens next for Lily and Atlas. 

    Lily proves that she is one strong woman and just so empowering! Man, the things that she had to put up with after her and Ryle divorced was insane. I'm glad that Colleen Hoover wrote how Ryle was still controlling even after they divorced. It shows how truly hard it is to leave an abusive relationship. Lily had many struggles to overcome, but in the end she had to do what was right for her daughter.

    I was so glad to see that we were going to hear from Atlas's point of view. We knew how much of a sweetheart he was, but to actually hear his thoughts, he is not only sweet, but he has the patience of a saint. He was always looking out for Lily and her best interest. As Lily would put it, "Considerate Atlas".

    There are some new characters that we brought into the book and that made the book more interesting. To hear from Atlas's family members (I don't want to spoil it!) and to hear how he grew up, it made you wonder how did he become such an amazing human?

    Man Ryle turned into such a d*ck! In my review for It Ends With Us I wrote how I felt sorry for him for what he endured in his childhood. But dang! He did nothing to help himself at all! Still controlling as ever! There were actual parts in the book when he would show up and my anxiety would reach it's peak! The conversation that went down between him and Atlas proved my point of how much Atlas loves Lily.

"I'm convinced you're the only man on the planet who could get punched and then offer the aggressor advice."

    So the character of Josh, I'm not going to write too much because I don't want to spoil it. But what a twist! All i'm going to say is, "I'll just draw a baby seedling." I lost it after that.

    The last thing I want to touch on is just how amazing people Allysa and Marshall are. They stood by Lily through it all. I mean c'mon they were in such a tough spot, but they held their ground to what was right in the end. 

    All in all, if you loved It Ends With Us and you need more Lily and Atlas, this is the book to read!!! It was such a great book with all the feels.

"I'm exactly where I belong, being loved by Atlas Corrigan."

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