It Ends With Us

by Colleen Hoover

𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪

𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.

𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩.

𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚.

SYNOPSIS

Life seems to be on its way to perfection when Lily runs into Kyle—and with fate constantly throwing them across each others’ paths, it seems like an epic romance fairytale ending. However, when questionable elements of their relationship start surfacing, Lily is forced to look back upon the darkness of her childhood & confront both the monster in the past & present. Does she have the strength to protect herself & those she loves, or the courage to make her own decision?

REVIEW

There are too many things worth discussing about this amazing book. Though I did find some of the romance scenes & dialogues awkwardly forced—which kind of prevented me from a deeper connection with the plot & characters—as it technically still is a slightly cliche girl-meets-boy romance, it also centers on the topic of domestic abuse, with such an excruciating clarity that it will leave you SHOOK.

Told from the the perspective of the victim, I was thus able to understand more the reasons to some questionable choices Lily may have made. But while rolling my eyes at how infuriating she could be at times, I also found myself pondering whether I’d have made the same decisions if presented with similar choices. And isn’t that THE question? One may think it’s simple—isn’t leaving the abuser such a straightforward solution? But WHAT IF IT’S ME and WHY should we blame the VICTIM for refusing to leave, for believing & forgiving, AND for being stuck in the endless cycle of abuse.

This is the kind of heart-wrenching story that will quietly shatter you. Words cannot truly express how much the story has urged me to think & reflect upon the topic & lack of true understanding. It breaks my heart reading the last sentence & seeing how much courage it took for Lily to make her own decision.