Hey, what’s going on, readers? Today, I’m here with a new book review of Colleen Hoover’s novel. “It Starts With Us“. I went through this novel a week ago (second time) and wanted to share it with you guys.
I will tell you every deep point of the story, including characters, release date, genre, and plot summary. So keep with me until the end and get all your answers about this novel. Let’s start the adventure.
It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover Overview:
“It Starts With Us” is Colleen Hoover’s sequel to her best-selling novel and BookTop hit, “It Ends With Us.” The sequel begins straight after “It Ends With Us“ and carries the reader through the complexities of life after divorce and domestic abuse. “It Starts With Us” is a lighter read than its predecessor, allowing the reader to experience Atlas and Lily’s relationship as they navigate divorce, find family, and start a new life after abuse.
“It Ends With Us” must be read first to fully understand the magnitude of some trivial events in “It Starts With Us.” Atlas and Lily try to restore the love they felt for each other as teenagers. Hoover presents a beautiful, trustful love between Atlas and Lily. Atlas and Lily love each other like kids. Their love is sweet and awkward, but it is much more beneficial than the harmful relationships they have experienced. Love should be naïve, Hoover suggests.
“My choice helped me realize that sometimes the hardest decisions a person can make will most likely lead to the best outcomes“
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Atlas and Lily try to restore the love they felt for each other as teenagers but must deal with the repercussions their passion may have now as adults.
AGE RESTRICTIONS:
Like all other Colleen Hoover books like “It Ends With Us” and “Reminders of Him,” this book also demands maturity. Usually, I don’t pay much attention to mature and physical content, but how Colleen described them was increasing horny level in my heart. “It Starts With Us” is an adult book.
If you are over your teenage years, consider reading this book.
As far as your age, the reader should be at least 17.
If you are mature enough, this will be great for you as you.
GENRE:
The novel targets all Contemporary Romance, Love, Drama, and dark Romance. Real feelings with a combination of fiction and beautified writing methods are all a thrilling book should have.
I know what you want to hear, and the answer is YES! “It Starts With Us” is spicy as well like November 9. Sometimes emotional, changing between happy and sad, a great combination of emotions.
Number Of Pages and chapters:
I found that The novel “It Starts with Us” by Colleen Hoover has 323 pages. This data agrees across various origins, including the official publisher’s page, online retailers, and Goodreads.
“It Starts with Us” by Colleen Hoover has 37 chapters.
Number of Sold copies:
As of today, February 10, 2024, the novel “It Starts with Us” by Colleen Hoover has marketed a combined total of about 3,129,822 copies.
Main Themes:
“It Starts With Us” explores the tunes of love and its different states. Love doesn’t come alone; sadness and grief, loneliness, breaking heart, sorrow to gain hope, loss, and gains, and forgiveness also come along with passion. These factors are also covered in the book.
We can see the individual growth of characters who gain willpower and a lively hope for a happy life, which thoroughly impacts us.
Major Characters:
Lily Kincaid: One of the novel’s protagonists, Atlas’s first love, is a single mother to Emerson and a survivor of an abusive childhood and an offensive wedding.
Atlas Corrigan: Lily’s first love, Josh’s big brother, a famous chef, and one of the book’s protagonists. As Lily and Atlas fall in love again.
Josh: Atlas’s brother and Sutton’s son.
Allysa: Lily’s best friend, Ryle’s sister, and Emerson’s aunt. Allysa is faithful to Lily.
Jenny Bloom: Lily’s mother and Emerson’s grandmother. Jenny, who survived a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her late husband.
Emerson: Lily and Ryle’s daughter. Emerson is named after Ryle and Allysa’s deceased brother.
Sutton: Atlas’s and Josh’s mother. She was abusive to both Atlas and Josh.
PLOT Summary:
The novel begins where It Ends with Us left off; Lily and Atlas are thinking of getting married or to date, and this book starts right after they met a few hours ago. Both go to their business, and Atlas says to Lily to text me when you arrive there, which Lily does not do as she forgot. Atlas told this to his therapist, a young boy, Atlas’s friend’s son, who dreams of becoming a therapist. Atlas let him practice on him as Atlas also liked to spend time with him.
He shares everything with him, which he does not share with anyone around him. Lily also wants Atlas but is afraid of her daughter; she thinks her daughter will not feel good, and without her Ex-husband’s permission, she can’t be with Atlas. Due to this situation, she was not talking with Atlas. When Atlas does not receive a text message from Lily, Atlas go to her flower shop.
You’re going to drive five miles just to give me a hug?” “I’d run five miles just to give you a hug.”
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When he enters the shop, he sees that there is also Allysa; she is Lily’s best friend and Ryles’s sister; she is very loyal to Lily. When Allysa saw Atlas, she also liked him. After some talk between Atlas and Lily, they conclude that they will have to take steps slowly. They should not hurry in love. After a few days, Atlas took Lily on a date with him. While they were going, something funny happened; Lily fell asleep while Atlas was driving rather than going to the restaurant. Atlas parked the car and waited for Lily to wake up, as he did not want her to disturb.
| Publisher | Atria Book |
| Publishing Date | First published October 18, 2022 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 323 Pages |
| Series | It Ends with Us #2 |
| Literary awards | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Romance (2022) |
| Settings | Boston, Massachusetts (United States) |
| Characters | Ryle Kincaid, Atlas Corrigan, Lily Bloom |
| ISBN-10 | 1668001225 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1668001226 |
When she woke up, Atlas laughed at her very hard and then dropped her at Allysa’s house as her daughter was there. When Atlas was going to pick her up, she met Ryle. He asked her if you were dating someone at that moment, and she said No!! She was at the event.
On the other hand, Atlas would spend the night at his restaurant as someone had broken his window and would stay there to catch the person. When he entered the restaurant, he saw his mother, which made him irritate, and he asked her why she was there; she told Atlas that you have another brother, which made Atlas nervous; she said he is away from home and still she couldn’t find him and said Atlas to find him out, she gives a description of her son, and it is very similar to the person who has broken the window of the restaurant.
When he was passing by the restaurant, Atlas caught him and brought inside the restaurant, gave him something to eat, and asked his name; the boy said his name is Josh.Atlas takes him to his house and wants him to stay at this home as long as he wants to. Atlas liked Josh, whereas Josh didn’t want to return to his mother. He tried to stay with his Dad, who was missing; Atlas promised him he would find him.When Lily learned about Josh, she felt very happy for Atlas.
“I can draw a seedling with two tiny branches. Yours and mine. We’ll be on our own brand-new, tiny family tree—one that starts with us.”
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By that time, there is a very good bond between Josh and Lily. When Ryel knows about Lily and Atlas’s relationship, he feels very angry and goes to the restaurant. He fights and bargains with Atlas and goes away. A few days after this incident, Josh was doing homework, so he had to gather information about his family.
He asked Atlas, but he was unknown to anyone, but he tried to. He finds his father’s contact and takes Josh to his father’s address. When the car was in front of his father’s house, Josh wondered why his father had not visited him. Is he financially stable? Did he not want to meet with him? So, Josh kept on staying with Atlas, which made him happy.
Lily told Ryel that she wanted to move on and start her new life with Atlas; Allysa and her husband also took sides with Lily. Josh also happily stays with Atlas and Lily, and the story ends.
My Review:
This is the best book I have ever read in my entire life. This book is full of romance and really directly hit my heart. As I was reading, my feelings for my love were increasing, to be honest!!. This book has both aspects of love that a normal person faces when they are in love with someone, just like Atlas and Lily.
They both give their best to be together and start their happy life. The story realistically defines the challenges and complexity of relationships, including the impact of family and past incidents. While reading this, the summary mainly concentrates on major events, leaving room for inquiries about the story’s pacing and how specific plot points unfold.
The book gives us a cheerful and empowering message about overcoming hardship, finding love, and creating healthy associations. So, I recommend you to read this novel as soon as possible without wasting time on other nonlogic novels. Go and buy and start your journey through the most romantic novel on Earth.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, Atlas gradually takes things with their connection, prioritizing their daughter’s well-being. Atlas accepts Josh, his newly discovered brother, into his house, delivering him support and peace. Lily finally gains the bravery to move on from Ryle and seek a relationship with Atlas, with Allysa and her husband’s backing. Josh ultimately chooses to stay with Atlas and Lily, finding safe and loving circumstances he previously lacked—such a great book, a great story, with a great author. Grab your copy now!
Your journey with me finishes here for now, start your own with Colleen Hoover!