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It Ends with Us

by Colleen Hoover

385 pages
It Ends with Us

“A brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its fingers into your heart and doesn't let go. A story about love, resilience, and the courage it takes to start over.”

What's in this book

  • Colleen Hoover's 2016 contemporary romance about cycle-of-abuse fiction done seriously
  • Long-running New York Times bestseller after BookTok rediscovered it in 2021
  • 384 pages, finishable in a weekend, with a back-half that hurts on purpose
  • 2024 Justin Baldoni film adaptation with Blake Lively brought it to a much larger audience
  • Olivia Song / Kirsten Potter dual-narrator audiobook is the definitive audio production
  • For readers of Verity, Normal People, and contemporary literary-commercial romance

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It Ends with Us is the book that turned Colleen Hoover from a beloved romance author into a cultural phenomenon. It is easy to see why: the story starts as a swoony love story and then takes a sharp, honest turn into territory most romance novels avoid entirely.

Lily is a compelling protagonist - strong but believably flawed, and her journey is handled with a sensitivity that makes the difficult subject matter feel authentic rather than exploitative. This is a book that will sit with you.

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