Hope is a powerful force. It can lift people up when they are feeling down, and it can help them to see the good in life. Growth is also a powerful force. It can make people stronger and more determined, and it can help them to achieve their goals. Love is also a powerful force. It can make people happy and content, and it can help them to find their true purpose in life.
After being waned down by petitions from fans, the author has finally released a sequel to the story of Lily and Atlas, with 2022’s most anticipated release, It Starts With Us. ..
The second novel in the series, It Ends With Us, was released on July 15th, 2019 and quickly became a bestseller on BookTok. The popular author has officially made it big and is now global.
In the first book, Lily and her newborn were left behind in a remote cabin after a car accident. Six years later, Lily and her husband John find themselves in a new town with their two children. They are finally able to start over and build a new life for them and their children. However, the author ends the book with a cliffhanger that leaves readers anxious to find out what will happen next.
Lily Bloom is a 15-year-old girl who meets 17-year-old Atlas Corrigan on the streets of Los Angeles. Atlas is homeless and Lily helps him get food and shelter. The story follows their relationship as they grow closer, until Atlas dies in a car accident. ..
Lily never let Atlas slip away from her heart. Even after she found love in Ryle, her time with Atlas always foreshadowed her new relationship. Ryle has had a temper for a while, one that is often directed at Lily.
Lily has been divorced from her abusive husband Ryle and is now living with her daughter Emerson. She runs into her first and possibly only love, Atlas, after almost a year of separation. They start a conversation and eventually fall in love.
The novel tells the story of Lily and Atlas, two people who have been through so much together, and how fate and circumstances eventually worked in their favour and brought these two lovers together again. The novel was released on October 18th and just as any other devout CoHort would, I stayed up all night to read the novel in its entirety – and what a journey that was!
The story is slow building and the characters are well-drawn. You get to know them over time and you care about their well-being. The ending is satisfying and leaves you feeling satisfied with the book’s outcome.
Lily loves Atlas but is worried about her single-parenting relationship with Ryle. Ryle has a lot of his personal, misdirected issues that he channels onto Lily because she is the only one he can intimidate until he cannot. Atlas loves Lily and there is nothing else he is sure about more than her.
Lily begins to feel more confident and adamant about her choices, with the help of Atlas. Ryle starts becoming more and more obnoxious by the minute, and Atlas, the charming “Greek God Adonis”, just has readers swooning at every line he utters.
I am not sure how many people know about Atlas Corrigan, but I am sure he is one of the most popular male characters in the book world. He is a lovable rogue who has no flaws and I love his character. I think it would be interesting to explore what life would be like without him.
Every character in this book was great, be it Alyssa and her constant support to Lily despite being Ryle’s sister or Marshall who consoled Lily when she desperately needed someone to be there for her. I loved Atlas’ friends and I’m glad that he has young kids like Theo and Josh around him that he can inspire. Theo and Josh have my whole heart. I wish there existed a universe where we see Theo and Josh grow up and go to college and remain friends for life.
In this novel, Theo has already mentioned that he will end Lily’s story six years ago with It Ends With Us. So, in order to keep the reader’s attention, Theo provides a unique and memorable quote.
Lily and Atlas are a story of hope, of how the two smallest towns in the state of Iowa can inspire the rest of the state. We are rooting for them, and we will be there to see them through whatever comes their way.
Atlas Corrigan is a light read with moments of intensity here and there. He should go down in history as the best Golden Retriever boy in the history of book boyfriends ever! ..
Lily is a headstrong character which is why watching her have her moments of fear when she is met with Ryle’s rage will undoubtedly make you, as a reader, afraid. I wish the people who are suffering from domestic violence find hope in Lily’s story and I absolutely love Colleen Hoover for discussing issues of importance with every one of her stories. It Starts With Us is a great novel and well worth checking out.
