It Ends With Us by Collen Hoover
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 overwhelms 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.
This was my very first Collen Hoover book and I loved it. And I kinds of still do but I don't think this is a complete 5-star read I think it's a 3.75-star read.
This book also made me shed a tear I'm going to lie I felt "refreshed" after reading this book. And this book is also kinda like an autobiography for the author because this story is based on her mom's experience with the author's dad. So yea... Also here's a trigger warning because the book deals with abuse. Like when I read the synopsis of the book I thought this was going to be a fun love triangle. IT IS NOT. Let me repeat. THIS BOOK IS NOT A LOVE TRIANGLE.
Because I was shocked when Ryle put his hands on Lilly. I mean yeah it was an obvious red flag at the beginning of the book. But I did not expect him to hit Lilly. And also Ryle is kinda funny when he busted into the restroom where Lilly and Atlas were and this man literally said "This Atlas?" The homeless boy you pity-fucked?" the way I had to take a break from reading that day and the loud GASP I did. It was real. I'm sorry that was kinda funny.
The book also has an ICONIC quote and it's "just keep swimming, Lilly"
Will I recommend it? Yes. That's all folks.
