Domestic Violence, Forgiveness and Love in Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us and It Starts With Us ~ Book Nation by Jen

My Review:

Fastest read ever! I finally jumped on the CoHo bandwagon to see what all the hype was about (videos on #BookTok, a huge TikTok niche, brought Hoover’s books to #1) and got sucked in to It Ends With Us for 24 hours of reading! There is a certain compelling element to the writing Colleen Hoover has mastered – fast paced, sexy characters, dangerous situations and emotional relationships; all powerful enough to keep me reading nonstop from cover to cover. This book has disturbing scenes of domestic violence that were inspired by the author’s own experiences, so don’t be fooled into thinking this is just a light contemporary romance; there is also meaningful substance. This is my latest GREAT ESCAPE recommendation!

And Then…

I couldn’t be left hanging, so I immediately read the follow up, It Starts With Us, the next day! This one has a bit less stressful subject matter and was more about hope, love and starting over – a perfect ending for the main characters and a delightful two day binge for me!

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About the Author:

Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty two novels and novellas. Hoover’s novels fall into the New Adult and Young Adult contemporary romance categories, as well as psychological thriller.

Colleen Hoover is published by Montlake Romance, Grand Central Publishing and Atria Books. Colleen also has several indie titles, including Heart Bones.

In 2015, Colleen’s novel CONFESS won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance. That was followed up in 2016 with her latest title, It Ends With Us, also winning the Choice Award for Best Romance. In 2017, her title WITHOUT MERIT won best romance.

Her novel CONFESS has been filmed as a series by Awestruck and is available on Prime Video via Amazon and iTunes. Katie Leclerc and Ryan Cooper star in the series.

Colleen founded The Bookworm Box, a charity subscription service and bookstore, with her family in 2015. The Bookworm Box is a subscription service that provides readers with an exciting opportunity to receive signed novels in the mail each month from authors all over the world. All profits from the subscription service are donated to various charities each month. To date, The Bookworm Box has donated over $1,000,000 to help those in need.