Happy Colleen Hoover day to all that celebrate! It’s only fitting that I finally post my review for It Ends with Us on the novel’s prequel pub date (re: It Starts with Us). After reading Verity by CoHo I thought,” oooo this is some twisted stuff, I should check out the rest of her work.” But after reading It Ends with Us, I think I am going to *end* that journey. I am not sure if I read a different book than everyone else, but this was not my cup of tea. I’m currently looking at Goodreads reviews…and oh god…”*sees only 5 star reviews*…yep, I definitely read a different book. 

 

Did everyone else’s book also include a sh*t ton of content warnings that were in no way mentioned beforehand? Like rape, emotional and physical abuse, death, sexual violence, domestic abuse, gun violence, and toxic relationships? Also, what love triangle? I was so overwhelmed by the main character’s painful situation that I must have missed the romance. The best part of the novel was the author’s note in which CoHo bravely shares her own experience with domestic abuse and violence. This isn’t the most coherent review by any means, but readers are either in camp obsessed or camp no thanks…and neither camp precisely has the words to describe this novel. I went ahead and put this in a Little Free Library where apparently someone else had the same idea (swipe to see photo).