The novel concerns domestic violence, and, according to Hoover, it was written with the intention of advocating for domestic violence victims.

What if she’s wearing this dress because she didn’t have time to change into jeans before I showed up at her house?

When tensions become palpable and tempers reach boiling point, the two can’t even stand being in the same room together.

Then, in It Starts with Us, read Atlas’s side of the story as Colleen Hoover explores more of Atlas’s past and what comes next for him, Lily, and Ryle.

I truly love her books, and her writing alone has given me a love for reading like I never had before, the depth that this story develops to understand Holder is amazing,. When that doesn’t help ease my urge to make him bleed, I reach forward, grab the collar of his shirt and shove him hard against the wall, pinning his neck with my forearm. We watch both characters learn to heal themselves as they try earnestly to heal the wounds of one another’s past. After an accidental encounter in the dark, eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl agree to love each other. A college student with a stable job, sharing a room with her best friend Tori, and madly in love with her delightful boyfriend Hunter, it’s safe to say that twenty-two year old Sydney has an amazing life.