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It Starts with Us

By: Colleen Hoover
Narrated by: Colin Donnell, Olivia Song
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Summary

Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favourite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the #1 Sunday Times bestseller It Ends with Us

Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil co-parenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date.

But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.

Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue for the bestselling phenomenon It Ends with Us left off. Revealing more about Atlas’s past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that “no one delivers an emotional read like Colleen Hoover” (Anna Todd, bestselling author).
©2022 Colleen Hoover (P)2022 Simon & Schuster, UK
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About the Creator - Colleen Hoover

About the Creator

Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author of more than 23 novels, including It Ends with Us, All Your Perfects, Ugly Love, and Verity. In 2015, Colleen and her family founded a nonprofit called The Bookworm Box, a bookstore and monthly book subscription service that has donated over $1,000,000 to various charities to date. Colleen lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. For more information, please visit ColleenHoover.com.
Photographed by Chad Griffith

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Did not disappoint

If you've read "it ends with us" this is a must read, continuing the life of lily bloom following her divorce from Ryle and birth of her daughter Emmerson.

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Loved it

Beautiful
One of the best books I’ve ever read
So real, emotional and romantic
A true love story

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Filled me up with everything I still needed after it ends with us

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I don’t want to spoil this for anyone who hasn’t read it so just wanted to say I enjoyed everything about this, including the new characters and the narrators. Would definitely recommend this to those who already read ‘it ends with us’.

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Wow wow wow

This book was absolutely amazing! I really enjoyed listen to this and couldn’t stop! Coho is truly talented.

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Well read

A great story sympathetically read by the actors which allowed me to be fully presents in the journey

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Immense! I want more of this story.

Simply beautiful. I laughed, cried, felt deeply, loved the characters. It was a stunning listen.
I love the theme of moving on but leaning into the hardships we have to face as adults - no matter how hard that is. Facing up to difficulty to put yourself first is very much relevant in the world right now. This is such a beautiful message and something that will resonate with me. 🤍
Colleen Hoover knocks it out the park again!

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Enjoyable read

I liked it. Nice read. Easy to stop start and still keep the story going

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Such a heart warmer

I loved this book soo much more than the first! It’s such a heart warmer and so glad lily ended with atlas.

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this is just beautiful ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ I enjoyed every single bit of this duology 😭❤️

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Beautiful

A truly beautiful story. I fell in love with Atlas and Lily and their amazing journey together.

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